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Baren Digest               Friday, 20 August 1999       Volume 08 : Number 666

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@nacs.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:45:30 -0400
Subject: [Baren 5298] Re: Baren Digest V8 #665 

Sarah asked:
> Gayle - where did you get the "blank seals" from?

I believe I ordered it from Aiko's, Sarah.  When I get back from
Tennessee I'll check.  We're leaving in 15 minutes.

Gayle

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:56:01 +0900
Subject: [Baren 5299] From the fair ... 

(This message was received from Matt Brown this evening, but didn't get
sent out directly because he used a 'non-subscriber' address ...)

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Dave,
- --- You wrote:
> Bea and Lynita wrote about visiting Matt Brown's 'fair'

> Hey, didn't anybody take along a camera?  I'd love to see some shots 
> of this!  If anybody has some, _please_ send them to:

> ftp://woodblock.com/incoming


A fellow loaned me a Sony digital camera for an hour so I do have some
stuff I could send over but am not able to figure out how to use your
woodblock.com/incoming. Can you explain? Also borrowed a fellow's camera
to take a picture of Sandy Wadlington printing while Bea and her husband 
look on..
. . may not get prints for several weeks.

Matt

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Matt then attached a photo from the fair to another email for me.  I
have just put it up at:
http://woodblock.com/temporary/fair.jpg

As far as sending images to the ftp site, the process is extremely
simple.  I will describe it here for those of you using Netscape
Navigator, but I'm sure that Explorer will work the same way ...

(1) Prepare your image, a .jpg file is usually the best format.
(2) Start up your browser program, just as though you were going to
browse the net for something ...
(3) Type this address into your browser's 'Location Field':
ftp://woodblock.com/incoming

(4) You will then be connected to the woodblock.com ftp site, and will
see a short 'welcoming message' in your browser window.
(5) Go to your browser's 'File' menu and select the 'Upload file'
option.
(6) The browser will ask you to identify which file you wish to send.
(7) Once you do so, the file will be automatically uploaded to
woodblock.com
(8) That's all.  (Actually there is one more step - send me an email
telling me what you've done, so that I can go and dig out the file and
do something with it.)

This is an extremely fast, simple and foolproof way of sending me images
- - far better than using email attachments.

OK Matt, we're waiting!

Dave

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From: Sherpsm@aol.com
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:33:22 EDT
Subject: [Baren 5300] Re: Woodblock magazine article 

Dave 
Thanks for sharing Gosho-san's site with us.
Interesting Baren construction pictures and Gosho-san's prints are wonderful. 

An article on woodblock prints has appeared in the current issue of the 
magazine: Style 1900, The Quarterly Journal of the Arts and Crafts Movement.  
The article is titled Glowing Spots of Color by Steven Thomas. It is a brief 
article on the woodblock print movement in the United States in the early 
part of this century.  I thought some of you might be interested in knowing 
about it. It is not an in-depth article but more of an introduction to the 
general public. Arthur Wesley Dow, Frank Morley Fletcher Bertha Lum Walter 
Phillips and other printmakers are mentioned. The is a listing of artists by 
location and many of the names I have never seen before. 

Joe 

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:33:51 -0800
Subject: [Baren 5301] McClain's paper 

I thought it would be interesting to post a reply the April regarding a
sample piece of paper that she sent me.

This from April-------------
>Till now Elaine has been my source with two types only.

>I enclose a piece of her "Kizuki hanga" double weight paper $30 (US) for
>40" x 26" single sheet price ($25 for 100).
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It is interesting to see  Elaine's paper.
My observations are:  the weight is substantial, however the roughness is
beyond what I expected.
Have you printed on this paper and how do you get a smooth lay of pigment
when using a baren. I should think it would be extremely difficult causing
a great deal of speckle and texture.
I could see the roughness would not interfere with printing on a press with
lots of pressure.

Has anyone else out there used the above paper and what are the results.

Regards,

Graham

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