Baren Digest Wednesday, 16 October 2002 Volume 21 : Number 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Lyon Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:26:20 -0500 Subject: [Baren 19561] #14 Colophon details... I have not received Exchange #14 colophon details from the following people - -- please submit them right away so I can complete the gallery pages for the exchange... Thanks! You can submit your details here: http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_14/exchangedetails.html Jean Eger Womack Jo Ernsten Darrell Madis Julio Rodriguez Darrell sent me the scans of all the prints -- they look FANTASTIC !! I can hardly wait to see everybody's prints !! - -- Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:15:11 -0700 Subject: [Baren 19562] trip and update I will be leaving for a festival in San Francisco tomorrow. Show is in the Bill Graham auditorium, smack downtown in front of City Hall, Fri/Sat/Sun. Hey, what's the weather like? I'm still wearing shorts here...I don't suppose that will be appropriate in San Fran these days. Anyhow, wish me luck in finding parking (really the only feature that I don't like about one of my favorite cities). For the Sacramento Bareneers, I will be in that city the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of November, in the Convention Center. Would be great to meet some of you, I've spotted some Sacramento addresses in the puzzle list. And speaking of puzzles, the design is "gelling" on the blocks. That's the lapse of time between "drawn" and "looks good, let's get cutting." When I get back I should be able to spot the major flaws, correct, and then will fire up the jig-saw. I have had some requests for late entries and will do my best to accommodate. I guess if you receive a block in the mail in the next three weeks...you're in! Any drop outs, speak now please so I can substitute prior to the chop-phase. Once the blocks are cut it will be quite a bit of work to try to slip in a substitute block in that hole, so please please be sure you can do this. Deadline for shipping your carved tiny block back to me, just as a reminder, is sometime at the beginning of next June (2003). Off to loadin' my wares... Maria <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango 1/1 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria#mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:38:34 -0700 Subject: [Baren 19563] forgot puzzle related I am updating the page as I make progress, pictures will be forthcoming. http://www.1000woodcuts.com/puzzle/project.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango 1/1 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria#mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: Artsmadis#aol.com Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:04:00 EDT Subject: [Baren 19564] latest Baren-suji issue Very interesting issue. A lot of work involved in this and I know I'm not the only member that's very grateful for it. Darrell ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:49:32 -0500 Subject: [Baren 19565] Re: latest Baren-suji issue 10/15/2002 12:53:56 PM Thanks Darrell, the newsletter goes to list members and also to non-members that have subscribed to it...hopefully it gives a hint of what bareforum is all about and what's current. Hopefully I did not omit anyone doing stuff currently, I try to save posts to the forum for later inclusion to the newsletter. Hopefully everyone will recognize their own input. There is plenty of technical stuff in the encyclopedia so I kept this issue pretty much "news". My thanks go to the people posting or sending me stuff for publications and for sharing their accomplishments.... Five years....19,500+ posts, a dozen exhibitions, fifteen exchanges and 13,000+ prints later...barenforum.org going strong!!! Re...goats/lambs page...is just a skeleton now....no artists to select yet...as I add the participant list and upload images you will then be able to go there and select an artist... graphics courtesy of www.clublambs.com (some nice pics there) http://www.clublambs.com/funpage.html 2000 Dragons: http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/dragons.html * takes a bit to start the applet 2001 Snakes: http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/snakes/ 2002 Horses: http:/www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/horses/ 2003 Goats/Lambs: http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/blacksheep/ thanks...Julio Rodriguez 4/5 ------------------------------ From: "Bea Gold" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:13:46 -0700 Subject: [Baren 19566] Re: carving rubber erasers A couple of years ago someone contacted me who saw my web site - she belonged to a forum of eraser carvers - I just did a search and came up with this _ http://www.negia.net/~unity/faq.html interesting. Bea ------------------------------ From: "Kate Boesser" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:35:36 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19567] Re: Baren Digest V21 #1994 Please remove me from this email list. Thank