Baren Digest             Saturday, 23 December 2000     Volume 13 : Number 1257


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From: Cucamongie@aol.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:14:19 EST
Subject: [Baren 12629] "tiny prints"?? 

Lovelace lee said:
<<why do
 you all seem to make such tiny prints?  Is there something I'm missing?>>
I have no idea what you are talking about or where you got this misguided 
perception!! :) some of us here make little prints, some make huge prints 
(Maria sometimes uses her car to print, for example), anyway, hang around, 
you'll see there is a wide variety here!!  As for myself, I'm working on a 
set of 4 images which when put together will be 60" x 80"-
best wishes
SArah

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 08:17:20 +0900
Subject: [Baren 12630] Re: "Comedy of Life"... 

Sharen wrote:
> What a terrific collection of prints!  Christmas surely came
> early to my house!  Thank  you to everyone in the exchange!

So it seems that Exchange #7 is finally arriving in the homes of the
participants. OK, then let's let everybody _else_ see the prints too!

http://barenforum.org

... and follow the link to 'Exchange Gallery' ...

Dave





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From: Mike Lyon <mikelyon@mlyon.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:27:43 -0600
Subject: [Baren 12632] Re: Baren Digest V13 #1256 

At 07:28 AM 12/23/2000 +0900, Jeanne N. wrote:
>I say stick to "wood"... If I want etching, monotype, engraving, then I 
>will go elsewhere...
>
>My 10 cents worth.
>
>Jeanne N.

I couldn't agree more!  Wood, wood, wood, wood, wood.

There, I've put in my nickel (wooden, of course!)

Mike Lyon

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From: Aqua4tis@aol.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:15:06 EST
Subject: [Baren 12633] Re: "Comedy of Life"... 


 hi everyone
    i just finished looking at this latest exchange   and all i can say is 
wow!!!   you guys rock!!   im so proud to be part of this group
happy holidays
georga
ps
   although linocuts are accepted   i think baren should stay a woodblock site


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From: "Gillyin Gatto" <gillying@Maineline.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:28:52 -0800
Subject: [Baren 12634] Re: Baren Digest V13 #1254 

hello all from Gillyin Gatto -Machias Maine ---   an easy way to carve a 
curve in lino is simply to carve it first with your knife ,japanese or
x-acto, then  using it  (the knife-cut line) as a guide for your u-gouge and
with  a warmed up block,just put the corner of the gouge  IN the knife cut
and follow it  where ever it goes...
i like the baren as  a wood block  forum     it has  been very stimulating
for me,living out in the hinterlands  of down east    Maine, to find  all of
you.  i dont believe we should open to  ALL types,  but remain a WOODCUT
forum - which is happy to discuss , all other types of relief printing.
like  some  i have not had much to say  -mostly because of computer in-
competance and over-all slowed downess of being  a  semi-hermit  .   i
have found it hard to keep up  with a long post every day and just this week
read thru the last  30 or so post and deleted them .   now i try to read
each day  and print out  what i want to keep .   thanks to everyone for
wonderful and informative discussions.  as one who still doesnt wear gloves
and prints with oil base , Van Son inks  ,  please  tell -  what sort of
gloves  and what about  fumes   ,do you all wear respirators?     yes to
Bea--  it is a big black mess   !    but i think thats part of what i like
about oil-   i like to get dirty,  and one does !    does anyone use soy ink
?  does it  last   ?  and ,to water base ink users  does cleaning the wood
blocks  with water do any damage to the grain  i.e.-changing it over
repeated washings  or opening it up ??
I have benn cutting wood blocks  since i was in high school  and lino blocks
since  4th grade  . lino is easier and wonderful for beginning carvers to
learn the techniques of carving and what the tools do       when I have
taught relief printingl and  started  them off in wood ,quite a few become
discouraged at how difficult it seems   but if i start them off in lino
usually everyone loves it  and then  can progress to wood once they build up
the strength of their hands  . some will never like wood   it is harder and
each piece of wood will have its own pecularlarities   much more to think
about and master  with wood    personally i love the grain and the knots and
all the ways in which one can use  the  wood itself to help create  the
image-  as Maria has aptly dubbed "out of the wood" prints   and i call
"treespeaking" .  the wood block has a story, a voice , already in it ;
whereas  linoleum is simply a blank surface,   and can never have the
'character'  that wood has.   but lino has its own different  character of
stark, solidness which, in my opinion, emulates wood engraving  more than
woodcuts on the sidegrain. i have found the use of a knife in linoleum to
very much imitate  engraving.try just drawing with a knife in lino then
printing it  . i use this technique alot for animal fur-   which reminds
me,i like the idea of an endangered species exchange,  maine has just listed
salmon (with much controversy) and  really should do lynx  too!  well ,
there 's my over due  two  cents  -GG
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From: Legreenart@cs.com
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:43:35 EST
Subject: [Baren 12637] Re: Sticking to woodblock 

I strongly suspect that what has made this such a great discussion group is 
that it has a central focus.Some straying is natural, but having a central 
core of very involved people is what keeps this lively. I don't do hanga, but 
it is the focus and depth of Hanga knowledge that keeps this interesting to 
me. It gives it a common thread. I think that it  helps alot that there is an 
enclopedia web site that questioners can be directed to, so that members 
don't have to repeatedly explain everything that has already been explained. 
Like a good meeting, thare is enough excitement to generate conversational 
offshoots, but the chair calls everyone back to order before the purpose of 
the meeting is lost. Meanwhile, I get more and more interested in learning 
hanga.  
     Discussions on Printmakers one list just seem so random, although 
attempts have been made to develop ongoing conversations
Yours, 
Le Green
Stonemetal Press
Email: legreenart@cs.com
Website:  www.stonemetalpress.homepage.com

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From: Gerald Soworka <chockings@dingoblue.net.au>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:35:54 +1100
Subject: [Baren 12638] Re: on lino and other relief forms 



the PrintAustralia discussion group deals with all print media including
lino and other relief work. there are many baren people there and some
other knowledgeable folk.

You can join at
http://www.egroups.com/group/PrintAustralia

Gerald


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