Baren Digest Wednesday, 31 July 2002 Volume 20 : Number 1912 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G Wohlken Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:30:56 +0000 Subject: [Baren 18826] Lazell and White Line Experiments Joe, you are right about the Blanch Lazell exhibit being a good one. As I mentioned in my post a few days ago, I recommend it for all who get a chance to see it. I was greatly inspired and can't wait to try more of it after my little experiement over the weekend. I know one of the problems I was having was the use of cheap, chalky watercolors. When the print was dry, when I rubbed my hand over the blue, it came off on my hand. The colors dried too light, also. But then, I'm not a watercolorist and am so used to oil paints and inks and the vivid color you see and get from them when dry, I might not be compensating for the difference, especially because of the deeper natural color of the kitakata paper. But, what I like about these white line prints, it's more like doing a painting than a print. Yet you can do more than one. It also forces you to work more dilegently with design elements. Jeanne, I appreciate your entry in the encyclopedia and thank you for the additional information about treatment of the wood and the paper you used. Barbara, thanks for your input about the inks used. I was confused because the book says Lazell used watercolor AND inks, so I didn't know if she was using bottles of colored inks (like the Windsor Newton ones) or if this was something different, like the dry pigment used in hanga. Gayle Ohio, USA ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:14:29 +0900 Subject: [Baren 18827] New (?) pigment sources ... Couple of interesting links popped up in the mail this evening ... should be of interest to many [Baren] members ... http://www.pigmentsplus.com/woa/color.htm http://www.kamapigment.com/asp/main.asp?refno=3&llang=1 Dave ------------------------------ From: "george jarvis" Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 03:59:32 +0900 Subject: [Baren 18828] Re: white line A variation on 'white line' is part of the junior high curriculum here in Japan. Except it is 'black line' in that it is printed on black paper. Called 'ichihantashokuhanga': Single plate polychrome hanga, it is printed with the paper dry and with gouache or poster color as the 'ink'. The classroom 'kit' is a piece of 4mm x 26cm x 36cm shina veneer plywood, some back hanga paper of exactly the same size and some low tack masking tape to tape the paper to the block for registration. The students use the entire surface of the block as no kento is neccessary. The paper is very smooth surfaced and sized, like a smooth torinoko. There are several varieties from real washi, to cotton to recycled pulp available. The paper is taped to the block down one edge where it acts as a hinge. The colors are painted on one at a time with a regular watercolor brush. Since each color area is relatively small it stays wet until printed with the baren. As all the colors are printed before the paper is changed, printing a consistant edition requires a good memory, good color mixing skills and a lot of patience. G.Jarvis ------------------------------ From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:51:59 EDT Subject: [Baren 18829] Re: Jurors on Resume? Hi Marco, For your resume question---- Put in everything that is prestigious and leave out what is not. Good Luck! I saw your beautiful portraits in May in SF. Dont know if I told you Regards Carol L ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V20 #1912 *****************************