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Message 1
From: "Oscar Bearinger"
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:46:50 -0400
Subject: [Baren 36016] Re: knife sharpening question
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thanks, David, for your quick, detailed response.

your two links were very useful to me. I read the conversation on Annie's
blog at the time and, connected back now, it has much useful information for
me. I also appreciated David Bull's comment that he goes through blades
rather fast, and even more, that he would chip off the point to do some
specific carving , and then re-grind it back.

so these points come off more regularly than I thought, and the regrinding
process is simply to attend to not heating and distempering the blade.

learn something new every day -- now back to the bench!

thanks again!

Oscar

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Message 2
From: "M Pereira"
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:52:12 -0300
Subject: [Baren 36017] Re: Photocopy
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Than you, Sharri

the address is

Murilo Pereira
Rua Almitante Lamego, 870, ap 405
Florianpolis, SC, Brazil
88.015-601


thanks thanks

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Message 3
From: "M Pereira"
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:55:11 -0300
Subject: [Baren 36018] Re: Murillo photocopy
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Archivist's Note: This message was a repeat of another message and contained no new content

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Message 4
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:24:44 EDT
Subject: [Baren 36019] Re: knife sharpening question
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Oscar, this is what David Bull wrote about sharpening:
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/014_03/014_03.html
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/014_03/014_03.html
Good good luck!
Carol Lyons

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Message 5
From: "M Pereira"
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:56:02 -0300
Subject: [Baren 36020] Re: Murillo photocopy
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Hi, Guadalupe, thank you for the answer.
Of course...I will be glaad to enjoy
the photo of your painting self portrait.
thank you for paarticipation and your
interest in my work. Best wishes.
I love Mexico . Y study un ao de
Espaol en la escuela.
Pero soy mejor en ler (read) than
escribir...

Best wishes,
Murilo

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Message 6
From: Shawn + Elizabeth Newton
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:14:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 36021] tool choice
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howdy all,

i am torn between buying this:
Shimizu ,Sankaku-toh: 'V' cutting blade
http://www.barenforum.org/mall/products/shimizu.php

or this:
Futatsu Wari Sankaku To two part v-gouge
http://www.imcclains.com/catalog/woodblocktools/futatsusankakuto.html

either brand will be 1 mm.
I want to know what your experience is and if there is a difference between the two. Which one is better? Are they basically the same? Does it come SHARP already? I've ordered a few tools from different sources that say they come razor sharp and ready to go and then had to hone them from dull to decent.

So... i'd love some opinions. And the price isn't really an issue in my decision here, I just want to pick whichever one is the best. And if they're basically the same, then I'll get the cheap one...

thanks all.
shawn newton

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Message 7
From: Tiberiu Chelcea
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:11:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 36022] Technical question regarding texture
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I'm wondering if anyone knows how to achieve the texture present in some expressionist woodcuts like Kathe Kollwitz's "Sacrifice". You can view it here:

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/39135/421/the-sacrifice-plate-1-from-the-cycle-war.html

If you look at the lower part of the woman's body (belly, thighs), there are some very grey-ish, dirty, almost like a color wash, areas. Anyone knows how to get such an effect out of a woodcut? The image size is about 14.5x15.5" (37x40cm), so it's possible that those areas are just cross-hatches, but somehow they do not look like that. It's possible to get grey-ish coverage of an area by printing with the fingers, but the impression does not seem to be pulled like this, since there are areas of very solid black around the body of the woman -- and, besides, this technique seems more suitable for monoprints. The print is on "cream, moderately thick, slightly textured laid Japanese paper", according to an off-line catalog, and I know it's possible to get a grainy coverage in traditional moku-hanga, but something tells me that this is not moku-hanga. So, I'm lost.

Thanks,
Tibi

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Message 8
From: Blog Manager
Date: 19 Jun 2008 03:55:29 -0000
Subject: [Baren 36023] 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. (48 sites checked, five minutes before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: Woodblock Dreams

Author: Annie B
Item: Three Prophets In My Living Room
http://woodblockdreams.blogspot.com/2008/06/three-prophets-in-my-living-room.html

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Site Name: Amanda's Art Blog

Author: Amanda
Item: Running Out of Room!
http://amandagordonmiller.blogspot.com/2008/06/running-out-of-room.html

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Message 9
From: wjoel # optonline.net
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:03:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Baren 36024] Re: Technical question regarding texture
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I can imagine several causes for this effect (texture in Kathe Kollwitz print, "Sacrifice"). First, the ink use was quite thin and when inked, coverage in that part of the block as minimal. Next, when printing, insufficient pressure was applied in that area. Third, this print is over 80 years old, and may be showing the effect of handling and such. Fourth, when photographed, there was a slight glare in that area.Just a few ideas.

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