Baren Digest              Friday, 15 November 2002      Volume 21 : Number 2028


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From: Daniel Dew <ddew#tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:55:02 -0500
Subject: [Baren 19831] Newest Creations 
<baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp> 

Ah, finally, I have a few of my newest pieces posted up.  Let me know what
ya'll think.

http://www.dandew.com/psalm8.htm
(This is now my favorite print)

http://www.dandew.com/alpha.htm
(Another in my animal series, sorry, it's Speedball)

http://www.dandew.com/proverbs25_24.htm
(My first attempt on new paper)

http://www.dandew.com/abaddon.htm
(never, never, try to carve red oak, never again)

Oh well, enjoy! 

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From: Aqua4tis#aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:15:57 EST
Subject: [Baren 19832] Re: Newest Creations 

In a message dated 11/14/2002 9:03:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ddew#tampabay.rr.com writes:


> http://www.dandew.com/abaddon.htm
> 


great work dan!!!   
georga


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From: Wanda <robertson#canby.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:42:22 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19833] Re: poco un todo... 

on 11/13/02 11:52 PM, carolwagner at carolwagner#softcom.net wrote:
snip 

> What a great ram. I'm feeling late and it's not even New Year yet- there are
> still a few horse days left. Would you like some Tibetan ponies? I've made
> an accordion fold book to hold all these great little prints for new Years
> from Bareners. Now if I can only harness the wild elephants of my mind, I
> may be able to print and mail out my Year of the Ram cards before it is the
> Year of the Monkey...

snip

> 


Carol, I recieved the Tibetan Ponies card! What a delightful little print.
Your idea of an accordian fold book for the little prints is a wonderful
idea! My horses will hopefully come clopping into your abode soon! I too am
alread
y feeling late (and I was really late with my horses - sorry everyone).

Sarah, I recieved your "Getting Fleeced" card too! You have such a great
sense of humor. I hope to meet you one of these days. We'll have such fun.



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From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" <lbmason71#attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:32:58 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19834] createx.. 

Carol,
They will work, I think. I find the pigment particles in them large and
unevely distributed sometimes but I can see no reason why they won't work.
They are low pigment so you might have to double print to get a strong color
with some colors, otherwise it should be no problem.
Best to all,
Barbara


> Has anyone used createx pure pigments for printing Moku hanga? I have used
> them in the past for monoprints and was curious about their possible use

for

> hanga.
>
> Best to all.
> Carol in Sacramento
>
>




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From: "Robert Canaga Gallery" <rcg#robertcanagagallery.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:40:19 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19835] Re: Newest Creations 

Daniel, Great work!
Robert

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From: "Robert Canaga Gallery" <rcg#robertcanagagallery.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:43:49 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19836] Re: createx.. 

I have also used createx...not as strong as M.Graham gouache in color. I
tried mixing them with Seibdruckpaste like I do with raw pigment, pastel and
good wc and gouache but they were to runny.

Robert

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From: "marilynn smih" <marilynnsmih#hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:26:58 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19837] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2027 

We are a chatty group today.  I am telling everyone that 14a will go in the 
mail next week.  I will collate it starting Monday and include Frank 
Trueba's work when it arrives, which is promised soon.  It is a fine suite 
of prints and worth the wait.
Marilynn


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From: Brenda Everett <laprovence2001#yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:14:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 19838] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2018 

Hi Mike

Thanks for the note.  I am due May 25... so it's too
soon to tell the sex.  I just hope it's healthy and
normal!  The nausea is easing up a bit, thankfully.  I
had to stop my oil painting which is really my primary
medium (gasp! what a thing to say on Baren!!)  But, I
have been doing a lot of watercolor and bought some
acrylic paints.  I also do sumi-e painting.  I have
been doodling and drawing a lot and will hopefully
start a new print soon with one of those. 

I have to say hi to Charles and thanks for the email. 
Jen's classes sound like a lot of fun.  Sounds like
you are perfecting the "leaf/foil" method you had been
showing us at Graham's workshop.  
You had asked where I would be traveling... to see my
family on the Olympic Peninsula of WA.  Hopefully, if
I can stand the ride, we'll be coming to Victoria. 
Maybe we could meet up.  

Take care and keep experimenting!
Brenda


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From: GraphChem#aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:22:14 -0500
Subject: [Baren 19839] Re: T.N. Lawrence 

Julio -
It wasn't as generous as it might seem. I handle materials from T.N. 
Lawrence, and those that I don't stock I can get in fairly short order.

