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Message 1
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:08:23 -0500
Subject: [Baren 30636] exchange #26 gallery (corrected)
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Thanks to all Exchange #26 participants for getting me their updated
print details and for catching my several errors! The prints are
available for viewing at
http://barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_26/exchange_frame.html if
you'd care to have a look! The pages for Claudia Coonen, Charles
Morgan, Carol L. Myers, Barbara Mason, and Renee Ugrin have been updated.

-- Mike


Mike Lyon
Kansas City, Missouri
http://mlyon.com

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Message 2
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:56:11 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30638] Re: Favorite Tools
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There seems to be a lot of discussion on the length of handles on
tools. A lot of the Japanese tools I've seen have very long handles
which can be cut to fit your exact hand specification. There are
directions for doing so in the McClain's catalog. Just snip them off
and sand the cut end to round and smooth the wood and you are good to
go - forever. I don't know of any Western tools that offer this
option. :-)

Cheers-
Sharri

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Message 3
From: "Marilynn Smith"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:13:48 -0600
Subject: [Baren 30637] Re: Baren Digest (old) V35 #3439
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I know Rives and arches cover well, they are good papers. I love Arches 88,
the price tag is a bit higher. Since I try to keep to a decent budget
without getting some nasty paper I looked around a bit more at papers. I
wanted a SMOOTHER paper than Rives or Arches. Magnani Precia is also a
close choice but if Stonehenge works and has a lesser price tag I will go
with it. It is indeed a very nice printmaking paper. For me the paper I
choose goes with what I will print and how I will print. After selecting the
type of image, the type of ink and the color of the ink than I want a paper
to match. Since I have experience with this paper and a nude done in black
oil based ink I am reasonably certain this will again be a good combo. I
went through my options and the papers and blocks I have here (and it is
nearly impossible for me to get any others here) and made my decison. Also
I have now done 4 nudes along this line so it is slowly becoming a series,
another reason to continue with the same direction and paper. The nude has
never been my main subject, but for me as an artist doing the nude is a
common thread that most artists have followed. From the huge signup it
would seem many others agree and this will be a wonderful exchange I am
certain.
Happy printing.
Mar

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Message 4
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:07:43 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30639] Re: exchange #26 gallery (corrected)
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Thanks again, Mike, for all your hard work. It looks great!! And also my
thanks to everyone else in the exchange.

Cheers ...... Charles

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Message 5
From: Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:27:38 -0500
Subject: [Baren 30640] Re: Favorite Tools, big applause....
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I started out with cheap carving tool set from an Art store but quickly
abandoned those once I got my hands on a traditional Japanese set. I got
mine (I think) as a hand-me-down from one of Dave Bull's daughters...Fumi
or Himi ? The hangi-to and the two bull-nosed chisels (1.5mm and 4.5mm)
have served me well for the last six years and they have plenty of life
left....

To those three I have added a straight carpenter's chisel (1/2") to do my
kento corners and a couple of large gouges for cleaning up. I also added a
second hangi-to knife from the barenmall so that if I break a tip I can
keep on cutting (you don't carve with a hangi-to, you cut !). A mallet is
also very handy when cleaning up large waste areas.

Big applause to Mike for getting online all the print images for the
#24-#26 exchanges to what must have been a scanning and uploading
marathon....thanks Mike...these last exchanges had some really great
images...the quality and creativity of the group continues to amaze me...

The August Summit at Sharri's will be a great opportunity to meet members
and also to learn the basics for moku-hanga, tool sharpening and other
printmaking techniques...I hear a Solar plate demonstration is also in the
works...

thanks....Julio

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Message 6
From: "Robert Viana"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:10:39 -0200
Subject: [Baren 30641] Re: Favorite Tools
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my turn!
I have a 1.5mm, 2mm, 4.5mm, and 6mm Hangi-toh that I got from the Baren mall. I use the 4.5 and 6mm the most. They hold a wonderful edge.
HOWEVER! for a lot of my cutting I still use a standard exacto knife. #11 blade. I sharpen it like a real knife and use it till is shatters then replace the blade. I really like the flexibility of the xacto blade. plus becuase I carve using both of my hands, the xacto knife is abidextrous too. no need to buy a lefty and a righty!
I have a 3mm Komasuki that is great. I will invest in a 6mm soon.
I have 2 Aisuki bull nose chisels that are the tops! a 4.5 and 6mm. I love these knives. I use them on almost every piece.
last, for clearing, I have 4 Buck Brother chisels and a wood and rubber malet. 2 wood handle shallow gouges (1/2" and 1 1/4") and 2 acrylic handle straight edges. 1/4" and 1".
These are the tools I use on a regular basis.
I also have a set of loew cornel chisels, that I only use the U gouge out of. the rest of it is crap.
Cheers, rob

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Message 7
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:20:29 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30642] Re: Favorite Tools
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Does anyone use Flex-Cut micro tools? Is that considered inferior or
something? I find them quite fine for fine work (which I like to do). I
would like a nice knife, but otherwise I find the micro v-cut and u-cut
tools to my liking.

