[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking.

Baren Digest             Thursday, 11 November 1999     Volume 09 : Number 776

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From: szvetecz <szvetecz@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:16:11 -0600
Subject: [Baren 6566] Hello 

Thank you Josephine, Wanda, Graham, Julio, Philip (and anyone else I haven't 
mentioned) for welcoming me to the list.

Years after I did an initial undergraduate degree in a non-art field, I "went 
back to school" and did undergraduate work in studio art with an emphasis on 
printmaking (primarily intaglio and lithography) at the University of Texas at 
Austin (USA); I then did a graduate degree in printmaking at the University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).  Currently I'm doing another grad 
degree--this one in library science.

I joined baren to encourage myself to make woodblock prints, being as I no 
longer have access to an intaglio or lithography studio.  This strategy 
appears to be working--I'm looking forward to figuring out a way to make 
woodblock prints in my small (and cluttered) apartment.  At some point, I hope 
to be able to participate in one of the exchanges; I love looking at the web 
reproductions of the prints produced for two of the previous ones.

I am enjoying reading the posts (I almost said "hearing your voices").  Thanks 
to all of you for helping me--a printmaking refugee--with the process of 
reinventing myself as a printmaker and woodblock print artist.

Margaret

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From: Josephine Severn <severn@acay.com.au>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:28:48 +1100
Subject: [Baren 6567] Congrats 

Maria

Please join me in a very quiet and humble
yi-pee.

You betcha! Congrats to you. It looks remarkably like a platypus.

I got my first website award today. Hubby is cracking whip, get back to
studio, woman! Make art.

Oh well
Josephine

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:06:05 -0800
Subject: [Baren 6569] New member from Canada. 

>Hello everyone,
>My name is Nicolas Kokis, I'm 25  years old and I've been doing woodcuts for
>10 years now.

Yaaaayyyy another Canadian.....
Well Nicolas you and I can stand back to back if (not often if ever) an
issues comes up.
Let me see now, you in St John's Newfoundland ... me in Victoria BC. This
is goina be tough , eh.

So you left the Belly Provincy.... for what reason ? ....probably the same
reason as my wife and I...(or is that me) Stupid language law probably.
Newfoundland is such a wonder part of Canada.  Nothing but nothing can
touch it. It is the people and the warmth of their nature. An those
outports and villages. A place artist kill for, to get the chance to
paint.....

So welcome aboard.
Enjoy.

Graham

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From: Pedrobot@aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:41:37 EST
Subject: [Baren 6571] Postcards 

> In Japan there is a tradition of exchanging New Years cards that are hand
 made and the size of a postcard, 4" x 6".  

What does anybody think of compiling a list of names and addresses for those 
interested in doing something like this?  Not necesarily an exchange per se-  
I don't see that sign up sheet or anything would be needed.  Just sort of an 
informal address book for anybody who wants to take part... if you decide not 
to send anything to Graham, for example, I'm sure he'll be gracious ;) [JOKE, 
for those of you who don't read smileeze)

- --Pete

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From: "John/Michelle Morrell" <jmorrell@ptialaska.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:19:43 -0900
Subject: [Baren 6572] Exchange #5 

For my 2 cents, I think James' idea is much more interesting than the group
project approach.  Too much committee work as it is--and there are countless
jokes about this or that looking like it was put together by a committee...

Cheers,
Michelle M.

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From: B Mason <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:02:26 -0800
Subject: [Baren 6573] Re: Award announcement 

Maria,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!     You are getting to be great so soon.....however
do you do it???
Best to you
Barbara

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From: John Ryrie <j.ryrie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 19:51:41 +1100
Subject: [Baren 6575] new members 

A few months ago there was none of my woodcuts on the web.    Now you can
hardly go on line without one popping up.

http://woodblock.com/  Who's Baren
http://www.mariarango.com/
http://www.geocities.com/laddertree

John

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