Baren Digest Sunday, 7 October 2001 Volume 17 : Number 1579 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John and Jan Telfer Date: Sat, 6 Oct 01 21:57:28 -0000 Subject: [Baren 15873] Re: Firemen's Benefit John, Do you have an official title for the Baren Firemen's Benefit for our Prints? Would you like us to write a little explanation of our print, or what motivated us or our feelings, or something to go with them when we send them over? How many "explanations"? One for the Co-ordinator to put together a cover sheet for each of the sets, or would you like us to include 31 "explanations" to go with each individual set? We usually add the technical stuff too - type of paper, ink, hand printed with a baren or on a press, etc as there are some who appreciate knowing how the print was "completed'...I just deleted the word I had used there..."exe.." seemed inappropriate some how... I will be sending a few extra prints and no return postage...these are all donated for a very worthwhile cause. The events following this disaster are still very much dominant in our newspapers here in Australia. The consequences will effect us all for a long time to come. Jan ------------------------------ From: Legreenart@cs.com Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 12:36:09 EDT Subject: [Baren 15874] Re: Baren Digest V16 #1574 Dear Baren, Last year we had the highest representation of woodblock prints ever in Hand- Pulled Prints. I hope to have more this year. Overseas Artists can get special framing assistance. If you haven't gotten a prispectus this year, drop an email offline to me. Had Stan Kaplan, Oily printer, do three wonderful talks about woodblock artists in San Anotnio last week. He's on the way to New Mexico next. He self published a book based on his experiences as an infantry soldier and as a Jew on the European front in WWII... deep and timely . Yours, Le Green Stonemetal Press Email: legreenart@cs.com http://www.stonemetal-press.com ------------------------------ From: Cynthia R Wilson Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:58:00 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15875] Re: prints and more prints It sounds absolutely wonderful Barbara! Cyndy On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:18:55 -0700 "bemason" writes: > Hi all, > The printmaking symposium is happening this month in Portland and > wow, are > there ever a lot of prints up in the city. Every gallery and every > college > and every alternative space has prints up. Does my heart good! I saw > some 3' > x 5' woodblock monotprints, geometric patterns printed by hand. It > must have > taken hours to print them! At least three colors on each one. I will > go back > and try to get some pictures of them before the month is over, they > were > done by Brian Shannon whom I know well, he teaches at two of the > local art > schools. I went to see his opening on first Thursday so I could say > I had > been there and was I glad....quite impressive. Actually all the work > I have > seen is great. > > Also the 20 year exhibit of all the members of the NW Print Council > is in > the main commons gallery at Pacific NW College of Art and it was > amazing, > the amount of printmaking talent! Everyone on this list that belongs > to the > NWPC has work up. Before this month is over I want to try to see all > the > shows, that will be quite an undertaking as there are at least 50 > different > ones within a quick drive of the city center. I am in three that I > know of, > so that in itself is impressive as I am not that well > known......except in > my small circle. Waterstone, my own small gallery, invited everyone > who has > ever been a member or guest artist to show their prints and several > of the > gallery members who do other media struggled over to my studio and > made some > prints....I think I have at least 3 or 4 converts.....they had so > much fun > and the results were pretty immediate as I had them do monotypes. > Hard to > make a mistake when someone who has been doing it 20 years helps > you, so I > am happy to say they all turned out fairly well. At any rate we have > 60 > prints up in the small 700 sq ft gallery. > > I will try to get some pictures up on the message board before the > month is > over. Carolyn Staley is coming to the vendor fair and I am so > looking > forward to seeing those real Japanese woodblock prints without glass > and in > my hand......good thing I have no extra money or I might have to > spend it at > this fair. Maybe I can borrow against future sales....hummmmm. More > later as > I see more stuff. > Barbara > > ------------------------------ From: "Philip Smith" Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:09:56 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15876] Taxes Sorry to bring this up. But I am looking for a good tax preparer person. Someone who's simpatico to the artist. If anyone has an address of a good tax person I would very much appreciate hearing from you. Thanks in advance. Philip Hammond, OR USA ------------------------------ From: "Jean Eger Womack" Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:20:51 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15877] Re: Baren Digest V17 #1578 Barbara, you are a dynamo and an inspiration to me and all of us. Jean Eger Womack > > From: "bemason" > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:18:55 -0700 > Subject: [Baren 15872] prints and more prints > > Hi all, > The printmaking symposium is happening this month in Portland and wow, are > there ever a lot of prints up in the city. Every gallery and every college > and every alternative space has prints up. Does my heart good! I saw some 3' > x 5' woodblock monotprints, geometric patterns printed by hand. It must have > taken hours to print them! At least three colors on each one. I will go back > and try to get some pictures of them before the month is over, they were > done by Brian Shannon whom I know well, he teaches at two of the local art > schools. I went to see his opening on first Thursday so I could say I had > been there and was I glad....quite impressive. Actually all the work I have > seen is great. > > Also the 20 year exhibit of all the members of the NW Print Council is in > the main commons gallery at Pacific NW College of Art and it was amazing, > the amount of printmaking talent! Everyone on this list that belongs to the > NWPC has work up. Before this month is over I want to try to see all the > shows, that will be quite an undertaking as there are at least 50 different > ones within a quick drive of the city center. I am in three that I know of, > so that in itself is impressive as I am not that well known......except in > my small circle. Waterstone, my own small gallery, invited everyone who has > ever been a member or guest artist to show their prints and several of the > gallery members who do other media struggled over to my studio and made some > prints....I think I have at least 3 or 4 converts.....they had so much fun > and the results were pretty immediate as I had them do monotypes. Hard to > make a mistake when someone who has been doing it 20 years helps you, so I > am happy to say they all turned out fairly well. At any rate we have 60 > prints up in the small 700 sq ft gallery. > > I will try to get some pictures up on the message board before the month is > over. Carolyn Staley is coming to the vendor fair and I am so looking > forward to seeing those real Japanese woodblock prints without glass and in > my hand......good thing I have no extra money or I might have to spend it at > this fair. Maybe I can borrow against future sales....hummmmm. More later as > I see more stuff. > Barbara > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Baren Digest V17 #1578 > ***************************** > > ------------------------------ From: "Bill H Ritchie Jr" Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 20:24:53 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15878] Prints, paper & good health Posts about the potential of block carving, printing and papermaking reminded me of a papermaking conference I attended in Japan. On the agenda was a lecture about the healing powers of papermaking, given by a panel of artists and psychiatrists, healthcare workers and others. It was, I think, the first time I saw the subject brought up. Art schools have preferred to refer students who had this consciousness over to some area where art was "art therapy" and thus they were dismissed from rank and file serious artists. It's a shame; my impression is that the professors wanted to see more stardom, power and money in their coy, quasi commercial competitive way. Well, that was the 20th Century for you! That lecture at that international papermaking conference is the only thing I remember about it. It was in Kyoto, in 1983. The image of people making paper, following through with ritual, grace and in peaceful states of minds and hands seemed improbable--too idealistic or utopian. That is perhaps a Western view, where every purpose is regarded as a wealth factor in national competitions for Gross National Product leadership. Those were very good posts in baren; I'm grateful. Thanks, people. Bill H. Ritchie, Jr 500 Aloha #105 Seattle WA 98109 (206) 285-0658 Professional: www.seanet.com/~ritchie Virtual Gallery and E-Store: www.myartpatron.com First Game Portal: www.artsport.com ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V17 #1579 *****************************