[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking Baren Digest Wednesday, 3 February 1999 Volume 06 : Number 433 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mkrieger@mb.sympatico.ca Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:29:18 -0600 Subject: [Baren 2898] PanAm Exhibition Here is the quick version that Ted put together for a newsletter. Hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions. And feel free to pass the word along if you know others who might be interested. M.P.A. PanAm Juried Print Exhibition: Manitoba Printmakers Association July, 1999, Gallery, Winnipeg, MB. Canada Open to printmakers from the 42 countries of the Americas and the Caribbean. All print media with the exception of Photography Paper or support size must not exceed 11" x 14" (28cm x 36cm) $25.00 Canadian permits each artist to submit 3 original prints Jurying will be from original work, please do not send slides Awards- A minimum of $2,000.00 will be available for juror - designated purchases and patron purchases. Deadline for submission is May 1, 1999 Please send submissions to: M.P.A. PanAm Print Exhibition 547 Notre Dame Ave. Winnipeg, MB. Canada R3B 1S2 For more information please contact us at the above address or by E-mail at thowrth@cc.umanitoba.ca or landin@cc.umanitoba.ca Entry form: Artist name / Nom / Nombre: (family).....................................(given name)....................... Address. (street)........................................................................... Tel. ( )................... City.................................................................... Prov.,State,Est............................................. Postal / Zip Code................................... Country, Pays,Pais................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................ Title Titre Titula Technique, Tecnica Date, Annee, Fecha #1......................................................... ............................................... .................................. #2......................................................... ................................................ ................................. #3........................................................ .................................................. ................................ ------------------------------ Subject: [Baren 2899] Erroneous post ------------------------------ From: "Ray Esposito" Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:41:17 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2900] member list The member list for Baren After Five has been posted. Cheers Ray ------------------------------ From: "Ray Esposito" Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:43:09 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2901] Re: PanAm Exhibition >$25.00 Canadian permits each artist to submit 3 original prints >Jurying will be from original work, please do not send slides Mary I assume an International Money Order in US funds equivalent would be acceptable? Cheers Ray ------------------------------ From: "Roger A. Ball" Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:50:26 -0700 Subject: [Baren 2902] exchange status and "Orange.." James: Could you post a list of whose prints you have received thus far? Would like to verify that mine are there and wonder how close we are... I also must admit to doing a fair amount of staring yesterday at Matt's "Orange in October" print on http://www.vernegallery.com/online.html Agreed that this is really fine work, Matt. Truly inspirational. Joy to you all, - -Roger ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 07:45:03 -0800 Subject: [Baren 2903] THAT wood. Dave wrote.... >P.S. I also took my camera with me this afternoon, and have just >put up a few snaps I had a chance to take while we worked on the >plank ... >http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia/updates.html So what does it take to get a piece of that wonderful stuff. I'm sure one of the Barenettes would kill for it. Just a thought .....did you seal the end of the planks with wax or something to prevent the cracking there? Regards, Graham ps What is your address? How high off the ground is your balcony? Could anyone climb down from the roof? ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 07:51:38 -0800 Subject: [Baren 2904] Re: Moonlighting Matt wrote.... >(Not to mention the fact that the connections are much better. On my server >there are many days starting around 8 in the morning and going till 10 at >night >everything goes much slower, of course your phone is tied up . . . Last month we made the change over to Cable to access the net. Fast is the operative word. Can download a 2mg file in about 2 minutes......the phone line would take 3/4 hour. The web sites come up fast. Couldn't get refund from former server so still use it for my mail. Just haven't had time to switch thingies over. Regards, Graham ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:08:28 -0800 Subject: [Baren 2905] Re: PanAm Exhibition >>$25.00 Canadian permits each artist to submit 3 original prints >>Jurying will be from original work, please do not send slides Ray wrote.... >I assume an International Money Order in US funds equivalent would be >acceptable? Gees I hate it when you Yanks get in at half price. (<' Graham ------------------------------ From: "Ray Esposito" Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:38:11 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2906] Re: PanAm Exhibition Graham wrote.... >Gees I hate it when you Yanks get in at half price. (<' Don't be so damn cranky. It is not half price but $16.95US plus $3 for the IMO. That is just a 21% discount. Ahhhhhhh. Don't blame us. Talk to those "leaders" in Ottawa. :-) While on the subject of the Canadian dollaer, all of you who are thinking of buying a press, I suggest you take a close look at Patrick Design, make up your mind and take advantage of the weak Canadian dollar. This will not last forever and you will kick yourselves later. Just a thought. Cheers ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:21:32 -0800 Subject: [Baren 2907] Re: PanAm Exhibition Ray wrote.... >Don't be so damn cranky. It is not half price but $16.95US plus $3 for the >IMO. That is just a 21% discount. Gees I hate it when people can add, multiply and divide. (<' Graham Yes I know this should be on After 5 I have some major changes to make to my Mac Hope I can get to it this week......end.....next.....month.....Gotta finish the new piece I am on and refuse to relinquish more that a cursory e-mail or two. Graham ------------------------------ From: mkrieger@mb.sympatico.ca Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 16:09:20 -0600 Subject: [Baren 2908] Re: PanAm Exhibition Ray Esposito wrote: > I assume an International Money Order in US funds equivalent would be > acceptable? Yes. Money order in US funds equivalent cheerfully accepted. Mary Krieger ------------------------------ From: Gary Luedtke Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:54:27 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2909] PanAm Exhibition Mary, What is a "printmaker"? So far, until I get something else lined up, I make prints with a computer. Am I a "printmaker"? Would that type of print be accepted at your printmaker's exhibition? Is a printmaker one who makes prints by hand, such as blocks hand-carved? By plates perhaps photoetched from original sketches but made by an engraver and only printed by the artist? By press as well as baren? Only on handmade paper and not machine-made? Repeated images from something other than a photographic image? Is it colored by hand, brayered onto a roller? What is the operative definition of a "printmaker"? Is someone who only prints, a printmaker? Is a carver, a printmaker, is a designer a printmaker, or do you have to be all of them to be a printmaker? Where is the line drawn? I have a feeling that this is more of a subjective issue than anything else, so what's the general feeling out there? Fill me in, am I a printmaker or not? Gary ------------------------------ From: Marco Flavio Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:44:09 -0800 Subject: [Baren 2910] Re: PanAm Exhibition In response to Gary, I made numerous prints on Watercolor paper using Iris (giclee technolgy) in the past 5 years. Many shows and competitions accepted me as a printmaker (they were limited signed editions of 24), others didn't and said on their prospectus that digital or photomechanic reproductions were not accepted. What I have learned (I now do more "traditional" prints: woodblocks with a baren) is that the technology and artistry required to make valid digital prints is still noticeable and the final quality of the piece is still tied to the artist not the process (also, if you just look around you can see a lot of poor work created on the computer that fuels lack of recognition for the medium ). The problem comes with progress and the evolution of the techniques; think of photography 100 years ago: it had no recognition. Digital prints and the term "printmaker" will expand in people's perception with time; until that happens we are tied with the current standards which tend to stigmatize non "traditional" processes. It is up to us (or maybe now you) to prove the medium worthy of respect by creating pieces that will withstand the test of time; that will be the only way to elevate it to a true art form. Take care, Marco Flavio ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 08:32:27 +0900 Subject: [Baren 2911] Re: THAT wood. Graham wrote: > So what does it take to get a piece of that wonderful stuff. > I'm sure one of the Barenettes would kill for it. Well I went through the entire pile, and that's the only one I chose. They're going to give me a call when/if they get some more in ... > > Just a thought .....did you seal the end of the planks with wax or > something to prevent the cracking there? That was done when the main boards where sliced up from the log. There is a good thick coating of it on there. > What is your address? > How high off the ground is your balcony? > Could anyone climb down from the roof? Classified info! ------------------------------ From: Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:00:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Baren 2912] Re: PanAm Exhibition Gary wrote: >What is a printmaker? This is from Ray H in Vermont. Of course, you're a print maker. Perhaps not a woodblock print maker. Any image lifted from a surface is a print; and how are computer prints "lifted"? I don't think it's a matter of reproducing a limited number of images that is important but rather the magic that occurs as something passes from mind to hand to tool to paper; or mind to tool to paper? I was struck at how many computer prints were awarded prizes in the site Jean Eger suggested (www.krakow.pl/WK/EN/kultura/smtg Some very interesting work there. ------------------------------ From: Gary Luedtke Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:25:50 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2913] Re: PanAm Exhibition Dave, That is a spectacular slab of cherry. How big do those trees grow? They certainly seem to outsize the U.S. cherry I've seen. It would be quite interesting if the next time you take a jaunt to the countryside where those are grown, you could find one and photograph it. How many blocks do you anticipate getting from a slab like that? Can you get two across? Carve on both sides or keep planing it down? I can see why Graham is dusting off his rapelling gear. You better keep your attack cat staked out by the lumber at night. Of course I have lots of nice controlled space here in my studio where that kind of lumber would be safe and sound and could age in relative obscurity until it has reached its optimum state for carving..........away from those harsh Tokyo winters on the snow-driven balcony, the rain blizzards you guys get washed out with in Spring, those Saharan Mistrals that blow up in summer and those frosty-toed November mornings that split wood like a sledge to a wedge.............and, not to mention those association guys who may try to come over and Baren-After-Five you with a gallon of sake..... Just a thought, Gary ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 12:36:21 +0900 Subject: [Baren 2914] Re: that wood .. Gary wrote: > That is a spectacular slab of cherry. How big do those trees grow? They do grow quite a bit wider than any cherry I ever saw over there. This one is 83cm wide at its widest point, more than enough width for two 'oban' blocks side by side. Up near the top end it has tapered down to just over 60cm. If it doesn't check or split at all as it dries (most unlikely), I would be able to pull at least 48 oban blocks from these four boards. What is far more likely though, is that I'll save some of the widest parts for some as yet unknown future project, and use pieces of the rest for my smaller surimono prints. I don't have any plans for any more oban prints in the forseeable future. Of course I will use both sides of each piece. For colour blocks, that's standard practice. It's not usually done for key blocks, but these planks aren't dense enough for key blocks - I'm going to have to keep looking ... > I can see why Graham is dusting off his rapelling gear. You better keep > your attack cat staked out by the lumber at night. Considering how heavy they are, I rather doubt anybody could get them out of here without half the neighbourhood hearing about it ... My biggest worry now, is too-fast drying. I've put a row of those gardening hoops over the stack, and have covered it with some mesh to keep the direct sunshine off, but this air is _so_ extremely dry ... I'm just dreading hearing the cracks and pops start ... I'd like to bring the whole stack inside, but those of you who have visited a Japanese apartment will know what a ridiculous suggestion that is ... > Of course I have lots > of nice controlled space here in my studio where that kind of lumber would > be safe and sound and could age in relative obscurity until it has reached > its optimum state for carving I'm sure you do! But there is there, and here is here ... Dave ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V6 #433 ***************************