Baren Digest                Tuesday, 9 July 2002        Volume 20 : Number 1891


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From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 06:50:52 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18667] Re: KC 2003 

Janet,
Thanks for the list. I cannot think of anything I would rather do than see
all of this. I know Maria has a registration board she uses and I have one I
got from Matt Brown that works slick..but I admit I usually just put the
kento stuff in the block.
For linoblock I have one made from mattboard that uses the kento system and
I think it works very, very well.

I like your idea bout thinking in woodblock, this is hard for me also and I
have been collecting  pictures of work in all media that seems suited to
woodblock. By this I mean the color is sort of blocked in and it does have a
different look. There was a link on the prints-L list recently to June
Allison gallery and an artist that did "Watergraphs" which I had never heard
of, but the color blocking looked like it would lend it self to woodblock.
It is done with stencils and a dry brush watercolor technique. see the link
http://www.allinsongallery.com/darling/index.html

So I know what you mean about thinking in woodblock....it would be
interesting to see if others think imagry for woodblock it different.
Best to all,
Barbara


> OK, some things I'd love to see/do:  
>1. different ways people
>do things all woodprintmakers have to do, such as > registration
>- an interest group meeting or demo at which several people show
>their different solutions to this.  
>2. tool sharpening demos/hands-on help to get sharpening and honing down.  
>3. I only do hanga and love to see creative explorations of the tools
>and  process, such as unexpected ways of treating the surface of
>the block or  unusual ways of preparing ink for various effects.
>4. A chance to show, look at, and talk about work by people who
>won't be  there but whose work is admired, i.e., introducing
>each other to work that  interests us.  
>5. Maybe everyone who comes can have an hour (or whatever will work) 
>to show and tell - talk about what we do well and where we want help.
>That could  produce a very interesting program, without taking
>much preplanning.  The biggest challenge for me, having been
>an etcher for decades, and one who still paints, is how to think 
>in the language of woodblock imagery. Of course the biggest challenge 
>is also the most satisfying struggle too.
>
>I'm looking forward to hanging out with everyone while my husband goes to
>baseball games, which is why he wants to come with me. 
>
> Janet Hollander in
>Jersey City 



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From: "Jean Womack" <jeaneger@jeaneger.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 07:52:00 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18668] Re:   Baren Digest V20 #1890 
 

Hi Sharri,
Please sign me up for the two large print exchanges.  I think I already
tried to sign up with Rudolph for #2, so please don't put me on there twice.
Do you still want 25 prints?
Thanks,
Jean Eger Womack


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> From: Sharri LaPierre <Barebonesart@attbi.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:31:22 -0700
> Subject: [Baren 18664] LPE
>
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> The first Large Print Exchange (LPE) has been successfully completed

and=20=

>
> two new ones are planned.
> =A0
> LPE II (due in approx. 18 months)
> end sign-up date: September 1, 2002
> Work due in Vancouver: March 1, 2004
>
> LPE III (due in approx. 3 years)
> end sign-up date: Sept. 1, 2003
> Work due in Vancouver: June 1, 2005
> =A0
> for LPE-II
> Signed up to date:
> Sharen Linder
> Maria Arango
> Gilda Zimmerling
> Gillyin Gatto
> Sharri LaPierre
> Rudolf Stalder
>
> When we get everything worked out we will post it for all to see.=20
> Meanwhile, if you have any questions, let us know.
> For more details see information-board
> at http://www.rst-art.com/lpe.htm=A0
> =A0
> Your new coordinator Sharri LaPierre=A0=A0
> =A0
> BareBones Art
> 17002 NE 50th Avenue
> Vancouver, WA 98686
> 360/574-3730
> Barebonesart@attbi.com
> =A0




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From: G Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 12:07:35 -0400
Subject: [Baren 18669] Re: Kansas City 

For me the thing I need to learn most at Kansas City is tying the baren. 
 I dread it, but I know I have to do it.  The covering on mine has dried 
out and is tearing around the edges.  I wanted to use it for the Hanga 
Exchange (#15) and don't know how I'll be able to with it in that shape, 
and Kansas City is a long way past that deadline!

Also, I want to learn how to cut really straight kentos since I did it 
so poorly at Boot Camp, and they had to be corrected.

There will be other thoughts about KC, but these are some things that 
hold me back from doing hanga more often.

Gayle
Ohio (USA)

  

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From: Sharri LaPierre <Barebonesart@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:11:02 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18670] LPE 

My apologies to everyone for the mixed up message last time. Some 
gremlins snuck in - we know not how or when, but our grem-traps are in 
place, and we hope to avoid these critters in the future.

