Delivery-Agent: @(#)$Id: local.c,v 1.54 1998/10/30 06:30:53 akira1 Exp $ on canberra Received: by j.xx.or.jp (ATSON-1) ; 23 Feb 2000 22:03:12 +0900 Return-Path: Received: from lancer.xx.or.jp (lancer.xx.or.jp [202.224.39.3]) by trantula.xx.or.jp (8.8.8/3.7W) with ESMTP id WAA10766 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:03:11 +0900 (JST) Received: from ml.xx.or.jp (ml.xx.or.jp [202.224.39.111]) by lancer.xx.or.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26EDA48AD for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:03:11 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by ml.xx.or.jp (8.8.8/3.7W) with SMTP id WAA06736; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:00:17 +0900 Received: by ml.xx.or.jp; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:00:17 +0900 Received: (from ml@localhost) by ml.xx.or.jp (8.8.8/3.7W) id WAA30554 for baren-digest-outgoing; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:00:16 +0900 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:00:16 +0900 Message-Id: <200002231300.WAA30554@ml.xx.or.jp> From: owner-baren@ml.xx.or.jp To: baren@ml.xx.or.jp Subject: Baren Digest V10 #915 Reply-To: baren@ml.xx.or.jp Errors-To: owner-baren@ml.xx.or.jp Precedence: bulk [Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Sender: owner-baren-digest@ml.xx.or.jp X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Baren Digest Wednesday, 23 February 2000 Volume 10 : Number 915 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:27:01 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8547] Re: Baren Digest V10 #914 Josephine, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and work with us. Your complicated designs are a joy to look at. > http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/temporar.htm > http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/junin.htm Ruth, I have never had any paintings online, so you might be confusing me with Jeanne, who had paintings on her first website. Wanda, the "needle scratching" is also done with a razor blade. The needle is used more to do stippling and the razor blade to make a lot of fine lines. The results are so different from regular cutting and gouging. It's pretty scarey the first time you pull a print because you feel there will be nothing to show as a lot of the background ink (as in intaglio) is there and you are afraid it will obliterate your image. One thing I discovered, though, was I couldn't seem to get consistent results, so five prints would look five different ways--similar but not the same, and for me this style works better if you only want a print or two. I can't imagine editioning this way, but then James does it all the time. Something I'm not doing right, I guess. Let's ask James. Gayle ------------------------------ From: "Daniel Dew" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:35:01 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8548] My newest print boundary="MS_Mac_OE_3034053301_113711_MIME_Part" > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - --MS_Mac_OE_3034053301_113711_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit A huge thank you to Dave, nowhere else could you find a kinder heart and such a wonderful moderator and artist!!!! Bravo, wondervar, etc.... Dave has graciously posted my newest print at: http://w.com/forum/members/dew/psalm46_5.jpg http://w.com/forum/members/dew/psalm46_5_mini.jpg Before anyone tears it apart too much, I learned that you CAN do overkill in printmaking! Too many colors and too many impressions can destroy a print. I wanted to get some critiques from some of you masters, maybe some helpful hints, etc... I'm still relatively new at all this, I've only been doing relief prints for three years now. O.K., I've opened myself up, take your best shot! P.S. The colors are much more brighter and bolder "in the flesh" so to speak. P.P.S. This is a portrait of my 9 year old austistic daughter. She is one of lifes blessings, sometimes though she can be a royal pain in the #WQ%$%^%^%. Dan Dew USA - -- - --MS_Mac_OE_3034053301_113711_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable My newest print A huge thank you to Dave, nowhere else could you find a kinder heart and su= ch a wonderful moderator and artist!!!!  Bravo, wondervar, etc....

Dave has graciously posted my newest print at: http://w.com/forum/members/dew/psalm46_5.jpg
http://w.com/forum/members/dew/psalm46_5_mini.jpg

Before anyone tears it apart too much, I learned that you CAN do overk= ill in printmaking!
Too many colors and too many impressions can destroy a print.