you. - -Kate Boesser ------------------------------ From: Charles Morgan Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:50:37 -0700 Subject: [Baren 19568] Re: carving rubber erasers Very interesting stuff. The erasers I have tried to carve were NOT those hard, white Stadtler (sp?) erasers. So, I will have another go at that stuff. It looks like it is capable of good detail. I guess you could epoxy a small handle to one to make it easier to ink and print. As long as my carving skills are up to it, it looks like it would be an easy way to make a chop. Cheers ....... Charles At 11:13 AM 10/15/02 -0700, you wrote: >A couple of years ago someone contacted me who saw my web site - she >belonged to a forum of eraser carvers - I just did a search and came up with >this _ http://www.negia.net/~unity/faq.html interesting. Bea >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: >Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:32 PM >Subject: [Baren 19555] carving rubber erasers > > >Hi folks, I've found that Mars staedler erasers are particularly great for >carving (they really hold their shape and don't crumble, you can get pretty >much detail if you want), I've used lino cutting tools on them and they work >great- >best wishes >Sarah ------------------------------ From: "lmhtwb" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:17:41 -0700 Subject: [Baren 19569] Re: Stone Chops Charles wrote: > I did have a local Chinese artist make me a nice chop out of > standard stone (marble? soapstone?). Soapstone, in all probability. Soapstone is easy enough to carve with a knife. Marble isn't. If you feel the sides of the chop and it feels 'soapy' as in smooth and slippery, it's soapstone. There are some chops made out of jade and carnelian in the British Museum, but I don't think yours would be. > Anyway, I recall one of my old books had > something about etching marble in it ... I must go look. But of course then > I would have to get some marble ... Etching marble is not easy. To get the design deep enough for relief printing, you would need to use some fairly strong acids and be very patient. In theory, even household vinegar will etch marble, but it might take years! To polish a marble sculpture, the penultimate step is to 'wash' the piece in a solution of hot oxalic acid. Oxalic acid is not very strong, but after 30 minutes, the surface is only slighter, as in barely noticeable, smoother than it was with 600 grit carbide paper. (The acid treatment does make a big difference as to how the final wax looks.) An easier way to make a marble chop is a grinder (Dremel, Gesswein, etc.) and diamond bits. It's slow, but a lot faster than etching it. And a lot safer if you wear a dust mask. If you want to try it, use marble tile -- the white variety, not the black or green which are even harder. You also could use slate tiles and carve those with a knife. Linda ------------------------------ From: slinders#attbi.com Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:23:52 -0500 Subject: [Baren 19570] Re: Stone Chops Aiko's, in Chicago, is "paper heaven", but they also carry blank chops. Sharen ------------------------------ From: Bette Wappner Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:12:57 -0400 Subject: [Baren 19571] Re: carving rubber erasers Hi Bea, Sarah, everyone I'm a member of the Carving Consortium group. Its a 'great' group and I've learned 'so' much, have participated in swaps, and made new friends. The person who started the group, Linda Berman, is a nice, energetic person dedicated to soft block carving. Yes, Mars Staedler erasers are really good and easily found. I like the 4-pack found in most office supply stores. You can also get larger sizes. The next size up called 'grand' can sometimes be found in fine art stores or ordered online. I'll stop now with the info. on this, but if anyone has any other questions please feel free to email me privately, or if you think this is on topic, you make that decision - after all it is relief printmaking! After I tried soft block carving for about 6 months, I realized even though I like it and will continue doing it here and there, I knew that I was going to step up to woodblock printmaking! So that's why I'm here at Baren. Take care, Bette Wappner > From: "Bea Gold" > Reply-To: baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:13:46 -0700 > To: > Subject: [Baren 19566] Re: carving rubber erasers > > A couple of years ago someone contacted me who saw my web site - she > belonged to a forum of eraser carvers - I just did a search and came up with > this _ http://www.negia.net/~unity/faq.html interesting. Bea > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:32 PM > Subject: [Baren 19555] carving rubber erasers > > > Hi folks, I've found that Mars staedler erasers are particularly great for > carving (they really hold their shape and don't crumble, you can get pretty > much detail if you want), I've used lino cutting tools on them and they work > great- > best wishes > Sarah > > ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V21 #1995 *****************************