Baren Digest Thursday, 14 September 2000 Volume 12 : Number 1144 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:20:56 EDT Subject: [Baren 11282] Re: Shoes April, I would throw away my Createx if I knew what "pigment dispersions" were (are?) I also use toothbrushes,sometimes the really smalll ones, used after advanced dental work. It's just that I have so many of them Carol ------------------------------ From: Daniel Dew Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:16:43 -0400 Subject: [Baren 11283] Wouldn't it be nice?....... Hey, I'm stuck on a problem with my current wood block that is not easily described in words. Any possibility in the future of a place on Baren where folks could post an image, explain the problem and ask for help or advice? Mine is with the background: it has both bricks and a very heavy shadow. How to differentiate between the two without losing the essence. See? Hard to visualize. Oh well..... dan (at work but not doing work) dew ------------------------------ From: Artsmadis@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:16:16 EDT Subject: [Baren 11284] Re: Silly Season Print I received the Silly Season Micho Japanese print today. The print is beautiful, an example of the exquisite refinement and delicacy of Japanese art and craftsmanship. Still hard to believe my good luck in receiving it. Dave---This was a very generous gift and I want to thank you again for it. Be assured that I will treasure the print. Darrell ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:41:12 +0900 Subject: [Baren 11285] Re: Wouldn't it be nice?....... Dan wrote: > Any possibility in the future of a place on Baren where > folks could post an image, explain the problem and ask for help or advice? Dan, we've had this facility available for over a year now. It's called the 'Show & Tell' board, and you can get to it from the woodblock.com front page. Put a link to your image up there, and then post here on the group to ask the relevant questions ... Dave ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:42:58 EDT Subject: [Baren 11286] Graham's watercolor book Hi all, I know this veers off the subject of printmaking, but I just have to tell you all that I just managed to get a hold of fellow Barener Graham Scholes' book "Watercolor and How!" (out of print, but you can get it if you look on abebooks.com or bibliofind.com). It's a treasure trove of information about painting in water color, thanks a lot Graham! Recently I've been doing some paintings using sumi ink and/or watercolor, and this gives me a lot of new tools to work with and experiments to try- very inspiring- best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: Roxanne Sexauer Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:30:03 -0800 Subject: [Baren 11287] Re: Absolutearts residency in Japan Dear Bareners All. Hello - I know, I know - long time no hear from & then when I finally dash off something to you all it's a sniveling self-serving request...but... Does anyone have the info from the Absolutearts listing of a residency in Japan to learn hanga for a two month period of time? Someone - Sarah? Maria? wrote about it to the group on or about 9/4. I looked at it quickly & forwarded the email address to my home computer. When I opened it at home some days later, it had transformed itself magically into an entirely new listing without the needed info. Drats! As I recall, it was for artists between the ages of 30 and 50, to occur in the months of September & October of 2001. Does this ring any collective bells? Can someone please, please help? This has sabbatical leave written all over it. If any of you are near the University of Delaware, my prints are in a show there currently. Other artists in the exhibition are Karen Kunc, Rosemary Lane and Sydney Cross. Karen & Rosemary also have woodcuts in the show. The exhibition deals with working in a serial manner across a span of years. As I was reprinting a block from '74 to be in the exhibit, one of my grad students kindly told me that the block was older than she was. Ouch. My woodcuts will also be in an exhibition in Santa Barbara (can't recall the name of the gallery - shameful) next month called: "The Matrix & the Monoprint." I'll email more info on that when I can unearth it from the mountains of clutter on my desk. Ruth - congrats on the exhibition. I'm going to try my darnest to make it over there! Roxanne Sexauer Long Beach, CA, USA ------------------------------ From: Artsmadis@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:12:52 EDT Subject: [Baren 11288] Re: Absolutearts residency in Japan In a message dated 9/13/00 7:27:14 PM Central Daylight Time, woodcuts@csulb.edu writes: << Does anyone have the info from the Absolutearts listing of a residency in Japan to learn hanga for a two month period of time? >> Couldn''t find it at Absolutearts site but you probably can at this Yahoo search page: http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=artist+residency+program+in+japan&hc=0&hs= 0 Only 1640 web pages to sort through!! Good luck, you probably know how to narrow the search down . Darrell ********************* http://members.aol.com/artsmadis/index.htm.htm 70 pages so far ********************** ------------------------------ From: Wanda Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:13:31 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11289] Re: butcher paper You dampen your paper for woodcut prints? Oily ones? I dampen for hanga, but not oil. I don't think you could do hanga on butcher paper, though. I guess I'll have to scan in that nude on the butcher paper I wrote about. And thanks to someone for suggesting a zerox print, although it is kind of large for that. I guess I could do it in sections, though. Hmmmm...... Wanda barbara patera wrote: Also used it recently for some small lino cuts.... was less happy with the results... it > doesn't dampen well and I had to be really careful not to get creases in it while applying pressure. But it sure is > neat for long skinny prints or drawings.T ------------------------------ From: slinder@mediaone.net Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:31:23 -0500 Subject: [Baren 11290] Re: butcher paper Wanda wrote: I guess I'll have to scan in that nude on the butcher paper I wrote > about. And thanks to someone for suggesting a zerox print, although it > is kind of large for that. I guess I could do it in sections, though. Hmmmm...... Even having the paper fragment (tear) is nifty in doing Xerox transfers with figure drawings. The paper edges carry tracings of the ink so (I think) it adds a lot of character to the transfer. Copy places can copy most any size that you want... It's a wonderful way to save a good drawing, or you can place a few smaller ones on a single sheet, -same color or variations, overlap them, etc. Shellac the back of the Xerox copy and you can use it multiple times. It's a wonderful technique! Sharen ------------------------------ From: baren_member@woodblock.com (Judy Mensch) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:40:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Baren 11291] Re: Absolutearts residency in Japan Message posted by: Judy Mensch Roxanne: It's the Nagasawa Art Park Artists in Residence Program that is done through ArtQuest in Tokyo. This is the program I did in 1998. If you'd like an info on it, please email me. You should be able to get to their web site: endeavor.or.jp/air.htm ------------------------------ From: "Michelle D. Hudson" Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 07:27:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Baren 11292] McClain's catalog (from Ray H in Vermont) Congrats to all the Baren folks with woodblock prints in the June 2000 McClain's catalog that just came yesterday.Having seen many of these in color, it was great to see them reproduced in b/w. Bill Ritchie, your Journal Pages is splendid--tell us more. Ray ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V12 #1144 *****************************