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Baren Digest                Friday, 2 April 1999        Volume 07 : Number 511

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From: Cucamongie@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 08:25:59 EST
Subject: [Baren 3796] rice paste, etc. 

For anyone in or near NYC looking for rice paste in tubes, you can get it at a
place called Sunrise Mart, a Japanese market on East 9th Street, or at
Kinokuniya Bookstores, which is in the Rockefeller Center area.  Sure saves
time mixing, cooking etc. (and I hate to cook!) and it's cheap - less than
$2.00 per tube.  Also, for those looking for methyl cellulose in NYC, you can
find it at Talas, which is on Broadway.  Also, Talas has a lot of other
interesting stuff including some sort of special sharp tool which April showed
me that she said is great at scraping off little blots.  April, what is that
tool called?
happy printing!
Sarah Hauser

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 07:24:43 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3798] de rice paste 

Sarah wrote....
> April, what is that tool called?

A Debloter...... closely related to de brush, de knife, de paper and de Ray.

Regards,

Graham

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 10:26:19 -0500
Subject: [Baren 3799] Re: Baren Digest V7 #510 

Dave answered:
> Not quite sure what you mean here Gayle ...  The carving there is
> actually not very deep at all.  

Okay, Dave, I went back and looked.  The shadows look deep between
the leaf lines.  Also why do the leaf lines look rounded.  When I carve
a line it looks really flat on top. Your lines seems to look sculpted
round.

Gayle

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From: Mariten@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:14:01 EST
Subject: [Baren 3800] website updates 

Greetings all,
I opened the virtual studio, although it is still under construction. A couple
of pages are eagerly waiting for your contributions. Go:
http://www.mariarango.com
Visit the Studio, then check out the Links page. 
I would like to place links to your sites there, so if you would send me your
URL off-list, I will consider that permission to do so.
Then visit the MURAL, which is very skimpy without you! Let's fill it up with
your .gifs and .jpegs. Again, please send me your graphics off-list.
I do hope everyone contributes.
As for the Invited Artist page (not open yet), it's designed to give
websiteless artists a chance to show some stuff but I'm still trying to figure
out the specifics to post for this; I will keep everyone updated.
Now here is another thought that I have taken for granted: there are people
all over the world looking at our art; fellow bareners, complete strangers
once, are talking weekly over the modem lines, sharing knowledge, thoughts,
feelings and most of all, art. Doesn't that make you say: wow!?

Good health to all,
Maria

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From: "Jeanne N. Chase" <studiojnc@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:04:48 -0500
Subject: [Baren 3801] Re: website updates

Maria;
Wow, what a great web site. It was a fantastic tour throught the studio,
print room, your personal page , the whole 9 yards!  If you have not been
there , get ready for a treat.

Dave;
Many, many thanks for the post on "The effect of paste on the impression. "A
picture is still worth a thousand words." When I asked the question; "Wheat
paste vs. rice paste", I never expected such a numerous amount of answers.
Thanks to EVERYONE who took the time to reply.

Marco;
I tried and tried to get to your URL but with no luck, with either the one
you gave or the one Graham suggested. I cannot blame my Puter as I can get
to all the others. Still would love to see the site. Maybe tomorrow my
computer will be kinder to me.

Michael;
Does kampai mean goodbye????

Hideshi;
Would still like the catalog to your show. Let me know how much to send and
I will translate it into dollars. Then send a money order. Is that alright
with you?

Hey guys and gals,.I collect printmaking calalogs, so if anyone is in a
show, let me know about it, OK?

Thats it for now. I have a wood cut waiting for me. I hear it calling me,
and when you see it you will know why.

Jeanne

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From: Michael Schneider <mikasch@t0.or.at>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 21:44:56 +0200
Subject: [Baren 3802] Re: website updates 

Jeanne N. Chase wrote:
> Does kampai mean goodbye????

no its not the german word for godbye, it japanese for cheers!
but such discussions are better placed into ba5. (ok... some words can be useful
when you meet a japanese printer and want to make friends.

michael

BTW: I have just finished a new catalog, the "reconstruction" section of my
homepage  is the web version of the cd-rom that comes with the book. The book is
in german, english and japanese so I guess the most of you can find a suitable
language. If anyone is interested in it let me know about.

http://www.t0.or.at/~mikasch/rekon/start.htm

michael

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From: mmflavio <marco@athomefaraway.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:27:18 +0000
Subject: [Baren 3804] Re: woodblock show 

Graham wrote:
> Now for a comment about you woodblocks.   Pretty damn exciting stuff.

Hey Graham,
thank you for the encouragement. They are water based; I make my own
inks from dry pigments. Lots of work but you will see some of it at the workshop.
Fractals are one of my passions and the line comes partially from that,
partially from my personality.
They are 9" x 12" (I had 4 months to set up the show, find the models
and do the work which I am still madly completing).
thank you and see you soon,
Marco Flavio

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From: mmflavio <marco@athomefaraway.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:39:41 +0000
Subject: [Baren 3805] Re: Woodblocks Printmaking show in San Francisco

dean brink wrote:
> Excellent prints and idea. They reminds me of Baskin. Noble idea of
> exploring the SF community.

Thanks Dan, I hope for the best for the show.
There are gays in the show (whom immigrated here from many places for many
different reasons). There are no american born in the show and that is one of
the concepts behind the show now that San Francisco is gentryfying so rapidly.
People born out of this country who are being resisted, propositions like 187
and 209 that target those of us who are here even if legally and the battle for
bilingual education (which is slowly being lost) are those this installation is
dedicated to.
It is about reminding to San Franciscans why we like being here (aside from the
weather). Its openness, its policy of acceptance of those who are different (as
you know), its willingness to have improbable communities is what made many of
us come here. And we are going to stand for it.
So for this show no drag queens (though should in my next installation one of
my models should show up in drag it would be more than welcome). Only people
who immigrated to SF, regardless of their gender identity. And the music has
been as eclectic as the models: from Andrea Bocelli to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
People choose what they feel has a tie to their persona, and I am not here to
question that but just to celebrate it.
More images will be available after the show (I do not want to give it all away
before the opening).
Thanks foer the comments, again
Marco

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 15:00:49 +0900
Subject: [Baren 3808] Re: leaves ... 

Gayle wrote:
> ... why do the leaf lines look rounded.  When I carve
> a line it looks really flat on top. Your lines seems to look 
> sculpted round.

This I think, is just an artifact of the fuzzy .jpg photograph.  None of
the lines are rounded at all.  The ones that have some 'width' left are
completely flat on top, but the narrower ones just come to a sharp edge
on top ...

I've updated the photos with last night's carving work ...
http://woodblock.com/surimono/1999/1999album.html

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Maria's new web pages have already undergone a major update.  If you
didn't take a look the other day, please don't miss it now!

http://www.mariarango.com

Congratulations Maria, this is excellent work.  Do you _have_ all those
books in your library?!?

Also, please show us some photographs of the _inside_ of your studio. 
>From the outside it looks fabulous ...

Dave

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