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Baren Digest             Thursday, 19 February 1998     Volume 02 : Number 073

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From: David Bull <davebull@asahi-net.email.ne.jp>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:14:13 +0900
Subject: [Baren 410] A nice face to show the world ... 

After being up and running for 12 weeks now, [Baren] finally has a
proper title page  ...

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/baren/default.html

Dave

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:10:17 -0500
Subject: [Baren 411] Re: A nice face to show the world ... 

Dave wrote:
>After being up and running for 12 weeks now, [Baren] finally has a
>proper title page  ...


Can you believe it has only been 12 weeks?  It seems like we have been
posting back and forth for years.  Amazing how comfortable you can be when
talking to friends.

Cheers

Ray Esposito

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From: julio.rodriguez@walgreens.com
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:21:31 -0600
Subject: [Baren 412] misc. 

This one is for Graham.....definitely not a 10.....but it's mine

Printmakers have no limits; everytime a bunch of them get together it turns 
into a BLOCK party!

Julio

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From: julio.rodriguez@walgreens.com
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:32:48 -0600
Subject: [Baren 413] papermaking 

I almost forgot.......( I was laughing so hard! not because my previous posting 
was funny...but because I was just trying to imagine Graham's face when he 
reads that terrible joke....)

Anyways...I have been busy the last couple of days making some 
paper...yes...that's right... making some paper. I guess I got the bug reading 
about it in all these washi-books I have here...and well I just had to try it. 
Nothing fancy....no Kozo, no real plant fibers to breakdown...just some 
shredded computer paper, a blender and a piece of window screening over an 8x10 
picture frame.  It took me about a dozen times to get a good scooping of pulp 
and form what seems to be my very first sheet of handmade paper.  After a while 
even my son got into it and tried to make some. I am not sure what it's going 
to print like because it looks very thin and right now the sheets are still 
drying. I still need to give it a sizing. All in all we made about 8 sheets of 
about 6X9 inches. We had lots of fun and even though it might not turn out to 
be acceptable for printing....it is still our very own paper!  Now I got a pot 
of water boiling... and I am off to collect some plant fiber materials from the 
backyard......has anybody seen my baseball bat ?  Wish me luck !    
 
Julio

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 19:25:26 -0500
Subject: [Baren 414] Re: papermaking 

Julio wrote:
>Anyways...I have been busy the last couple of days making some 
>paper...yes...that's right... making some paper. 


Just getting into papermaking myself.  I am fortunate in that the Society
has a cross cut paper shredder and I get great small peices.  It is
unbelieveable how much paper this organization generates.  I already have
three large trash bags of computer paper.  We also generate a lot of
colored paper which we have separated.  I will not run out of product.  I
am anxious to hear how your weed pounding goes.  

Cheers
Ray Esposito

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