I wanted to get some critiques from some of you masters, maybe some helpful= hints, etc...
I'm still relatively new at all this, I've only been doing relief prints fo= r three years now.

O.K., I've opened myself up, take your best shot!

P.S. The colors are much more brighter and bolder "in the flesh" = so to speak.
P.P.S. This is a portrait of my 9 year old austistic daughter.  She is= one of lifes blessings, sometimes though she can be a royal pain in the &nb= sp;#WQ%$%^%^%.

Dan Dew
USA
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- --MS_Mac_OE_3034053301_113711_MIME_Part-- ------------------------------ From: B Mason Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 06:00:24 -0800 Subject: [Baren 8549] New Print Dan, I too am a novice at woodblock, but I think this print is lovely. Barbara ------------------------------ From: Marilyn Gordley Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:21:35 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8550] Re: Baren Digest V10 #913 > From: Gayle Wohlken > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 09:52:52 -0500 > Subject: [Baren 8513] Re: Baren Digest V10 #912 > > Could people try out my webpages link and let me know who can and cannot > access it? I don't know why Julio can't get there. > > http://homepage.mac.com/gwohlken/album2.html > > Welcome all new members. Gayle, Thanks for the "new members" welcome. I had no difficulty accessing your site; enjoyed viewing your excellent work. Marilyn Gordley ------------------------------ From: "Daniel Dew" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:06:54 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8551] Re: Baren Digest V10 #913 Gayle, I love it! There are not many examples of portrait work in woodblock that are well crafted, so seeing your prints was a delight and an encouragement. I love the "feathering" effect you've acheived, how'd you do it? On the needle print: was everything done with the needle or only parts of it? Do you work with damp paper or dry? Are your color blocks seperate blocks or reductions? Have you ever done a reduction block with wood? What type or kind of ink do you use? Sorry for all the questions, but I want to learn, and learn, and learn,....... Dan Dew USA - -- ------------------------------ From: "Jeanne Norman Chase" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:23:27 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8552] Re: New Prints charset="iso-8859-1" Josephine Your new Wildflower print is fantastic. Such detail and it moves in and ot of the picture frame so that it totally envolves the viewer. Great I did not view the "Tree" image. Saving it for the real thing!! Jeanne N. ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis@aol.com Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:58:10 EST Subject: [Baren 8553] Re: My newest print In a message dated 02/22/2000 5:32:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, ddew@tampabay.rr.com writes: > http://w.com/forum/members/dew/psalm46_5.jpg dan and josephine both of you take my breath away such wonderful work and so different you both give me something to aspire to georga ------------------------------ From: "Jeanne Norman Chase" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:47:26 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8554] Re: My newest print charset="iso-8859-1" Dan Great print. You certainly captured the love that went into this print!!!! Jeanne N. ------------------------------ From: baren_member@w.com (Margaret M. Szvetecz) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:10:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Baren 8555] Daniel's new print Message posted by: Margaret M. Szvetecz I am intrigued by your new print and just wanted to share with you my responses. I like the way the image is a close view of a person but not a traditional portrait, i.e. that oblique look away from the viewer is intriguing. I love the verticals of the chair and those triangular shapes formed by the arms--the abstraction involved in this naturalistic image is interesting. I especially love the way the figure is leaning back but visually pulled forward by those background verticals and the very shallow space you have created around the figure. I don't mean to sound cold in responding to the formal elements; I really did appreciate your sharing with us the subject matter. I think you deserve to be very proud of this print; I'm only sorry that I don't have a chance to look at the actual print so I can appreciate more fully the choices you have made with regard to paper size/image size and pigment. Margaret ------------------------------ From: Studio Dalwood Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:06:33 +1100 Subject: [Baren 8556] Sacred Tree Exchange Hi All Just doing housekeeping here. I have an embarassing problem. (no puns please) Checking through the exchange details I discovered that I have lost an important mail. A few weeks ago I received a request for entry into the sacred tree list which I put on a waiting list of one person. Now I have a space and can't find the