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Baren Digest              Saturday, 15 April 2000      Volume 11 : Number 972


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From: Shireen Holman <shireenh@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:51:06 -0400
Subject: [Baren 9298] maryland printmakers newsletter 

Some of you have expressed interested in being interviewed for the Maryland 
Printmakers newsletter. I thought you might be interested in seeing Md 
Printmakers' website to get an idea of what the newsletter looks like. 
Actually, the layout of the version on-line is different from the print 
version, and the website has pictures in colour, whereas the print version 
has black and white. But still ... ., oh well. I believe the newsletter has 
a good circulation, so this might be good exposure for Baren (not that 
Baren doesn't already have good exposure!). The address is: 
www.norsecode.com/mdpm
I was thinking of an article for the September newsletter, which would have 
a deadline of July 15.
Thanks,

Shireen

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From: Cynthia Wilson <cywilson@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:14:30 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9299] Re: Purchase Award 

> Wanda Robertson and Barbara Mason, in order to promote printmaking 
> and international good will announce:
> THE MASON-ROBERTSON PURCHASE AWARD

What a SUPERB idea!!  Will look into this.

Cyndy

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From: "Daniel L. Dew" <ddew0001@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:16:39 -0400
Subject: [Baren 9301] Many things 

Hi guys and gals,

P.S.  The MASA paper I mentioned came in a roll.  It netted me 225 sheets of
10.5" x 15".  Anyone have any good advice on how to make it quit trying to
roll back up?  I tried rolling it backwards and all I got was a bunch of
wrinkled paper.

Dan Dew
USA

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From: B Mason <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:48:52 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9302] good news 

Dan,
To flatten your paper, weight it down with a board and something heavy,
it will eventually flatten out. Getting it damp and putting it into
blotters and weighting it down will do it faster, but you don't always
want to dampen it. If you do get it damp, be sure to check it daily and
change the blotters after the first day or you could get mildew.

Barbara

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From: "Keri & Tom Marion" <smarmy@att.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:52:01 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9304] Re: reduction prints

maria,

thank you so much for this link! i really felt dumb asking about it, but i
just kept hearing the references and HAD to ask! :)

just rolled in from Pendleton, OR.. really stunning scenery.. lots of
rolling square patches of land (farming) and really large sky.. working on
something with that.. i rarely do landscapes, and i think i might start.

anyway, just wanted to say thanks so much for all of you who responded,
cuz.. now i know :) i may even try one soon!!

sincerely,
k. marion

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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:28:11 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9305] Re: reduction prints webpage  

Keri, glad I could help.
My problem now is thinking about woodcuts in mutliple blocks! I keep
"thinking" the reduction-way, so even when I make multiple blocks, the key
block holds the primary information and the second and third and so on are
really reduced key blocks. I do take some liberties and am starting to work
with those color blocks, leaving some areas in the original color, mixing
the second color, and then getting a third color from the transparent
overlays. And all this with oily-kid stuff, Graham! Yum, yum...
I think I need to try a different approach, like a 'real' line key block and
then the color blocks. It just feels like I'm woodcutting-by-numbers when I
approach a print the traditional way. Anyone feel the same way?
Really going to bed now,
Maria

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:11:14 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9306] Re: Many things 

>P.S.  The MASA paper I mentioned came in a roll.  It netted me 225 sheets of
>10.5" x 15".  Anyone have any good advice on how to make it quit trying to
>roll back up?  I tried rolling it backwards and all I got was a bunch of
>wrinkled paper.
>

Dan,

On bent paper.
I suggest that you take a spray bottle of water and 
lightly.....LIGHTLY.... VERY LIGHTLY ..... spray the back and stack 
them, then put them all between stiff cardboard and under weight for 
a few weeks.   It will work.

If you are doing hanga (and you should) then you won't have to be 
concerned about curl as you will dampen the paper before printing.

