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Baren Digest              Thursday, 8 January 1998      Volume 02 : Number 032

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From: David Bull <davebull@asahi-net.email.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 18:55:36 +0900
Subject: [Baren 136] New member ... (sort of) 

A few weeks back, I sent a package of printed-out [Baren] digests to
David Stones, a woodblock printmaker living out in the country here in
Japan, who as yet has no access to the 'net or e-mail.  I thought he
might like to know what sort of ideas were being tossed around ...

I got a letter from him today, and then spoke to him by phone; he is
very interested in [Baren], but without 'net access yet, can't do much
about it.  I offered to act as the 'fingers on the keys' for him if he
chose to contribute some ideas to the group, and I think he will be
sending me some stuff to post for him.

For the moment, let me introduce him by directing you to a small story
I wrote about him in my newsletter:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/hyaku-nin-issho/1992/winter/10.html

One particular topic that he would like the combined experience of the
group to address is the matter of how to most effectively
market/distribute/sell the finished prints.  

(He has just had some difficult experiences with some galleries in
England, where he found that prints were actually stolen right from the
gallery walls, and had to be fastened down with special brass
attachments.  It apparently wasn't a particularly successful trip ...)

The discussions on [Baren] so far have been technical or philosophical
in nature.  He found these interesting, but would certainly like to hear
what the members have to say about this important 'final' step in the
printmaking process.


Dave Bull (an English woodblock printmaker living in Japan) 
speaking for:
Dave Stones (an English woodblock printmaker living in Japan)

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