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Baren Digest               Thursday, 8 April 1999       Volume 07 : Number 519

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From: Gregory Robison <grobison@swiftuganda.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 10:17:11 +0300
Subject: [Baren 3901] Re: Association in formation 

Kampala, 7 April 1999

I've been quiet but am still here, enjoying the recent contributions about
tools and degredation due to sunlight and pollution.  I have some thoughts
to share on the latter, but first, I wonder if some on the list could help
me with the following:

I have been asked to help form an association of printmakers in Uganda and
I'm looking for ideas from existing societies on how such a group should be
organized.  Issues such as admission of members, nature of shows sponsored
by the society, etc.  I can invent it all from scratch (I'm used to setting
up companies, writing by-laws, etc), but there is surely some wisdom out
there that I can tap...  

There are very few printmakers in this country.  The best one (who has
exhibited and won awards in Japan and Europe) dropped by my studio
yesterday and raised this question about starting an organization.  His
task is to round up good candidates (we figure that there are about half a
dozen who are active), and my task is to host the organizational meeting
and propose the rules.  I'm sure that the experience of watercolor
societies and other such groups would be pertinent as well.  With such a
small group, I know that most of what happens will be informal.  However,
the existence of a corporate body of some kind could be helpful for many
reasons.

Any thoughts?

Gregory Robison 

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From: Aqua4tis@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:32:14 EDT
Subject: [Baren 3902] Re: more claps!  Clap Clap 

im new to this   but i am truley impressed with this site     georga      
clap clap clap

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From: James G Mundie <jimandkatemundie@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:42:15 -0400
Subject: [Baren 3903] flash bulbs; a pretty girl is like a melody... 

Jack wrote:
>I am sure that long-term exposure is much more damaging than a very infrequent 
>exposure to flash or scan.

There was a discussion about this some months ago on Prints-L.  I'm sorry
to say I don't remember the exact findings, but an English research team
concluded that flash bulbs and scanners posed no discernable harm to
paper or pigments over prolonged and repeated exposure.  Generally, I
think the illumination from a flash is so brief that any harm it might
cause is negligible.

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Someone asked (I accidentally erased that part of the digest so, I don't
remember exactly who it was... Wanda, maybe?) about the woman in the
print of mine to be seen in the "Window of Opportunity" section at
http://www.fleisher.org
The model is a friend of mine (who has since moved to San Francisco) that
I have used many times in my images over the past couple of years.  You
can see more of her on page two of my Encyclopedia entry
(http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia/015_01/015_01_frame.html).
I enjoy working with her face because it has a sort of Raphael or
Botticelli quality about it.

Mise le meas,
James Mundie, Philadelphia USA

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From: "Jeanne N. Chase" <studiojnc@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:58:40 -0400
Subject: [Baren 3904] Re: flash bulbs; a pretty girl is like a melody... 

James
When I click on the url that you sent re; the model you usually work from ,
I just get "Not Found". but I shall persevere and go right to the Encl.
Just wanted to let you know in case others have the same problem.  Bet you
miss your model!  I had a great model for 10 Years and  could depend on her,
when she moved it took me awhile to find another.
It would be easier if we would just do still lifes or flowers or landscapes.
They are always available!

Jeanne

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