mail which I know I carefully filed in that 'safe place' where things always get lost. Nor can i find a copy of my reply. I know I wasnt dreaming. Please waiting person, can you resend the mail? While i am here for the six or so people who are not on the mailing list, some info. Theme, sacred tree. Papersize 11 x 15ins. Closing date 1st August 2000. Co-ordinator to be advised soon. Number of prints 36. You can join the list at http://www.onelist.com/members/PrintAustralia Thanks Josephine ------------------------------ From: "Daniel Dew" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:21:55 -0500 Subject: [Baren 8557] Re: Daniel's new print - -- > Message posted by: Margaret M. Szvetecz > I like the way the image is a close view of a person but not > a traditional portrait, i.e. that oblique look away from the > viewer is intriguing. Most autistic people never look you in the eye, but almost always look off one or the other shoulder. It is intriguing, wish I could claim it was intentional. > > I love the verticals of the chair and those triangular > shapes formed by the arms--the abstraction involved in this > naturalistic image is interesting. I especially love the way > the figure is leaning back but visually pulled forward by > those background verticals and the very shallow space you > have created around the figure. She was lying in a hammock. I almost always work from my own photos or memory. This one was from a photo I took. Love taking pictures of my kids! > > I'm only sorry that I don't have a chance to > look at the actual print so I can appreciate more fully the > choices you have made with regard to paper size/image size > and pigment. Image size was 8" x 10". Paper size was 11" x 16". Ink was Speedball water based with some extender thrown in at times. By my count, 12 different colors/impressions were printed. Sucker is thick. Printed on MASA paper. I'm so grateful Dave scanned it and all, I'm afraid to ask if he could pull more color out of it though. It came out very pale. > > Margaret > > > > ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:27:09 -0600 Subject: [Baren 8558] Important Skokie exhibit announcement A handful of emails have come in this past week or so from people who were not sure about what's going on with the exhibit, money contributions, which of their prints are going to be on display etc., etc. A few just had fallen behind with the large volume of daily postings and had lost the original info. So from now on I will subject any pertinent info on the exhibit with the above subject. I know it's hard to keep up even for those of us getting the digest. Thanks to all the twenty-seven people who sent in money to help with the expenses. With close to 100 prints and 70 artists being represented in this Baren exhibition you can imagine the expenses involved. Your checks were deposited today and should clear your banks in a day or so. The first shipment of frames arrived last friday (56 frames 16 X 20") and the rest (50 frames 11 X 14") will come in this week. Your generous contributions will be used to help pay for the frames who will then become "Baren" property to be used by other contributing members to mount their own "Baren" shows. You can expect to receive from me a "care" package sometime in late March with misc. stuff (announcement cards, media clippings, anything I can stuff in an envelope....perhaps photos & video after the show opens). Thank you also to those others who contacted me privately and made other special arrangements with me. If you are one of those in the process of sending something in...I thank you also. All the corrections to the participants list have been made ( and new links added) and I will wait another week before I go to the printers in case something new comes up.....have only received about half of the expected "details" info about your prints and only a handful of artist's bios.....whatever I don't have I will pull from Baren or make up as I see fit...(Joke!). http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/skokie-exhibit.html While I will stick to my original goal of representing each artist on the list via one print.....those contributing toward the show's expenses will have first crack at exhibiting multiple prints. I think that's fair. Thanks...Julio Julio Rodriguez 3801 Dobson Skokie, Illinois USA 60076 ------------------------------ From: Brian Lockyear Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:43:15 -0800 Subject: [Baren 8559] Chicago Exhibit & Dragon update Hello Julio- I'm putting a check in the mail to you tomorrow. I think it was $15 right? I'll be out of town for a few days but if that's the wrong amount I'll correct it when I return. Thanks! - Brian - ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:10:09 -0600 Subject: [Baren 8560] New prints... Congrats to Josephine and Dan in making those two beautiful & expressive prints. The standard of quality in Baren prints just jumped up to a higher level. Thanks for sharing these lovely prints with us...Julio ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V10 #915 ****************************