Graham

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From: news@woodblock.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:44:20 +0900
Subject: [Baren 9307] NewsFeed, April 15 2000 

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[Baren] NewsFeed ... #5 ... April 15th, 2000
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(Web version of this NewsFeed (more readable) is at:
http://woodblock.com/forum/newsfeed.html)



MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES

In New York:

*** April Vollmer and Sarah Hauser are having a 2-person show
which will open soon in New York City, and hope that [Baren]
members will visit. The show is at:
  Gallery 402 at OIA
  19 Hudson Street, Room 402
  New York
  Telephone (212) 219-9213

It runs from April 18 through May 19; the opening is Thursday
April 20 from 5pm to 7pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 1-5pm.

*** Also ... April and Sarah will be doing a hanga demonstration
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Saturday-Sunday April 29-30, 1-5 pm.

*** And also ... for anyone in the Newark, NJ area, one of Sarah's
prints will be in a Prints 2000 show at a place called Sumei
Multidisciplinary Arts Center at 19 Liberty Street (opening April
22, up 'til June 1).

In Las Vegas:

*** Maria Arango is offering an ongoing series of Relief
Printmaking Workshops at the Dick Blick East store on Pecos Road,
Las Vegas. Workshop #1 had 7 participants finish and exchange
prints. Workshop #2 started April 11th. These are 3-session
workshops, meeting on Tuesdays. The next quarter will offer an
evening class to accommodate the working would-be printmakers.
More information at:
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/workshop/lasvegas1.html

*** Still in Las Vegas ... Spring is a busy cultural season in
Vegas. This weekend (April 15 & 16) will see fun and hand-made 
original art at the Marketplace Shopping Center in Las Vegas, 
Nevada. Maria will be demonstrating the fine art and craft of 
woodcut printmaking to attendees of the Marketplace Art Walk. 
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/exhibits/exhibit.html

Stay tuned to Maria's Printmaking Studio web site for updates and
pictures on all her events:
http://www.printmakingstudio.com

In Tokyo:

*** Dave Bull spent last Saturday doing a 'hands on' printing
event at the 'Cherry Blossom Festival' of a Tokyo curtain company
(in exchange for a new 'honeycomb' curtain for his workshop).
Parents and kids lined up to print their own impression of a
woodblock print from a set of four 'easy' blocks he had prepared.



PRODUCT NEWS

Quoted from the Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo April 8:

New Paper Made to Last for 1,000 Years

  Oji Paper Co. has developed a new fine paper for
  printing that maintains its quality for much longer than
  conventional paper, the company announced Wednesday.

  The paper is suitable for publications that need to be
  preserved for a long time, such as yearbooks,
  dictionaries and theses. The product is billed as "the
  paper that can keep information recorded in the 21st
  century until the 30th century " and will go on sale
  from mid-April.

  Conventional fine paper deteriorates or changes color
  due to an element called lignin that is contained in
  wood pulp. Therefore, acid-based paper lasts for only
  decades, while neutral paper keeps its quality for 100
  to 200 years at the most. The company succeeded in
  substantially reducing the amount of lignin by bleaching
  the wood pulp twice with a special chemical.

(Theses? Good grief ... [Baren] members can maybe think of rather
more suitable applications for this paper?)



CALL FOR ENTRIES

(1) Connecticut Graphic Arts Center

* Format: original artwork (2 and 3 dimensional) made ON or OF
paper specific to printmaking, photography, computer
generated art, book arts, hand-made paper art, paper
sculpture, and mixed media images that have an element of
printmaking.
* Deadline: May 20, 2000
* Eligibility: Entrants must reside in the Northeast US (NY,
  CT, MA, NH, VT, RI, ME, NJ)
* Fees: for up to 3 pieces of work - non-members $25.00,
members $15.00
* Prospectus: send a business size SASE to
  Connecticut Graphic Arts Center
  Mathews Park, 299 West Avenue
  Norwalk, CT 06850
  Telephone: 203-899-7999
  Fax: 203-899-7997
  E-mail: graphicarts@snet.net

