Baren Digest            Thursday, 26 September 2002    Volume 20 : Number 1972


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From: ReadDevine#aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:34:26 EDT
Subject: [Baren 19329] Smile 



Thanks for the comment Julio, I have just spent my evening reading 267 posts 
from Baren & Print Australia and loudly deleting the many emails wanting me 
to enlarge body parts. I can go to bed now with a smile (especially after 
finding out through my procrastination that I had missed a great opportunity 
through Maria's mad project)

That'll learn me.

'night.


> Hi Mellissa R-D, had a great time visiting your website, lovely
> paintings...Loved "Impressionable" in the woodcut session. The greyhound
> paintings hit home, my father past away when I was 10 and my earliest
> memories we shared were trips to the Habana Hippodrome(sp?)  to see the dog
> races...with the greyhounds chasing the "bunny" around the track.
> 
> http://depicture.homestead.com/home.html
> 
> 
> thanks...Julio
> 
> 
> 
> 

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From: indian.girl#luukku.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:17:09 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: [Baren 19330] Re: Baren 14a postages 


> >...open packages with yards of tape and not damage these wonderful prints. I
> >am learning that, yes, many lovely Baren folks send more postage than
> >needed. And as for me, I have no grand concerns, just a husband who says I...

Marilynn, I hope my postage money was enough, because, for some reason the 
package weighted more when I mailed it  at last, than when I weighted it for US. postage.
Maybe I used too much plastic tapes, or the dollars i enclosed were extremely heavy?

MInna


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From: "Gillyin Gatto" <gillying#Maineline.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1956 08:54:57 -0700
Subject: [Baren 19331] flitches 

Linda said,  "which is why sculptors makes flitches out of tree  
trunks....."

what is a flitch ?
a new word on me-

my little pocket dictionary says a flitch
is the side of a hog, salted and cured

but sounds like you are using it
 to mean a
hollow
chunk of wood?

Gillyin   (soft  "G")

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From: "marilynn smih" <marilynnsmih#hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:50:36 -0700
Subject: [Baren 19332] Re: Baren Digest V20 #1971 

To all 14a contributors, I did extend the arrival date of your prints, at 
the very beginning.  I gave you until October 8th because I felt we had a 
bit later start than the main exchange.  so for all who have not finished up 
and mailed get busy that is just a short time off.

Marilynn



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From: "lmhtwb" <lmhtwb#prodigy.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:59:55 -0700
Subject: [Baren 19333] Re: flitches 

>From Gillyin:


> Linda said,  "which is why sculptors makes flitches out of tree
> trunks....."
>
> what is a flitch ?
> a new word on me-
>
> my little pocket dictionary says a flitch
> is the side of a hog, salted and cured


*LOL*  I guess I never thought about flitch having other meanings, since,
well, I've never heard it except in dealing with wood.  According to my
dictionay, it also has several 'other' meanings, including my favorite, a
square of whale blubber.


> but sounds like you are using it
>  to mean a
> hollow
> chunk of wood?


Not hollow, but close in terms of results.  Basically, it's a wedge of wood,
like a pie slice, or mathematically, a radial section of length .  If you
take a tree trunk and split it lengthwise you get two halves.  Then if you
split each half lengthwise again, you have flitches.    By doing this, the
wood can air-dry safely because the stresses created by the center pith is
eliminated.  It's about the only way to get unchecked chunks of hardwood
thicker than 4".  (Except for very soft wood like basswood, only wood less
than 4" thick can be kiln-dried, and with cherry it's more like 3".)

Linda


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From: "Maria Arango" <maria#mariarango.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:34:27 -0700
Subject: [Baren 19334] scared straight!  

Okay okay,
I conducted a couple of experiments and confess to cruelty to cherry wood.
In any case, the results were a wee bit telling of what might happen to
traveling solid wood. The warping was not anything noticeable except with a
straightedge (like checking a litho-stone flatness), the wood still printed
just fine and even. But since the wood I'm shipping and getting back will
presumably undergo severe climate changes, I decided to play it safe.
I ordered cherry plywood, 3/4" inch thick. Best I could find. Should be here
within the week, about the same time I will have my master drawing
completed. All's well.
Maria

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Maria Arango
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
http://www.1000woodcuts.com
maria#mariarango.com
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From: G Wohlken <blueman#pantek.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 20:12:45 +0000
Subject: [Baren 19335] Ink on book cover 

Thank you, everyone, for your input on the ballpoint ink on book cover 
problem.
I sent them all to Haig Nersesyan who appreciates it.  

Gayle




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From: John and Jan Telfer <jtelfer#iinet.net.au>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 02 16:10:06 +0800
Subject: [Baren 19336] Re: Print Australia Exchanges 

There are two new exchanges listed on Print Australia....
1.  Metal plate exchange
2.  Open

The metal plate exchange isn't open to woodblock, of course, but the Open 
is and there are still some vacancies available to join if you go to 
their Exchange Page:

If you want to go in Julia's Metal Plate Exchange go here
http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/met/metal.htm

If you want to sign on to the Open2 exchange go here
http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/open2/open2.htm

Details of Paper Size 11 x 15 ( 28 x 38 cms) and 1st March Deadline, etc 
are all listed on the appropriate pages.  I am co-ordinating the Open2 
Exchange.

See you there.


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