Baren Digest               Tuesday, 2 April 2002       Volume 19 : Number 1785


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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:19:57 +0900
Subject: [Baren 17750] Interesting gallery link ... 

One of the Tokyo print galleries has an English website now on line.

http://www.kandaboq.com/

You can see a selection of Toshi Yoshida prints (and one by his son 
Tsukasa), as well as prints by some other well-known contemporary 
people ...

Dave


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From: b.patera@att.net
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 15:04:37 +0000
Subject: [Baren 17751] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

Thanks... lots of good viewing on this website!

B.P.

> One of the Tokyo print galleries has an English website now on line.
> 
> http://www.kandaboq.com/
> 
> You can see a selection of Toshi Yoshida prints (and one by his son 
> Tsukasa), as well as prints by some other well-known contemporary 
> people ...
> 
> Dave
> 




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From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:38:13 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17752] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

Dave,
See this print http://www.kandaboq.com/namiki24.htm and can you guess how
the background was done?.....it looks like gold leaf, could this be right? I
like the texture, it does not look shiny in the picture but the shapes are
right for gold leaf...just wondering. It sure was fun to see all these
contemporary prints!
Barbara


> One of the Tokyo print galleries has an English website now on line.
> http://www.kandaboq.com/
> Dave
>
>



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From: Louise Cass <lcass@primus.ca>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 12:43:06 -0500
Subject: [Baren 17753] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

What a gorgeous assortment of printmakers - thanks for the link!
I particularly liked Tadashi Nakayama and Shufi Miyamoto - makes me want
to abandon what I'm doing and take up the moku- hanga (is that the correct
name?) techniquel I shall have to get myself to Kansas City next year at
all cost!
I'm curious about Karyn Young at the gallery since she's another Canadian - 
where does she live and work and has she a web site??
And incidentally, where do you hail from originally, Dave? (or am I being
too personal) 

Louise Cass
At 11:19 PM 4/1/02 +0900, you wrote:

>One of the Tokyo print galleries has an English website now on line.
>
>http://www.kandaboq.com/
>
>You can see a selection of Toshi Yoshida prints (and one by his son 
>Tsukasa), as well as prints by some other well-known contemporary 
>people ...
>
>Dave
>
>
>

http://www.LCassArt.com

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:04:08 +0900
Subject: [Baren 17754] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

Barbara wrote:


> See this print http://www.kandaboq.com/namiki24.htm and can you guess 
> how
> the background was done?.....it looks like gold leaf, could this be 
> right?


Yes, that series is all done with an actual gold leaf background. I got 
a chance to actually watch Seki-san running off one of these when I 
dropped in on him one day many years ago. He was using a roller with a 
pale yellow oil-based ink, taking a very light impression with the 
baren, laying the leaves in place over the printed area, burnishing it 
down, then brushing away the unglued leaf from the unprinted areas.

I wasn't there to see how he printed the subsequent pigments over top of 
the leaf, but would assume that they must be oil-base too, in order for 
them to adhere to the gold. But that's only speculation - I don't know 
for sure, and Seki-san doesn't like to let on too much ...

***

Louise wrote:

> I'm curious about Karyn Young at the gallery since she's another 
> Canadian -
> where does she live and work and has she a web site??


No idea Louise. But the people who run that gallery can handle English 
inquiries with no problem if you drop them a note. The gallery itself is 
located just outside the Yokota Air Base, just a couple of kilometers 
from here, and their main clientele are the officers there.


> And incidentally, where do you hail from originally, Dave? (or am I 
> being
> too personal)


From England (1951), via Canada (1957), in Japan (1986) ...

Dave

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From: Printmaker <severn@acay.com.au>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 09:43:42 +1000
Subject: [Baren 17755] Forwarded message. 

Dear bareners

I am forwarding this message as a favour to Graham, who can
no longer post to this list.

Graham and his hanga expertise will still be accessable
through the Print Australia list.

Josephine
Print Australia
http://www.acay.com.au/~severn


- -------------------------------------------------------------
>Dear friends on the Baren.
> 
>I, for unknown reason, have been censored from the Baren. I
>have asked for an explanation but do not get any replies.
> 
>There has been no postings that would have cause this
>action.
> 
>So be it.  I want to say goodbye and wish all, every
>success with there endeavours.  If you need help I am just a
>e-mail away.
> 
>I want to remind you that there is still two spaces at
>Boot Camp this year. http://www.woodblock.info/bootcamp/
>Marnie and I have pretty well decided this will be the
>last year for the event.
> 
>Love to all. Its been grand
> 
>Sratching my head.......?????????
>
>Graham
>http://woodblock.info



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From: Jack Reisland <reislandj001@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 13:52:22 -1000
Subject: [Baren 17756] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

Thanks for the link Dave, very nice prints. Here's another question
inspired by these pages. On the print by Shufu Miyamoto at
http://www.kandaboq.com/miyamoto6.htm, do you have any ideas how he
printed all the soft edge shapes, such as the clouds, and water
reflections? It seems too controlled and smooth for ita-bokashi.