(2) Il Museo Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci

* Title: Concorso Internazionale "EX LIBRIS LEONARDI VINCI".
* Theme: I temi dovranno risultare pertinenti a Leonardo Da
Vinci e alla complessitˆ dei fenomeni a lui riconducibili,
con un diretto riferimento iconologico o concettuale alla
vita e all'opera di Leonardo: da Vinci ad Amboise, dall'arte
alla scienza, dalla teoria alla tecnica, dalla cultura della
terra all'utopia, dai seguaci (compresi Raffaello e Pontormo)
agli echi del Leonardismo attraverso cinque secoli, fra
realtˆ storica e leggenda, attualitˆ e mito.
* Who can participate: artisti di qualsiasi etˆ, nazionalitˆ e
tendenza.
* Format: nel formato massimo di cm 9,5 x 14,5
* Technique: Sono ammessi tutti gli stili e tutte le tecniche,
sia classiche (ovvero tradizionali: xilografiche,
litografiche e calcografiche, dal bulino all'acquaforte,
dall'acquatinta alla punta secca... compresi anche disegni a
inchiostro predisposti per una perfetta riproduzione
fotomeccanica), sia "innovative" e sperimentali (computer
grafica, ...).
* Deadline: 15 maggio 2000
* Information: museoideale@tin.it.



[BAREN] EXCHANGES

Exchange #5: this is now at the collation stage, and as soon as
the coordinator (juggling quite a few balls at the moment) is
finished this job, it will be flying on its way to your waiting
hands ...

Exchange #6: Gayle Wohlken has volunteered to be the coordinator
for 'SixPack'. Gayle has been in all the exchanges since the
second one, so she has a pretty good idea of what to do!



EXHIBITIONS

Here are some details on the creation of the new purchase award
that was mentioned on [Baren] the other day ... This interesting
'pre-exhibition' report comes from Greg Robison in Kampala:

  "Wanda and Barbara came up with an innovative way to
  show support for emerging and established Ugandan
  printmakers exhibiting at the Kampala Exhibition. They
  each decided to throw in 50 bucks and create the
  'Mason-Robertson Purchase Award'. They have asked me to
  select a worthy print from those at the show to be the
  recipient of this award (there are otherwise no
  restrictions...except that it is limited to Ugandan
  participants). The artist will get $100, recognition for
  the award, and will have their print included in the
  collection of the Portland Art Museum Gilkey Center - or
  wherever the Mason-Robertson Purchase Award Committee
  (um ...Wanda and Barbara) decide it should go.

  "I have let word get around that there will be a prize,
  and it has added interest and excitement among the
  Ugandan participants. If any others in [Baren] have
  wondered how they might assist Ugandan printmakers, in
  this way or in any other, I would of course be delighted
  to hear from you. A small gift certificate at Dan Smith
  for the best student entry ... a small cash award that
  is not necessarily a purchase ... an outright purchase
  for your own collection ... Someday we might even be
  able to establish a '[Baren] Forum Prize' in which
  members of our group could contribute very small amounts
  ($5? $10) and accumulate a substantial pot that could be
  used to encourage local artists exhibiting with us."

  Gregory Robison, Kampala.



BLAST FROM THE PAST (*)

Now showing at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh
(until August 4th): Wood Engravings - thirty members of the
English Society of Wood Engravers are represented by 108
engravings in an invitation showing.



IN THE MARKETPLACE

This week's recommendation on Bibliofind:
http://www.bibliofind.com

* Woodcut :step-by-step lessons in designing, cutting, and
printing the woodblock. ( David L. Oravez) 

"... complete guide to the charming medium of woodcut ..." 
A series of step-by-step lessons, taking you from planning the 
print, right through to the finished product. Simply written and
clearly illustrated. (Two copies found ...)

What, you're already too busy reading printmaking books to _make_
prints you say?



'BAREN-SUJI' NEWSLETTER

The NewsFeed called up 'Baren-Suji' editor Maria Arango to find
out if she wanted any notices included in this week's NewsFeed ...

  Yep. Just tell them: "write stuff and send it"



ADMINISTRATION

Remember that a section of 'quick links' to [Baren] affairs is
always available on the main website. When you can't remember
'where to go', check that page ... (It also includes a link to the
'on-line' copy of the most recent NewsFeed ...)
http://woodblock.com/forum/admin.html


FEEDBACK

This is the fifth issue of the [Baren] NewsFeed, and the
editor/compiler is wondering whether or not it is turning out to
be useful or worthwhile for the membership. Should it be
continued? Your comments and suggestions are welcomed. Silence
will indicate lack of interest ...

Feedback to: news@woodblock.com



(*) Today's 'Blast From the Past' is from June 1940

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