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Message 1
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:35:59 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37987] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4685 (Jan 24, 2009)
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Remember, if you are doing hanga, oil and water do not mix. Do not
oil blocks before cutting them if you are using water based pigment.

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Message 2
From: Dave Bull
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:45:02 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37988] Re: block oiling ...
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> Remember, if you are doing hanga, oil and water do
> not mix. Do not oil blocks before cutting them if you
> are using water based pigment.

This is incorrect. We frequently oil the surface of the block before
cutting, exactly as Mr. Simola mentioned earlier today ...

Dave

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Message 3
From: Linda Beeman
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:07:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37989] cherry blocks
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I have a funny story about cherry planks...........
I went to the local lumber supply and got some planks of different wood. On my way home I had to stop somewhere and when I came back to the jeep it smelled like I had left fruit in there and it had spoiled! I couldn't figure out when I had left fruit in there! Finally it dawned on me that it was the cherry wood that smelled!

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Message 4
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:54:03 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37990] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4685 (Jan 24, 2009)
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Marilynn Smith wrote:
> Remember, if you are doing hanga, oil and water do not mix. Do not
> oil blocks before cutting them if you are using water based pigment.


There is no problem oiling the block... it does not interfere with
the water base pigments...
I have taught this at workshops for 10 years.... I am sure you were
at a workshop Marilyn !!! (o:], and then make a cut. You can tell
when you need to attack the wax block again as the drag on tool
becomes quite noticeable.

Colour me slick....
Graham
http://www.woodblockart.ca/how-to/

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Message 5
From: J Cloutier
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:02:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37991] Year of the Ox exchange
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I'm addressing the envelopes and hope to get prints in the mail Monday!

This has been satisfying, frustrating, exciting, humbling... I have
some experience with linoleum block and western woodblock, but I'm a
beginner at moku hanga. This has been my first exchange and my largest
edition. It was a wonderful learning experience, pushing me to try
different inks, paints, and paper to find the best combination. Thank
you all for this opportunity, for all the great advice in the Baren
Forum, and for the wonderful prints that are starting to arrive. I'm
looking forward already to next year's exchange.

Jane Cloutier

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Message 6
From: Rosposfe # aol.com
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:19:34 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37992] RE: wood/cherry/maple
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I carved the key block for exchange #39 using a maple board and while I
will agree it holds detail very well and resists chipping it was very
difficult to clear without the mallet. The biggest toil was in trying to clear with
the aisuki the area next to the line.
What should be relatively easy to make scooping motions to remove the
wood to the outside of the line, I found that numerous passes and much effort
was required to get the edge clean....it was as if horizontal fibers held it in
place. The good news was that slips of the chisel, aisuki or toh wouldn't take
wood off either so it was very forgiving of slips and a few mistakes in key
areas that should have popped off are still there!
Clearing that block took a LOT longer than I hoped and I'm glad that all
the color blocks were shina.
Still printing away....a spate of wet rainy weather has made for perfect
printing conditions. Should be done on time.......
Compared to the plank cherry I could source locally (kiln dried) the
cherry is a bit more brittle and chips a bit more easily, but is easier to carve
and much easier to clear.
Andrew

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