Baren Digest             Thursday, 1 November 2001     Volume 17 : Number 1604


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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:45:33 -0500
Subject: [Baren 16086] Fireman Prints 

Furry man, as usual, I can't do anything half way.  My simple print has
turned into a three color reduction block print.  Should be completed
soonish.  Looks really cool so far.

Daniel L. Dew
http://www.dandew.com/
ddew@tampabay.rr.com



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From: "Gregory Robison" <robison@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:07:03 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16087] Hanga trivia 
>From the November 2001 issue of Air & Space, a Smithsonian publication:

(regarding the 'Seiran', a secret attack aircraft proposed by Yamamoto in
1941 and designed to be launched from a submarine (!)):

"In a chapter he wrote in Development and Records of Famous Aircraft, the
Seiran's chief test pilot, Tadashi Funada, explained how he conceived of the
name for the airplane:

'An instruction came from the Kaigun Kouku Honbu (Naval Air Command
Headquarters) to think up an appropirate name for the prototype.  I
contemplated adding to the stealth of the submarine the instrument flying
skill of the pilots.  As a metaphor for suddenly appearing out of the fog --
like a Ninja -- I thought of the name 'Seiran' ("storm from a clear sky")
from "Seiran of Awazu."'

This the title of series of woodprints (sic) by an 18th century master
craftsman named Hiroshige, typically depicting mountain haze rising,
presumably after a storm in Awazu, a picturesque town."

So, there you have it.  It's well-known that test pilots are artists.  But
with an intimate knowledge of ukiyo-e?  Maybe only in Japan!  Can you
imagine Chuck Yeager saying, "Y'know, this here airplane reminds me of a
monotype of Milton Avery from about 1922 ..."

Of course it's a little spooky to think about this, because the recent
attacks on NYC and DC could also be perfectly and poetically described as
sei ran -- 'a storm from a clear sky' -- and I learn from this article that
the missions for these aircraft were tokko -- 'special attack' -- by which
ephemism they meant that neither the pilots nor the planes were expected
back...

*****

I attended a talk and demostration by Japanese printmaker Akira Kurosaki
last week with a small group of people at Edinburgh Printmakers.  Very
interesting to see hanga using Chinese registration (see Baren
encyclopedia), unsized paper with (therefore) no rice paste...  He flew last
night to Sofia for an exhibition of his work at the Nat'l Gallery of Art, so
Arafat if you're in Bulgaria these days you should meet him before he leaves
on Saturday, I think.

Gregory Robison
Edinburgh, Scotland



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From: FurryPressII@aol.com
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:08:53 EST
Subject: [Baren 16088] Re: Fireman Prints 

I receieved two of the fireman prints from the post office today and after 
struggleing to open them i found that they arrived here safely.  If the rest 
of the prints look like Tyrus Clutter and Sarah Hauser"s prints Carol will 
get to put up a very meaningfull show. One I will be happy to have helped put 
to gether.

John Center



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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:32:51 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16091] new works

Many new figures appeared:
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/outwood/owgallery3.html
Progress on the Quest!
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/1000.html

Printed the fireman's benefit print a couple of days ago, should be dry soon
and on its way to John.

Is everyone having fun!?
 [:-)] 
M

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Maria Arango
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
http://www.1000woodcuts.com
maria@mariarango.com
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