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[Baren 34842] Re: Baren Digest (old) V42 #4193 ("Marilynn Smith")
[Baren 34843] River in Winter - 5 (D.Bull) ("Oscar Bearinger")
[Baren 34845] Re: River in Winter - 5 (D.Bull) (Peter Kocak)
[Baren 34844] David's print ("Jeanne Norman Chase")
[Baren 34846] Edit - Spring 2008 exchange w/ FOP ("Heather P.")
[Baren 34847] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
[Baren 34848] Re: A couple technical questions ("Orgren Alex C (Alex)")
[Baren 34849] Thanks again : Latest print ("Harry French")
[Baren 34850] Re: Thanks again : Latest print (Dave Bull)

Message 1
From: "Marilynn Smith"
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:46:54 -0800
Subject: [Baren 34842] Re: Baren Digest (old) V42 #4193
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OOps Dave I was looking at the wrong print when I commented that I liked it.
The River in Winter is indeed very different. I can see that the rock is a
bit disjointed. However it seems to work well with the darker wave action
at the top right, sort of a balance there. I love the movement of the
water, wow! At first glance this image took my breath away. You have
something going on here that is special, regardless of any faults that might
exist. I think it is the feeling, the motion of the water, it just draws
one in, you have created something great here.
Marilynn

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Message 2
From: "Oscar Bearinger"
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:23:57 -0500
Subject: [Baren 34843] River in Winter - 5 (D.Bull)
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Dave

Your print is marvelous, as others have said. Having struggled with drawing water for a long time, I guess now it's time for me to try printing it :o) !! You have done a wonderful job with the water and its movements.

And in contrast to other comments, I especially like the colouring and the shading on the rock in the left-bottom of the print.
You've done a great job with the gray scale here, and earthy, stone-dusty colour.

Thanks for a great lesson in carving and printing I will be studying this often.

Oscar Bearinger

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Message 3
From: Peter Kocak
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:28:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 34845] Re: River in Winter - 5 (D.Bull)
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yes Oscar, completely agree! :-)

Peter Kocák
alias Pietrocelli=Marukiboshi=The bridge made of fallen tree=japanese nick
www.pulib.sk/kocak
www.flickr.com/photos/pietrocelli
www.flickr.com/photos/insatsuya

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Message 4
From: "Jeanne Norman Chase"
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:26:18 -0500
Subject: [Baren 34844] David's print
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David

Everyone has said it all. The "River" is beautiful and so ALIVE.
All I can say is "WOW"

Jeanne

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Message 5
From: "Heather P."
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:16:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 34846] Edit - Spring 2008 exchange w/ FOP
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I goofed yesterday & had winter written in the theme spot, but it is the
Spring Exchange that is now open for sign-ups :)

Four Oceans Press is having sign-ups for their third Hand-pulled Print exchange.
I hope you will consider joining this Spring 2008 print exchange.

All of the details can be found on their website at
http://www.fouroceanspress.com/exchange.html

Theme: SPRING

Color: B/W or Color. Color is encouraged, but we love a good b/w image.

Image Size: At least 6” x 8” but no larger than 8.5” x 11”.

Paper Size: Paper must be no larger than 8.5” x 11”. It is OK if the image bleeds
off the edge of the paper.

Medium: Woodblock, Linoleum, Serigraph, Lithograph or Intaglio

Paper type: Any archival paper appropriate to your printing method can be used.

Print Deadline: April 15, 2008

Their first exchange has been mailed back to the Artists involved and you can see all
the prints on the archive page at http://www.fouroceanspress.com/archive_fall_2007.html

If you can not get involved this time, check the website regularly for the next
exchange and other projects. If you need a longer period of time to finish prints please
consider joining the Food Alphabet Exchange - sign ups are now, but the prints are not
due until June 2008. http://www.fouroceanspress.com/exchange_alphabet.html

Take a Look, Read, Consider and then Sign up.
www.fouroceanspress.com

Thank you to all the Artists on the Baren who have been a part of the Four Oceans
Press Exchanges or other Exchanges that I have been a part of. Baren is such a great
place to meet other print-makers... And Thank you to each Artist who has already sent out
there Rats (I've received 4 so far) and I'll be mailing mine today :) ...I wish everyone a
Wonderful & Productive New Year - of the Rat!!!

Thanks & Smiles,
Heather
www.heatherpiazza.com

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Message 6
From: Blog Manager
Date: 15 Jan 2008 04:55:40 -0000
Subject: [Baren 34847] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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Message 7
From: "Orgren Alex C (Alex)"
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:12:44 -0500
Subject: [Baren 34848] Re: A couple technical questions
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Mike and Mark,

Thanks very much for your replies and encouragement. As you guessed, tonal
variations in the blacks were at first unintentional. I stuck with them
because they partly compensated for carving thicker than I wanted due to
brittleness from my heat-transfer hanshita. Your suggested hanshita method
is similar to what I used to do with spray-mount adhesive on linoleum blocks
(but easier on the lungs), so I'll give it a try. I'll also print some more
to see if a tad more paste or water helps the red.

I'm sure that asking such specific questions starts generations of masters
turning in their graves, but lacking a shoulder to look over or time enough
to make all the necessary mistakes on my own, I appreciate all the help I
can get.

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Message 8
From: "Harry French"
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:31:19 -0000
Subject: [Baren 34849] Thanks again : Latest print
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Thanks Mike, for your sterling work with the Baren print exchanges.
Congratulations Maria on taking on the role of exchange manager.
Dave, your latest river print(s) together with an incredible knowledge of skill I rank as some of your best.
Where I've been ( on your website) : " My career as an artist-printmaker was at an end - my career as a craftsman-printmaker was ready to begin ... with this, my 22nd print ...). Your latest prints make your case for being essentially a craftsman very slim!.
Good luck with the annual exhibition
Harry
UK

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Message 9
From: Dave Bull
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:51:17 +0900
Subject: [Baren 34850] Re: Thanks again : Latest print
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Harry quoted me (from 19 years ago ... he has a long memory!):
> "My career as an artist-printmaker was at an end -
> my career as a craftsman-printmaker was ready to begin ...

I've been thinking about this "I am not an artist" stuff quite a lot
over the past few months - obviously - and you know, I'm not really
ready to change my mind on this just yet.

People are saying nice things about the print I just finished, but from
where I stand the attractiveness of that one comes from the _technical
skill_ that I brought to a basically simple idea. If the two things -
the art and the craft - have to be thought of separately, which I'm
not sure has any validity, then I would put them at say, 5% art and 95%
craft.

I guess my point is, the idea of flowing water is really simple, and
lots of people would think of it ... have thought of it. Nothing
special. But the decades of practice that went into giving me the
'chops' to then make it real ... that's what I bring to the table. And
that's _craft_!

Anyway, not to reject your idea out-of-hand, but just to say that I'm
still pretty ambivalent about this whole thing ... and I think I'll
leave that web page as it stands!

Dave

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