Dean

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From: "Maria Arango" <maria#mariarango.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:33:52 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19840] RE: poco un todo... 


> Maria,
>
> I am so glad you are feeling better. You did not miss much at the
> Sacramento
> Arts Festival. Several friends who have participated for a number of years
> on the circuit told me they barely broke even, and there were too few fat
> wallets in sight. But who knows, you might have done well because
> there was
> nothing remotely like genuine prints in sight. I had been looking
> forward to
> your presence because of your woodcuts, which might have been a great
> novelty in the local market, which is saturated with commercial
> reproductions masquerading as 'original prints' You know, the
> 'Gee Clays' in
> editions of 500 or more...


Well, always nice to know you miss a dud!
Seems people are being awful careful these days, but that is also the nature
of the art festival business: uuuuuuuppppp and doooooowwwwwwwnnnnn. We say
it's as close to legalized gambling as you can get outside a casino. It has
been a hard season for a lot of artists; I consider myself very lucky.

As far as the squirt-prints (Chiclets is my own pet name, after the chewing
gum :-), that is also part of the art festival business. I do my own thing
and tend to ignore what everyone else does for my own peace of mind. That is
not the worst of it, painters are now "printing" their own "prints" right
out of their "printers." The unknowing customer is getting an ink-jet print
that will fade in a year (if it doesn't get wet first and disappear) and
paying about the same as I'm selling my woodcuts for.
The art festival world is definitely not for every artist. You have to have
a thick hide, a blind eye, a strong back and a tolerance for being cold/hot
and miserable for prolonged periods of time. You also have to travel, as
areas are quickly saturated (New York and Florida excepted) and people just
ask you if you will be at the next one, _instead_ of purchasing on the spot.
You also have to have a tolerance for buy/sell products (they magically
appear in every show despite regulations), cheap stuff and functional items,
which are the enemy of "wall artists." You have to have the tolerance to
withstand your fellow artists calling your stuff "peechures," and your
customers asking if you have your large woodcuts in cards or your cards in
larger sizes.
Persistence is the key to getting in the better shows, and there you are in
competition with the one-of-a-kind originals and get sneered at by the
painters and sculptors that sell $10K items exclusively. Try telling an
unknowing customer what an _original_ print is without losing your temper
and calling them ignorant. I thought _everyone_ knew what a woodcut is! Once
you get into the better shows, good things start happening. But I still like
those "anything goes" shows, as some attract well over a hundred thousand
people and those kind of crowds mean that everyone sells something.

Best advice I can give to anyone entering this world is to do your very best
and don't look at the rest. Pays off. Life is good.

Health and happiness to all,
Maria

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Maria Arango, fortunately a very limited edition
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
http://www.1000woodcuts.com
maria#mariarango.com
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From: Charles Morgan <cmorgan#uvic.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:52:18 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19841] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2018 

Brenda,

I am really glad to hear you are feeling better. By all means let me know 
when you are coming and we can get together for Ginger Tea or something. 
You should not miss the Japanese woodblock print show at the Victoria Art 
Gallery while you are here.

The alumigraph technique is alive and well ... quite a few of Jen's 
students are making LOVELY prints using the technique. I even had email 
from someone who was at a nature printing workshop in France where someone 
was distributing my description of the process!!! So there is life outside 
of woodblock prints!!!! (sorry folks) But I continue to plug away at the 
woodblock prints ... so much to learn and so little time ....

Cheers and hope to see you soon ...... Charles

At 02:14 PM 11/14/02 -0800, you wrote:

>I have to say hi to Charles and thanks for the email.
>Jen's classes sound like a lot of fun.  Sounds like
>you are perfecting the "leaf/foil" method you had been
>showing us at Graham's workshop.
>You had asked where I would be traveling... to see my
>family on the Olympic Peninsula of WA.  Hopefully, if
>I can stand the ride, we'll be coming to Victoria.
>Maybe we could meet up.



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From: "carolwagner" <carolwagner#softcom.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:33:40 -0800
Subject: [Baren 19842] RE: Baren Digest V21 #2027 

OK, who ate the Baren Digest V21 #2027 content!?

puzzled in Sacramento...

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From: "Jeanne N. Chase" <studiojnc#prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:10:04 -0500
Subject: [Baren 19843] Re: updates Fun & Games... 

Julio

The Fun and Games and do not forget "Information",site is great and I would
hope that it would become a permanent section of the Baren.

And a BIG thank you for all the work that you have done!!!!!

Jeanne N.


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