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Baren Digest                Monday, 19 July 1999        Volume 08 : Number 633

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@nacs.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:11:14 -0400
Subject: [Baren 4984] Re: Baren Digest V8 #632 

Greg, what a wonderful description of your days in Sidney.
I particularly can relate to the world looking like a woodblock
print.  Whenever I have been studying anything in art very diligently,
the world looks like the thing I've been studying.  Once I saw
everything
as line.  Another time as values.  Then color became unbelievably
beautiful and subtle.  I feel doing art opens our eyes in a way most
people (who don't do art) will not know.  The most disgusting things
become interesting, the lovely things become celestial.  Thanks for
sharing with us.  

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John, thanks for the clarificaiton about the protective card when 
carving.  Do any of the rest of your Bareners use a card to cover
lines you don't want bumped by your tools?  If not, what method do
you use?  

Gayle

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 08:17:52 -0800
Subject: [Baren 4986] Re: Baren Digest V8 #632 

Gayle wrote....
>John, thanks for the clarificaiton about the protective card when
>carving.  Do any of the rest of your Bareners use a card to cover
>lines you don't want bumped by your tools?  If not, what method do
>you use?

I have been wondering about the need......
and why you and now John find the need for a piece of card.

Are you using the correct tool to do the job.
Are you using the bull nose 'Aisuki' correctly.
Have you sharpened the wrong angle on the aisuki.

One at a time here, Graham .

I use the aisuki to clear away wood along the edge of a 'to' cut line.

I make sure that the angle is slightly TOWARD the 'to' cut edge.  I
carefully ease the wood up and away from the cut line.  If you use the
aisuki in a manner that you are cutting AWAY (angle) from the 'to' cut line
then for sure the ferral is going to mar the edge.

If you have not made a 'to' cut first and are using the aisuki to cut a
line...you will have marring problems.  Going in or starting a cut is no
problem.....its when you want to exit from the wood that requires you to
lower the handle so the blade finds it's way up and out.....and the ferral
hits the wood.

The easiest way is to use a U gouge  'Komasuki' and all will be fine.  When
you use this you do not have to use the 'to' first. The Komasuki will cut a
good edge and at the proper angle.   Ah ha ....the end of problem.

On sharpening.....if you have sharpened the aisuki .... reducing the angle
....then this requires that you have to lower the handle to exit the wood
and causes the ferral to dig and mar the wood.   Sharpen your tool at a
slightly greater angle help prevent this.

On more thought......Using a tilted Hori-dai. The thingie I designed does
keep the angle of your plate such that marring the block is more
problematical.
 Go to :  http://www.members.home.net/gscholes/wksp2.html
They are fairly easy to make as per the discription I posted a week or so ago.
Hope somebody kept that.!!!!!!

Coming full circle....If the card works .....what the hell, go for it.

Regards,

Graham

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 14:30:59 -0800
Subject: [Baren 4988] Update. 

Just made a few additions to
 http://www.members.home.net/gscholes/wksp2.html

Like burning the Maru Bake.

Whew.....what a stink.....

Graham

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 07:56:45 +0900
Subject: [Baren 4989] Re: various ... 

Sheryl wrote:
> ...there is a pretty extensive collection of Gustave Baumann 
> prints to be found at
> http://www.artline.com/galleries/annex/artists/baumann/baumann.html

For those of you who didn't bother following up Sheryl's lead, may I
suggest that you stop reading this _right now_, and head on over there!

Dozens of his prints are on-line - this is a great chance to get a
survey of his work ...

(I'm repelled by the prices mentioned, but anyway, the work itself is
there to learn from ...)

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Gayle wrote:
> Why are John's messages appearing twice?  Once normal,
> and secondly with things like "&nbsp" at the end of sentences.

This is due to the fact that the messages are being sent to the
listserver in HTML format.  Most subscribers who get the 'regular'
version of [Baren] (as opposed to the 'digest' version) can decode such
messages with no trouble, but they are a real problem for the digest
...  It is very much recommended that member try and avoid using HTML
code in your messages to the list.  (Most email programs allow you to
have messages sent as 'straight text').

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Gayle also asked about using the clearing chisels, and Graham answered
her in words ...

So here's an answer in a picture - the most common way to use the
'aisuki'.

http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/005_03/images/colr06mini.jpg

Dave

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