The message should have read:

The first Large Print Exchange has been successfully completed and we 
are organizing two more: LPE II in approx. 18 mo. and LPE III in three 
years.

There are 11 people signed up for LPE II, deadline for sign-up is 
September 1, 2002. All the information pertaining to both LPE II & III
  can be found at http://www.rst-art.com/lpe.htm

The complete list of those signed up to date is posted at that address. 
Please check and see that your name is listed, and if it is not and 
should be, sign up again. Or if it shouldn't be on one list, let me 
know, too.(Patience requested - I'm new at this job.  [:-)] If you have 
any problems with this, please let me know.

Our thanks go to Rudolf Stalder who has been kind enough to do the 
Message Board and maintain it. My job should be a breeze.

Sharri
Coordinator


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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:40:13 -0400
Subject: [Baren 18671] Re: Kansas City 

I wanna see someone do the Hanga printing, that's all.  Just the printing
part, ya know, mixing the paste and ink, brushing it on, etc....

Dan Dew



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From: "M. Pereira" <mpereira@newsite.com.br>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:08:11 -0300
Subject: [Baren 18672] Re: Kansas City 

You wrote: > For me the thing I need to learn most at Kansas City is tying
the baren

I wanna see someone do the Hanga printing, that's all.  Just the printing
part, ya know, mixing the paste and ink, brushing it on, etc....

First of all I wanna see Kansas City...Do you know that was in "Kansas City
Star" that Ernest Hemingway begun writing?




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From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 20:59:40 EDT
Subject: [Baren 18673] Re: Kansas City 

I would like to know why my waterbased ink dries on the wood almost 
immmediately and I have to brush it over the same place so many times.  It 
has to be easier than I am making it!

And will I ever learn to sharpen the tools?  Don't answer that!!
Carol L 

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From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:03:19 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18674] tools and cool air 

Carol,
Could it be the heat? Get an air conditioner, but don't sit in front of the
fan....how about humidity? Cool moist air is the ticket.....it's all I can
think of. I have a friend who sent her tools to Japan to sharpen
them.....seems like you would have to send them pretty often. Just keep at
it, soon you will have it down pat. Wasn't their a book on tool sharpening?
Help me out here guys, what was the name of it????
Barbara


> I would like to know why my waterbased ink dries on the wood almost
> immmediately and I have to brush it over the same place so many times.  It
> has to be easier than I am making it!
>
> And will I ever learn to sharpen the tools?  Don't answer that!!
> Carol L
>



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From: Mike Lyon <mikelyon@mlyon.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 21:25:37 -0500
Subject: [Baren 18675] Re: Kansas City 

Before you start, Carol, dampen your wood several times over a 20 minute 
period with water (use a cheap 3 or 4" paintbrush) -- kinda look after it 
every five minutes or so to keep it dampened -- then the block will be in 
good condition to accept the ink.  Rice paste will help slow the drying, 
too.  At the time of printing, the block shouldn't be glossy with water, 
but should be uniformly damp -- kinda like a litho plate dampness -- not 
wet, just damp.  Each print pulls water out of the block (and the block out 
of the brushes), so you have to replace that each time.

Mike


At 08:59 PM 07/08/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>I would like to know why my waterbased ink dries on the wood almost
>immmediately and I have to brush it over the same place so many times.  It
>has to be easier than I am making it!
>
>And will I ever learn to sharpen the tools?  Don't answer that!!
>Carol L



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From: "Philip Smith" <SmithArt@Pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:20:57 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18676] Re: tools and cool air 

I have a little soft cover book called "Sharpening with Waterstones" by Ian
Kirby published by Stobart Davies Ltd., Priory House, Priory Street,
Hertford SG14 1RN, England. 1st printing 1998.
It's a complete little book. Lots of info and lots of photos. It says a
perfect edge in sixty seconds.
You might give it a try. Under ten bucks as I recall.
Good luck,
Philip
Hammond, OR
USA

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From: "marilynn smih" <marilynnsmih@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 22:03:55 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18677] Re: Baren Digest V20 #1890 

It has been suggested to me that i make 14a 22 people and let Geoorge jarvis 
and Jean womack participate.  I am more than willing to do this and 
hopefully those in the exchange do not mine doing 23 prints.  Oh this is a 
happy thing for me to do and than no one is disapointed, including me. So I 
hope this works for all and now the exchange is closed. I am so pleased to 
have each and every participant and happy as can be to coordinate for us and 
give everyone wonderful prints so welcome back to George and Jean and hope 
my boating weekend was not too long and everyone is happy.
Marilynn


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