Baren Digest             Monday, 10 September 2001     Volume 16 : Number 1550


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From: Lynita Shimizu <shimizu@mail1.nai.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 09:48:52 -0400
Subject: [Baren 15632] Re: exchange-D-lines 

Yesterday the prints from Exchange 10 were mailed to a patient and
understanding group of participants.  As a result of my experience as
coordinator, I suggest the following:

1. All prints be due on the date of the established deadline.
2. Any prints received after the deadline would be returned, unopened, to the
sender. (A one week grace period could be discussed.)
3. A waiting list would be maintained for only one month into the exchange so
waiting list members would have time to complete their prints and/or sign up
for the next exchange.
(Not so sure about the time frame for this suggestion.)

The risk of smaller exchanges would exist, but by adhering to strict deadlines,
all members would know exactly what to expect; it would be fair to both the
coordinator and participants.

I'll resist the temptation to reveal the gory details of coordinating the past
exchange, but at one point, I found myself suggesting an appropriate exchange
theme as, "The Illustration of Excuses Why Exchange Deadlines Can Not Be
Met".   ---- Hope the dog doesn't eat this message. :-)

Lynita


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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 11:35:26 -0700
Subject: [Baren 15634] RE: Dremel Attachment

<<<Maria- I bought a Foredom tool which is kind of an industrial grade
dremel,( although a bit different).  I bought it for clearing cherry and
maybe some detail work as well.  Although I had planned to rout out the
areas the attachment you mentioned might come in handy.  Do you know if this
attachment would work with a Foredom tool?  What is it called?

Thanks,

Kent Kirkpatrick
Portland.OR U.S.A.>>>

In the Woodcraft catalog and web site http://www.woodcraft.com the specific
item is Flex Shaft Reciprocating Carver. They have a model for Dremel and a
model for Foredom at 49.99 adn 59.99 respectively. There are also several
Power Carvers and complete sets, but now you are getting into the $200
range. Flexcut Power Carver Blades are good with either attachement and go
for around $12-15 ea, including a 1" chisel and a 1/2" spoon gauge that
would probably make quick work out of clearing large areas.
The rotary tool itself I found worthless for large areas, it is much quicker
to clear by hand with a decent sharp large U-chisel. But with the
reciprocating tool...different story.
Happy c-c-c-clearing!
Maria

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Maria Arango
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
http://www.1000woodcuts.com
maria@mariarango.com
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From: "Rudolf Stalder" <stalderp@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:19:55 -0700
Subject: [Baren 15635] web stastics

Hello people, not about woodcuts, but about some data on my web site of
eventual interest

For the heart:

The leader of my page in regard of single events is Bea Gold with 75
"visitor-hits", second is our cat "Pinot" with 65 hits.

(For cat fans: Pinot can be seen at
http://www.rst-art.com/pinotsle.htm
http://www.rst-art.com/pinotbas.htm)

Subject related:

Carol Lyon's prints on Daphne paper or the topics of presses or
design-boards made about 20 hits each.

Overall:

About 90 % of all visitors of my site "click" one or two pages and/or leave
within about 30 seconds, about 2 % stay longer than 20 minutes or look at
more than 15 items.

back to cut and print

Rudolf

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From: slinder@mediaone.net
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 21:53:17 -0500
Subject: [Baren 15636] Print News/Chicago 

Printmaking News, Illinois, USA -

Illinois State Museum, Illinois Art Gallery in Chicago. 
The Land Around Us: Landscape from the Collection of the 
Illinois State Museum features 47 unique visions including 
painters, print-makers and photographers, who have captured 
the changing face of the landscape from 1885-1990s. Thru Sep 15.
The Gallery is located at 100 W Randolph on the second floor of 
the Thompson Center, Chicago. Free.  Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. 
Call 312-814-5322 for info.
 
                                * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
 The Art Institute of Chicago  <http://www.artic.edu/aic/>       
"Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South"
September 22, 2001ÐJanuary 13, 2002
"Hiratsuka, Modern Master, Part II" Closes September 16

                                * * * * * * * * * *                     
Prints by Sculptors:  Weingartner Collection of Prints 
at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL   Alsdorf Gallery
September 22 - December 9, 2001 

The Rudolph H. and Fannia Weingartner collection of prints 
by sculptors, donated to the Block Museum in 1998, provides 
a unique opportunity for understanding the relationship 
between two and three-dimensional art. 
Prints by the century's most important sculptors, including 
Auguste Rodin, Alexander Calder, Dorothy Dehner, 
AlbertoGiacometti, Beverly Pepper, Barbara Hepworth, 
Donald Judd, Aristide Maillol, Louise Nevelson, Henry Moore, 
Richard Serra, and David Smith, will be exhibited. 
                        * * * * * * * *

McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL. 
Parts Is Parts, an exhibition of print/collage monotypes by 
Ray E. George, is on view in the Armstrong Gallery of the 
McLean County Arts Center thru Sep 29. George will speak a
bout his work at ART TALK on Tuesday, Sep 11 at 7pm. 
McLean County Arts Center is located at 601 N East, Bloomington. 
Hours:Tues 10am-7pm; Wed-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat noon-4pm.    

It's (always) a good time to visit Chicago!
Sharen

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From: Sunnffunn@aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 02:40:23 EDT
Subject: [Baren 15637] Re: Baren Digest V16 #1535 


guess I jumped in on the give your work away thingy.  I do not always do such 
things, only on rare occasions.  Interestingly marketing is quite a trick and 
some of us are better at it than others.  I told an online friend that I had 
decided to pull all my work from my gallery and redo everything.  It is not 
at this point selling like it did at first.  The grouping left is not well 
matched and does not show a consistent direction.  I was ready to just pull 
it as the year is so busy.  But my my a great gallery in Seattle with a good 
location and wonderful people to work with .  leave it??  wow I woke up early 
in the morning and decided I needed to be very consistent.  One of those 
little rules again.  So I am setting out to mat and frame all of my black and 
white prints in nice acid free white mats with quality black frames and in 
the center will be one color piece, a print of one sort or another.  I think 
I know which one.  Rather than give up we must re evaluate periodically and 
judge for ourselves what rules we want to follow.
I am very independent and do not like to be ruled by the slides or the 
consistency thing.  But still there are times when I must bend to this to 
have the successes we all desire.
Happy art work
Marilynn from Nahcotta 
regretfully spending 2 nights in Portland

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