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Baren Digest              Friday, 19 February 1999      Volume 06 : Number 452

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Subject: [Baren 3105] 
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From: Gregory Robison <grobison@swiftuganda.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 23:22:36 +0300
Subject: [Baren 3106] Re: Baren Digest V6 #450 

Kampala, 18 February 1999

Ray wrote: (about why one might use a press instead of a baren)

>Even the simple act of writing is difficult.

So how come I have five times more messages from you than anyone else? :-) I
just did a quick calculation (and hey, I'm a finance guy.  Calculations is
what I do), and anyway, I figure you type at about 450 words a minute.  (I
rounding from 447.66 -- as you know from my contributions about wood drying,
that's just the way my mind works...).  I don't know about you guys, but I'm
going to remember Ray on Secretary's Day, since he types faster than anybody
who's ever worked for me. 

>I can think of one other reason.  If you are into letterpress, some artists
>like to include type with the woodblock and it is much easier to do this on
>a press.

But never print the woodblock at the same time as the type.  The letterpress
people know this, but...

Yikes!  This is baren!  This kinda stuff is for BA5!

Greg

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From: "Ray Esposito" <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:58:11 -0500
Subject: [Baren 3108] Re: Baren Digest V6 #450

Greg wrote:
>So how come I have five times more messages from you than anyone else? :-)

But my dear Gregory, I also wrote that there was nothing wrong with my
fingers.  And to keep everything straight, I do not type that fast.  The
last time I checked it was just 285 per minutes.

>But never print the woodblock at the same time as the type.  The letterpress
>people know this, but...


And I will learn all of these little secrets when I talk a letterpress
workshop this summer.  But please tell me more.  Like what kind of first
letterpress should I buy and where.

>Yikes!  This is baren!  This kinda stuff is for BA5!


Very perceptive.  We should continue this "on the other side".  We don't
want to upset these techies.  :-))

Cheers
Ray

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From: Mariten@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 23:30:20 EST
Subject: [Baren 3109] Re: rust proof 

I do hates to contradict everyone, but the perfect place to store anything so
it will not rust is in a single digit humidity climate. Let me think, do I
know a place? Do I? Oh yes, there is a studio in Las Mucho-Dry-Vegas, NV which
will preserve absolutely rust-free any presses, tools, extra cherry wood you
want naturally dried, etc etc etc. Just feel free to ship away.

Maria in (did-I-mentiondry?) Las Vegas 

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From: Jack Reisland <reislandj001@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:51:46 -1000
Subject: [Baren 3110] Re: mounting on silk 

about Maria's silk mounting:

 Once I started to think about the methods to mount your print, I realized that
 there is so many different options that it will take me a little while to
 organize this information, otherwise I will end up with one of those long
 rambling messages that end up not making any sense, like you might find on some
 other site. I will get back to you soon on this one, especially since I have
 always liked the possibilities of alternate mountings.

Jack Reisland
Reisland Conservation and Restoration

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