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Baren Digest               Wednesday, 3 June 1998       Volume 03 : Number 172

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From: Phil Bivins <pbivins@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 18:21:20 -0400
Subject: [Baren 857] Thanks Jim 

Jim, Just received your long anticipated package. I really got a kick out
of it! Also a really nice print, one that I will frame and put in a place
of honor. Thanks

Phil

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From: jimandkatemundie@juno.com (James G Mundie)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:11:11 -0400
Subject: [Baren 858] Seaby book on relief printing 

	Yesterday, I browsed through the Seaby book that was part of
Dave's holiday booty.  A hoot!  What a delightful but curious little
book.  Very interesting that it was produced as a guide to introducing
the craft (as rewarding but somewhat more complicated than basket
weaving, it seems) to school children.  
	Some of the techniques suggested are most unusual. There are,
nonetheless, many little gems of useful suggestions-- sanding the edges
of the "islands of color" for instance when leaving wood to support the
paper.  

Sla/n go tamall, y'all
James Mundie, Philadelphia USA   

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From: Jean Eger <jeaneger@LanMinds.Com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 18:57:34 -0700
Subject: [Baren 859] Re: Graham's elevator 

Graham's horizontal galleries with the elevator at the end are wonderful!  What a 
grand conceptual work of art your web site is, Graham!
It's at http://www.islandnet.com/~gscholes/westcoastgal.html
I liked your lighthouse light going around too, but it went off almost immediately.
Sincerely,
Jean Eger

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:21:24 -0700
Subject: [Baren 860] Island in the Sun" 

> sanding the edges of the "islands of color" for instance when leaving wood to 
> support the paper ...

Gosh, I thought every body knew this.

If you don't sand those little island of support you will get a nasty ridge
when you burnish over them with the baren.

Regards,

Graham

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:23:26 -0700
Subject: [Baren 861] Re: Graham's elevator 

Jean wrote:
>I liked your lighthouse light going around too, but it went off almost
>immediately.

Put a quarter in and it works fine.

TTYS

Graham

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:28:43 -0700
Subject: [Baren 862] Re: Graham's elevator 

>Graham's horizontal galleries with the elevator at the end are wonderful!

Ya.. and you know what....my elevator goes all the way to the top.

I must say it was a slow fussy job getting the site to work smoothly.
It was worth it.

Now I must go and fine that brick.

Graham

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 17:08:50 +0900
Subject: [Baren 863] Re: Island in the Sun 

Graham wrote:
> If you don't sand those little islands of support you will get 
> a nasty ridge when you burnish over them with the baren.

But can I add something to this thread ...?

None of the traditional carvers here do anything at all to these 'sharp'
edges of the block.  They are left just as they are when the 'scooping'
chisel makes its final cuts ...

The printers consider it a point of pride to be able to use the baren so
expertly that no marks are ever left by these sharp edges.  The baren
skims across the paper so smoothly that it never touches them.

Here is a photo of a typical block:
http://www.woodblock.com/forum/archives/vol03/extras/carved_block.jpg

Now that I have said that, I should add that in my own case, I cut away
the sharpest part of the exposed edge with a flat chisel.   I'll have to
save the 'point of pride' until I've got the skill to go with it ...

Dave B.

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From: Gary Luedtke <GLuedtke@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 07:50:39 -0400
Subject: [Baren 864] Graham Horizontal at Last 

Graham, nice layout.  I wonder now, is that lighthouse at the head of your
page manned, or one of those pernicious automated things? 

Gary

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