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Message 1
From: "Frank Trueba"
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:03:50 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38654] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V47 #4785 (Apr 16, 2009)
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I will be out of the office until Monday, April 27.

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Message 2
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:39:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38655] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V47 #4785 (Apr 16, 2009)
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Dandelions and grass is indeed a beautiful print. What amazes me the
most is the gradation in value. It makes me wonder if there was a
unique inking process along with the carving that made this possible???
Marilynn

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Message 3
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:18:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38656] Exchanges Update
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Exchange #39 will go up online by the weekend. It is a nice collection and
the format made for some very interesting composition exercises. Good job
everyone!

Exchange #40's deadline is fast approaching. Only two weeks left to deliver
your prints.
Please see this page for instructions and address to send your prints to:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_40/exchange_40.html

Exchange #41 is still open for new sign-ups; everyone is now on the list and
room for a few more. Remember that an average of 4 people are likely to drop
so if you get the first few spots on the waiting list you will be in the
exchange.
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_sign-up.html

Finally, the Exchange Rules have been updated to be more consistent with
what was already stated in each of the exchange pages regarding dropouts and
deadlines:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/rules.html

I urge all participants to review the rules.
Everyone previously penalized is now able to participate again as of
Exchange #41 but please note the penalty for a second offense.

Maria

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Message 4
From: Lester Doré
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:15 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38657] Re: "Dandelions and Grass"
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I think it is a wood engraving. The softness is caused by pixelation
of the image to display it on our monitors.


Lester Doré
5710 Forsythia Place
Madison Wisconsin 53705
lhdore at wisc dot edu
www.wanderoo.net

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Message 5
From: brad robinson
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:40:50 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38658] latest print
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i haven't posted here in a while... in fact haven't been printing in quite a while, however the birth of our daughter got me to shake loose and carve her birth announcement. you can take a peek at it here:
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradrobinson/3439317943/
 
now that i'm motivated to carve again i can start on my ox!
 
happy carving, brad

Brad Robinson
Film & Event Production
www.flickr.com/photos/bradrobinson

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Message 6
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:47:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38659] Re: latest print
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Congratulations, Brad. A wonderful thing, having a new baby in the house. Of course this means you are giving up sleep for the foreseeable future but maybe you can spend the time walking the floor planning your next print!
Our very best to you and your little one. She is lucky to have such an enthusiastic father.
Barbara

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Message 7
From: "Mark Mason"
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:51:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38660] RE: Hasui Film
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Hello all,

I can't recall if this Hasui film from the 1950's has been flagged up by
anyone (probably) but I thought it was worth a mention.

It's on the Hotei Publishers website, who publish some really nice books on
Japanese prints.

Cheers.

PS: Maybe any Baren members in the UK who won't be able to gather in the US
next year could meet up for a cup of tea and a chat instead? Just a
suggestion.

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Message 8
From: "Mark Mason"
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:54:34 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38661] RE: Hasui Film missing link...
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Oops, here's the link:

http://www.brill.nl/Default.aspx?partid=122

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Message 9
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:10:14 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38662] Re: "Dandelions and Grass"
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Gayle,
It may be a wood engraving, but when you zoom it up as far as possible
you can see all the little lines and the stippling on the leaves. I
think this could be done on Cherry or Maple - any wood hard and tight
grained. It is a marvelous print however it was done. ;-)

Cheers ~
Sharri

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Message 10
From: Shireen Holman
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:24:52 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38663] Re: "Dandelions and Grass"
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I would guess that it's a woodcut - as Sharri says, if you look
closely the lines look like woodcut lines. The photo is very
pixelated, and it doesn't say what the size of the original is, so
that makes it hard to tell. But from looking at the captions on the
other prints it doesn't look as though they are sloppily labeled (of
course someone could have made a mistake). They seem to differentiate
between color woodblock prints, woodcuts, engravings, wood engravings,
etc.

Shireen

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Message 11
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:36:18 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38664] Re: "Dandelions and Grass"
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It is almost impossible to determine the original form of this image.
Because of the limitations of web files the images you get on the web
site is 72 dpi.

If one could bet a raw or original image that is 300 or better still
400 dpi (you can quickly see why making a call on the image is near
impossible) with such a large discrepancy in dpi.

( I would guess that it's a woodcut - as Sharri says, if you look
> closely the lines look like woodcut lines. The photo is very
> pixelated, and it doesn't say what the size of the original is, so
> that makes it hard to tell. But from looking at the captions on the
> other prints it doesn't look as though they are sloppily labeled (of
> course someone could have made a mistake). They seem to
> differentiate between color woodblock prints, woodcuts, engravings,
> wood engravings, etc.
>
> Shireen
>

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Message 12
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:51:48 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38665] "Dandelions and Grass"
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So...What I'm reading is you think that the reason we see softness in
the "Dandelions and Grass" print is possibly just blurring because the
image is 72 dpi? I look and look at it and try to see if there is
something going on with the coloring at the edges of those dandelions
gone to seed. If I were to (if I even could) use my tiniest tool and
try something like this, I don't see how I could achieve that softness
as I just know no matter how small the nick I'd make in the wood, it
would show pure paper color and not what looks here like fading into
the background. It's an amazing print. James Mundie, where are you?
I think James would have something to add to this as he does some
amazing things with straight black on white woodcuts.

I looked up E. H. Joslin on google and could find no one with that
name. I thought maybe I could ask the artist her/himself.

Brad, congratulations. Your baby is pretty. Your carving of her
announcement would charm anyone lucky enough to receive one.

~Gayle

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Message 13
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:39:30 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38666] Re: "Dandelions and Grass"
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send me the site so I can rip the image and have a close up look....
I can then help even further.

Graham

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