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Baren Digest              Sunday, 21 February 1999      Volume 06 : Number 455

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:26:34 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3140] Re: Spots, ... 

Dave wrote....
 >Even hard-core baren-types like
>Graham have shown interest in a press.

Yes but never, like I mean NEVER, .....can you hear me.......then read my
lips....never for woodblock printing. Waterless Lithograph.....well one has
no choice.

>'with woodblock printing' - those are the key words.  Keep to that, and
>the postings are welcome right here.

And if you don't then Ray will be in touch with you.

Regards,

Graham

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 02:41:10 -0500
Subject: [Baren 3141] Re: Baren Digest V6 #454 

Chris Bremmer asked is anybody uses
> oilbased ink and rolls it on the block, and prints on dry paper?

I do, Chris, and so do a few other Baren members.   And I guess
I do it that way because I like the immediacy of it and I like working
out my designs with black and white.  My subjects are sometimes
dark and work very well with this method.  But I like to use Japanese
paper, especially kitakata and I like hand burnishing.  I use a wooden
spoon.  

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Here's a question.  Could a person use rollers and 
water based ink on dampened sized paper and get good 
results without using paste and pigment?  

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Welcome to Baren, Michelle.  

Gayle Wohlken

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From: Jack Reisland <reislandj001@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:20:24 -1000
Subject: [Baren 3142] Re: Paper + size + pigment + water 

Mary wrote:
> Here's my two cents on the where does the pigment/sizing go questions.
>
> I find it helpful to remember that all paper is a web of tiny plant
> fibers held together both by their physical entanglement and
> electrostatic attraction ...

  This is a very elegant explanation of the interactions between paper ,
sizing, water and pigment. Thanks Mary!

Jack Reisland
Reisland Conservation and Restoration

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