Jack R.

David Bull wrote:


> One of the Tokyo print galleries has an English website now on line.
>
> http://www.kandaboq.com/
>
> You can see a selection of Toshi Yoshida prints (and one by his son
> Tsukasa), as well as prints by some other well-known contemporary
> people ...
>
> Dave



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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:47:38 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17757] canceling those beautiful blocks 

In addition to selling prints, it is worthy for the woodcut printmaker to
know that the folks out there CRAVE those beautiful carved blocks; I have
sold several "sight unseen". If the previous offends thee, pluck the rest of
this message out!

For the rest of you, I have been searching and searching for a way to
"cancel" those carved blocks. I wanted to truly cancel the block, that is,
make sure no more prints can be printed from them, without resorting to the
medieval ways of chopping them in half, carving lines through them or other
horrible methods. After talking to 1,436 wood workers, carvers, and other
assorted flaky artists such as myself, I saw a decoupage artist. Like DUH!
How this eluded me for so long...
Now I had to search and find a pour-on resin/shellac type of clear stuff
that would fill the lines of an engraving and even a woodcut without having
to layer weeks and weeks of thin coats. So I entered "pour-on shellac type
clear stuff decoupage" on the web search and (God I love the web)
found...well, several.
After trying 4 types, the winner issssss:
EnviroTex Lite pour-on resin (info http://www.eti-usa.com). This stuff is
thick like syrup, a two-part resin that can be poured up to 1/8" thick
(that's about 3 mils for our international friends). It will dry to a very
high gloss finish, but sanding it down with 600 grit sandpaper makes it
semi-gloss and 400 makes it less glossy yet. It is available in pints to
gallons from several distributors in the US, Canada and the U.K., such
distributors are listed in the web site.
It fills the lines or carved lines and gives the wood a finish so beautiful
it will bring tears to your eyes. Or maybe it was the fumes, make sure you
use in a well ventilated area. Single thick coat dries very hard in about 12
hours. No need to do anything else except put a very high price tag on the
sucker and let your collectors admire the darned thing in the comfort of
their homes. Oh, I do frame them too.
Yes, you could paint them but the look of natural wood, ohhhh the wood...

Maria

PS  For those of you in the beautiful state of Arizonia, the Tempe Festival
of the Arts is this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun starting at 10am), along Mill
Avenue and 5th, 6th Sts. It's supposed to be in the mid 90's???? argh, bring
Gatorade.

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


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From: FurryPressII@aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:59:33 EST
Subject: [Baren 17758] Re: canceling those beautiful blocks 

marie  i just drill a hole in an un important part of the block

john  

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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:36:22 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17759] Re: canceling those beautiful blocks  

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 [:-)] 

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp
> [mailto:owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp]On Behalf Of FurryPressII@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:00 PM
> To: baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp
> Subject: [Baren 17758] Re: canceling those beautiful blocks
> 
> 
> marie  i just drill a hole in an un important part of the block
> 
> 
> john  
> 


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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:43:02 +0900
Subject: [Baren 17760] Re: Interesting gallery link ... 

Jack wrote:


> On the print by Shufu Miyamoto at
> http://www.kandaboq.com/miyamoto6.htm, do you have any ideas how he
> printed all the soft edge shapes, such as the clouds, and water
> reflections? It seems too controlled and smooth for ita-bokashi.


Difficult to say without having a chance to look at the real thing close 
up. First guess is that - in the reverse of the traditional methods - 
the white on that print is white _pigment_, not white paper showing 
through. Fuzzy-edged shapes like that can be done with 'mura-bokashi' 
(described in the Yoshida book in our Library). A bare flat block is 
used, and the pigment is 'washed' onto the wet block with a brush, sort 
of like water-colour painting. If we could see more than one copy we 
would be able to tell if it was done that way, because each one would be 
a little bit different.

But I really have no idea; in contemporary printmaking anything goes, 
and for all I know, those white patches could be air-brushed on ...

Dave


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