Ellen


http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
http://thepickledpen.blogspot.com/

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Message 8
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:28:38 -0500
Subject: [Baren 30643] Exchange #27 Gallery available
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The FANTASTIC Mythical Beasts exchange #27 (all moku-hanga) is
available for viewing and comments (along with all previous exchange
galleries) at http://barenforum.org/exchange/exchanges.html

-- Mike


Mike Lyon
Kansas City, Missouri
http://mlyon.com

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Message 9
From: "Robert Viana"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:38:55 -0200
Subject: [Baren 30644] Re: Exchange #27 Gallery available
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Mike,
You are a super hero!
rob

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Message 10
From: Jae Sullivan
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 30645] Re: Baren Digest Question
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Hi All,

I would like to contact Minna Sora, a participant in the Border Crossings exhibition at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center in Ithaca, NY, USA, this past Fall.

Please reply off-line to .

Thanks.

Jae Sullivan

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Message 11
From: Jae Sullivan
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:42:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 30646] Fwd: Re: Baren Digest Question
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Sorry, Dave, I meant to say "off-list."

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Message 12
From: David Cromwell
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:23:04 -0400
Subject: [Baren 30647] artpaper.com
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Louise,

Were you talking about artpaper.com? A line of your post appears to be
missing. If so, is an online site associated with True Blue Art, a art
store in Asheville, NC. I was up there a couple of weeks ago and picked
up some sheets of blue Magnami Pescia. A couple of months ago I had
been going to order some paper from them online, but, ironically, since
I live in NC the state tax made the order more expensive than ordering
out of state. Their prices look pretty good if you are ordering out of
state and they have a wide selection.

David
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dcromwell2#nc.rr.com

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Message 13
From: "cjpiers"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:55:12 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30648] Re: Exchange #27 Gallery available
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What a FABULOUS exchange! Very nice!

Connie P.
Spokane, WA

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Message 14
From: Severin Drix
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:47:54 -0400
Subject: [Baren 30649] Re: exchange #26 gallery (corrected)
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Hello Mike and all the Bareners,

This is my first posting! First of all, I wish to congratulate all of
the exchange #26 artists for their great prints. Thank you Mike for
posting them for us to see!

I am looking forward to participating in my first exchange and
currently cutting my blocks for the May 1 deadline. This will be
largest edition I have ever done. It seems daunting but I have always
liked challenges. I have read most of the Baren postings, which
provide very helpful ideas. Thanks to all of you who have shared your
knowledge and tricks of the trade.

Like Jae Sullivan and Sylvia Taylor, I am part of The Ink Shop
Printmaking Center in Ithaca, NY. In May we will be hosting an Only
Relief exhibition, with prints by a number of WPA artists, Mike Lyon,
Elise Nicol, Jenny Pope (recipient of our one annual Fellowship),
Sylvia Taylor, Holly Greenberg (Printmaking professor at Syracuse
University), among others. It will be a great exhibition. If any of
you are in the area, please stop by to see us!

It is an honor and a delight to be part of Baren Exchange! Thanks to
all who have worked so hard to make it happen. --Pam Drix

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Message 15
From: Blog Manager
Date: 12 Apr 2006 03:55:07 -0000
Subject: [Baren 30650] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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This is an automatic update message being sent to [Baren] by the forum blog software.

The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (17 sites checked, just before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: Mike Lyon's Moku Hanga

Author: Mike Lyon
Item: Figure Drawing 7 x 3.75 feet Complete
http://mlyon.com/blog/2006/04/figure-drawing-7-x-375-feet-complete.html

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Site Name: pressing-issues

Author: Ellen Shipley
Item: Cat & Mouse
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/2006/04/cat-mouse.html

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Site Name: The Itinerant Artist

Author: Diane Cutter
Item:
http://theitinerantartist.blogspot.com/2006/04/off-to-british-virgin-islands-in-few.html

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[Baren] members: if you have a printmaking blog (or a website with a published ATOM feed), and wish it to be included in this daily checklist, please write to the Baren Blog Manager at:
http://barenforum.org/contact_baren.php

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Message 16
From: "DePry Clan"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:38:35 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30651] flex cut
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Hey Ellen, I use Flex Cut tools exclusively. First the price and access is right up my alley. I have a traditional Japanese set from the Baren mall and its ok, but prefer the Flex sets. I also use a Dremel tool and favor the contrasting marks it creates sometimes on wood cuts. It also speeds up blocks when my teaching and fathering schedule dig into my studio time.
Double D

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Message 17
From: edmund # michaelfraley.com
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:38:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Baren 30652] Re: flex cut
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Double D,

I'm glad to finally hear some feedback on Flex Cut tools. I've seen them
in the store, thought the price sounded reasonable and they didn't look
too bad, but the store staff steered me away from them. I think Franz
Spohn (of PBS and the old Speedball Screen Printing video) uses them too.


> Hey Ellen, I use Flex Cut tools exclusively. First the price and access is
> right up my alley. I have a traditional Japanese set from the Baren mall
> and its ok, but prefer the Flex sets. I also use a Dremel tool and favor
> the contrasting marks it creates sometimes on wood cuts. It also speeds up
> blocks when my teaching and fathering schedule dig into my studio time.
> Double D

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