[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Sunday, 27 September 1998 Volume 04 : Number 294 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kim and paul Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 13:08:46 -0800 Subject: [Baren 1765] Using a brush to print Hi Dave, this is Kim, When I was studying printmaking at university, I was taught to use a Speedball soft brayer to roll the ink onto my block. With a brush, how do you prevent ink from seeping into your marks, or is this all right? Also, what kind of pigment does one use and what kind of glue to make this mixture I read about in your last post? I have wanted to create more transparent colors but it is very difficult to do with a roller. Thanks. ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 08:18:52 +0900 Subject: [Baren 1766] Brushing, exchange update ... Kim asked: > With a brush, how do you prevent ink from seeping into your marks, > or is this all right? With a brush, the pigment _does_ indeed seep into every crevice on the block. All unneded areas must be carved down to a level where the paper will not make contact. It's actually not necessary to really make large excavations. We touched on this in [Baren 661] in Digest #133; drop over to the archives: http://www.woodblock.com/forum/archives/archives.html and take a look ... >Also, what kind of pigment does one use and what kind of glue to make >this mixture I read about in your last post? I'm a bit embarrassed at the fact that although there is now over 40 megabytes of information in the Encyclopedia, I still have not yet written such a fundamental thing as a simple description of the printing process. Until I do, you can perhaps peruse the acticles at: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/how-to/articles.html where the basics of the process are described ... > I have wanted to create more transparent colors but it is very > difficult to do with a roller. I actually have never used a roller, so can't offer direct advice on this, but one of the articles that I uploaded to the Encyclopedia Library was written by a man using only rollers to create his prints - and these are full of transparent overlaid colour. Take a look at the two articles from the book 'The Relief Print': - - Eva and Ernest W. Watson - A Discussion of Their Methods - - Color Printing from Relief Blocks - by Ernest W. Watson http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia/outline.html#library *** It's time to move forward a bit on the preparations for the print exchange. I hope that you are all busy with carving and perhaps even printing already, but while you are doing that, I have to get started with the peripheral preparation. All [Baren] members who are participating in the exchange, please take a moment to visit http://www.woodblock.com/forum/request.html and fill in the information for me. It will only take you a moment ... Dave B. ------------------------------ From: Ray Esposito Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 20:56:48 -0400 Subject: [Baren 1767] Re: Brushing, exchange update ... Dave wrote: >All [Baren] members who are participating in the exchange, please take a >moment to visit Dave: The form is not loading correctly. I get the form but none of the print. I don;t know what I am checking off. Problem on my end or yours??? Ray Esposito ------------------------------ From: Bill Ritchie Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:24:54 -0700 Subject: [Baren 1768] Re: Brushing, exchange update ... Ray Esposito had a problem. I didn't. Thought it might help if I told you the form worked fine--and thank you for your work on this Inventor of Emeralda ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:31:00 -0500 Subject: [Baren 1769] re: web site found For those interested in japanese calligraphy and related art forms visit artist Eri Takase at "www.takase.com" There is quite a bit of print related artwork there and many other japanese related topics. Under "new " there is an article about a paper maker in Argentina that imports his materials from Japan. Bye for now. ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V4 #294 ***************************