Baren Digest            Wednesday, 21 November 2001    Volume 17 : Number 1624


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From: Graham <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:04:24 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16185] Cam site? 


Hummmm.
Possibly I did not clarify myself.
The site I am referring to is Dave's
Does anyone have a url?


>Mentioned this the cam site to a person that wanted to look in, but 
>could not find it.
>Neither could I.
>
>Anybody got a site address?

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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:12:32 -0500
Subject: [Baren 16186] Re: Cam site? 

Here you go, since no one answered your request.

http://www.woodblock.com/webcam/index.html


Dan Dew

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From: Graham <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:17:27 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16187] Re: Cam site? 


>Here you go, since no one answered your request.
>
>http://www.woodblock.com/webcam/index.html
>


Thanks a bunch Dan.
I was beginning to wonder about the sense of community here....!!!

You have restored my faith.

Graham


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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:14:20 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16188] product report 

I've been trying some stuff and thought that I would report, maybe y'all
find this useful.

Art Boards
http://www.art-boards.com
These folk make two types of boards for artists, suitable for woodcuts. They
carry cradled and uncradled maple plywood boards in various sizes and also a
board made of pressed wood fiber. The maple boards are beautiful and are
ready to carve. The top layer is maple, which means it holds a very fine
line and resists splintering; however it is a thin layer over softer wood,
which means that it is much easier to carve than solid maple.
The other boards, fiber boards are so easy to carve that they are very
suitable for school work for all you teachers, I would think. They carve
easier than lino but have more personality (IMHO) and, being made out of
wood, they take wood filler on mistakes. Not that I ever make mistakes :-}
I'm still a solid cherry gal, but these boards are a very nice substitute
and are much cheaper and lighter than cherry.

Walnut Ink
I have finally found the ideal ink to tint my boards with, available from
http://www.danielsmith.com Their drawing Walnut ink tints the block to
perfection and gives it a nice warm tone. After carving and printing the
edition, I use the ink as a stain to finish the block. Beautimoussss!!!

Corian
Oh baby! This stuff engraves (for engravers only, sorry) absolutely dreamily
and prints such tinsy winsy detailsy that I think I'm in love. Definitely
superior to resingrave and MUCH cheaper, especially where I get it. Corian
is available everywhere you shop for kitchen stuff, but I would recommend
going to your nearest art festival where the Corian businesses are
flourishing. An 8 x 10 board (inches) cost me 12.99 (US $), compared to $120
for an end-grain maple board or $55 for a resingrave board. If you make
friends with your local Corian folk, you can have smaller pieces to your
heart's delight, as they don't use the scraps.
I just printed a set of 2" x 3" truly adorable engravings and the ink
releases perfectly yet all the details are right there where I carved them.

Post Cards from the Baren Mall
http://barenforum.org/mall
For all you horse people, get yourself a few sets of these delightful
pre-cut packs of Japanese size post-cards. I printed the aforementioned
engravings on these and they take the oil-based ink like Arches 88. As they
are specifically made for Hanga (New Year's cards), I assume that they will
be even better for all you watery folk.

This has been the product report, brought to you by Las Vegas.
As for the weather report, it is 72 F, partly cloudy and windy but with no
chance of rain until next February or so. The trailer is loaded, the roads
are clear, and I'm off to the North to sell woodcuts to Santa.

Health to all,
Maria


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From: barebonesart <barebonesart@home.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:51:18 -0800
Subject: [Baren 16189] Re: Baren Digest V17 #1623 

One site for price comparison shopping is http://www.MySimon.com. I don't
know if they have digital cameras, but I'm betting they do. They have
everything else!

The fireman is cut. Now all I need is time to print. A few more proofs in
the morning and then maybe I can print on Sat. & Sun.

I think this is to be an edition of 31, or is that a different project?
Also, is it okay to make the edition larger and send Baren the first 31 (or
whatever the number is)?

Sharri


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