Baren Digest Wednesday, 10 July 2002 Volume 20 : Number 1892 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "marilynn smih" Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 08:21:51 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18678] Re: Baren Digest V20 #1888 Our childrens minds need to be open and heavy censorship of art is close minded. I once was asked to hang a frontal female nude in a city hall. I would not pay to frame it so it was only shrink wrapped as I felt something might happen. Well the nude show was objected to and my piece was the one removed as a symbol of making it seem that city hall was only hanging appropriate art. My children grew up seeing a new nude every friday as I would bring them home and prop them on a dining room chair, thier firends also saw them. My daughter was a vifgin through high school and neither of my kids is a sexual diviant as a result of seeing nude drawings. In fact they merely understand the diference between art and pornography. Children need education, not censorship, they are wise enough to be told the difference and begin understanding it. I drew the nude every friday for 10 years whiile they were growing up. Glad Poe is doing well and hope he finds acceptance in the crow world. Marilynn ------------------------------ From: "Linda" Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:08:49 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18679] Sharpening Tools Sharpening chisels, especially flat ones, is not hard. You just need the right tools and method. And a bit of patience. Here's a great web page for sharpening tools. http://www.shavings.net/SCARY.HTM It involves no oil, no water, and not a whole lot of effort -- and it really works. Okay, coming up with the sandpaper can be tricky, but auto repair stores, lumber yards, and hardware stores often have it, or, for those who also do stone carving, most stone sculpture supply places carry it. The method works especially well for flat chisels, or those with a moderate sweep (curve), which should include just about all those Japanese chisels. The v-tools are, well, a bit more tricky, especially those tiny ones. I use a set of small ceramic stones to get to the inside bevels, if there are any. A number of small tools do not have an inside bevel so that part of the tool needs only minor attention, if any. For those not familiar with ceramic stones, they are to me the perfect sharpening stone. They are made of a special poly-crystal ceramic powder and then fired to about 3000 degrees F so the crystals literally melt together. The stones can be used dry or with oil or water and they never wear down. Dropping one and breaking it is the only way to ruin one. The only time they shouldn't be used is when you are changing the bevels significantly -- they are just not coarse enough to do that job quickly. But for basic honing or general sharpening, they are perfect! One last, weird, thought. I used to hate sharpening wood chisels and gouges. It was boring and messy. Then I took up stone carving. Sharpening stone chisels makes sharpening even tiny wood gouges seem like child's play. Plus with a hard enough stone, you get to sharpen daily and temper the metal weekly -- oh fun! So, see, there are worse things to sharpen than your wood chisels! Linda ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 11:01:46 -0500 Subject: [Baren 18680] Cases for Exchange 14 Someone asked about the exchange cases... If you are an exchange participant, you are NOT required to order a case -- you should order one only if you want one. If you do NOT order a case, your exchange portfolio will usually be returned to you in the same packing you used to submit your exchange prints - -- most people make a little foam-core and masking tape box the right size to contain and protect the prints. Personally, I think the cases are the perfect way to store your prints -- they are traditional Japanese boxes, hand made of indigo cloth exterior and washi interior glued down over light board. They tie closed and slip into a cardboard protective sleeve with the exchange title printed on the outside. Really beautifully crafted and seem like such a bargain for $25. If you WOULD like a case, you can order on-line here... http://barenforum.org/mall/products/exchange_cases.html Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon@mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: Pgiclas@aol.com Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:13:15 EDT Subject: [Baren 18681] Re: Exchange 6 and Endangered Species Salon Gayle: Thanks for the info about the prints hanging in the Meyer Center show. I sometimes lose track of where they go when they leave here! Working right now on the next print for exchange #14. Patsy ------------------------------ From: "Eli Griggs" Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:07:20 -0400 Subject: [Baren 18682] Re: tools and cool air Hi there: Barbara, get hold of a copy of "The Complete Guide to Sharpening" by Leonard Lee. It is easy to read and will answer just about any question you may have about sharpening any tool, you are ever likely to own! Just keep in mind, sharpening is a simple skill, with a very few basic rules that must be followed. Stick to simple methods and the rules, and you will be rewarded by quickly sharpened tools, without stress. Best regards, Eli Griggs Charlotte, NC USA - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Subject: [Baren 18674] tools and cool air Wasn't their a book on tool sharpening? > Help me out here guys, what was the name of it???? > Barbara > > And will I ever learn to sharpen the tools? Don't answer that!! > > Carol L ------------------------------ From: Sharri LaPierre Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:17:31 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18683] LPE To those of you wanting to know the edition number needed for the Large Print Exchange: we won't know until we see how many people sign up for the project. So, the answer is - we'll let you know in Sept. Unless by some miracle everyone decides to do an edition especially for this Exchange, all the portfolios will be a little different - as they were last time. It is my wildest dream that everyone will send in the requisite number of the same image - but HA! As we say at our house, "Fat chance, Charlie," and I did say it is my wildest dream. [:-)] Sharri LPE 2/3 coordinator ------------------------------ From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hor=E1cio_Soares?= Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:40:59 -0300 Subject: [Baren 18684] Re: Baren Digest V20 #1887 Thank you Gayle and Josephine. Maybe the Josephine's copy of my print could complete the Gayle's Sacred Tree set and I send another copy to Josephine as soon as possible. What do you think? I also want to know how much Josephine expended in sending the print from Australia to USA to refund her. Please answer me off-list. Thank you very much again. Hor‡cio horacio@centroin.com.br - ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Wohlken" To: Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: [Baren 18644] Re: Baren Digest V20 #1887 > Hi Baren. Josephine is able to send Horacio's missing print for the > Sacred Trees/Endangered Species show. Thank you, Josephine. > > Gayle > > owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp wrote: > > > My Sacred Trees package by accident did not > >include Horacio's print... > > > > > ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V20 #1892 *****************************