Baren Digest Saturday, 23 November 2002 Volume 21 : Number 2037 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John and Jan Telfer Date: Sat, 23 Nov 02 00:12:21 +0800 Subject: [Baren 19917] Re: OZ Trip Dear Jeanne, > After our trip to Oz next year. Did I pick this up correctly? You are coming Down Under? Do you have plans yet? Sydney, Melbourne, Perth? Was this my wishful thinking? Let me know please. Jan Perth, WA ------------------------------ From: "marilynn smih" Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:02:33 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19918] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2036 Was it little leprechauns who sorted recounted rechecked and sealed all those packages for 14a? The last half is sitting in a neat stack ready for me to drive them to the post office where they will be delivered by neat people who might seem like magic elves. Not yet christmas but it is always fun to get a package in the mail. I would like to say a few words after coordinating this exchange. First I am so impressed with the work, I think we must be having a competition to see who can send out the finest print. Even those done by less skilled artists were presented with care and very neatly done. I appreciated all the postage money and those who stamped and addressed their envelopes and boxes, nice. Okay not all was a bed of roses. When you make your prints please be careful to measure so they are the right size. Oversized prints makes it difficult to get packages back into boxes and envelopes that are a size too small for them. And, just a suggestion for those mavelous folks who send extra boxes and envelopes, try to make them a bit bigger than the packet you send. Even if we beg the Baren Gods we will always have some who have cut their paper a bit large and some that is thicker, which adds to bulk. It is interesting to spend 10 minutes trying to squeeze prints into an envelope that is a very tight fit!!! Or redeigning those lovely designer boxes we get from the post office!!! I learned about sending out prints. I learned that if I make a cardboard folder I should make it large enough to hold something a bit bigger than just my prints, (by an inch or 2) because exchanges vary with both paper size and bulk. I learned that if I send the right envelope or box that the coordinator will have a much easier time. I learned that a few extra dollars is a nice thing to send along because there are minor things like all that tape and I bought return labels to make life easier for me. Oh and there is always that package that costs a bit more to send than the postage given ( a few pennies or a dollar is small but adds up fast! The over payers pick up the slack, thanks so much to you) Small things that make our volunteers smile. I also learned how beautiful those folders are that Baren can order for us, well worth the money! Would I do it again? You bet I would! Hope everyone gets their prints in good order. Now I will hand them over to the people at the post office and pray to the post office Gods for good handeling. Mailmen please do not bend, crush or spindel our packages! Oh Sarah, loved your sheep print, thanks. Marilynn Smith Nahcotta, Washington ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:18:51 -0600 Subject: [Baren 19919] 14a Exchange !! Dear Marilynn and 14a exchange participants... WOW!!! Marilynn, thank you SO much for the great job you did coordinating this exchange! It's a LOT of work, and you did it with apparent ease and good humor! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And to all participants: what beautiful prints I received in yesterday's mail from you all. Thank you SO much. Linda and I spent a long time last night ooohing and aaaahing over each one, and enjoying the world-wide distribution of contributors. Some wonderful and VERY strong prints in this group. I'll try to get them photographed gallery-a-tized real soon. Let y'all know when it's up there for viewing, but again... WOW !! - -- Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: "Jeanne N. Chase" Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:32:55 -0500 Subject: [Baren 19921] Blacks I am doing some experimental prints for #15 exchange. Never done Hanga before. I am using cherry wood blocks and Winsor Newton water colors and cannot seem to get a rich , dark, black. Any secrets out there would help. Thanks Jeanne ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:33:39 -0600 Subject: [Baren 19922] Re: Blacks USE SUMI !!! Don't dilute. If it's not enough, print 2, 3, or 20 times. Mike At 04:32 PM 11/22/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I am doing some experimental prints for #15 exchange. Never done Hanga >before. I am using cherry wood blocks and Winsor Newton water colors and >cannot seem to get a rich , dark, black. >Any secrets out there would help. > >Thanks >Jeanne N. Mike Lyon ------------------------------ From: "Robert Canaga Gallery" Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:57:12 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19923] Re: Blacks Hi, Try using a good quality paint or Sumi ink. I use Sumi or good gouache, and screenprinting paste as a thickener. Works great and is cheep! M.Graham's gouache is MUCH better than WN. I would be glad to send you a tube to try. He is a good friend and makes all of his paints the old fashioned way and they hand fill all the tubes. Kind of charming. Yours Robert ------------------------------ From: JennWint#aol.com Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:26:50 EST Subject: [Baren 19924] Posting Carol, Thanks for all the helpful information. I will be sure to check out the archives. Thanks for the tip. No I don't know about Maria or her website yet. I am located on the Peninsula in San Mateo. It's nice to know that there are some baren people around here! How are things in Sacramento?? Jenn ------------------------------ From: Lezle Williams Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:02:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: [none] Dear Jean, That sounds fine to me -- the more the merrier! Perhaps I can make up for my years of seclusion while living on the reservation... Thanks for the compliments, I got a few more pix up and next week begins the job of joining the two houses together with a breezeway (or portales as they are called here). http://www.laughingcrow.org/update.html My original idea was to have a B&B, but I ran into zoning problems, needed more space for my own stuff (especially bookshelves), and liked it well enough when finished that I didn't want to occupied all the time. So, now the idea is to advertise it (low-key - as approved by zoning) as a guest house or artist's retreat - just on the occasional basis. (Or just trade it as a vacation space.) >>I think you might have a crowd visiting you soon. >> and you have done such a marvelous job in renovating your >> desert home. It looks just like an artists place to live and work. Save a space for me. - ---------------------------------- Dear Jenn, Thanks for the tips - I do have a couple issues of the Collector's Guide. Do you know of any compiled source of the local art shows and festivals? There are so many going on that I don't even know where to begin to research them to decide whether I want to hop back on the art fair circuit. >> Also, there are many good outdoor markets where you can rent booth space >> and sell that way. I hope this helps! ===== Lezle Williams Laughing Crow Studio http://www.laughingcrow.org ------------------------------------- From: Charles Morgan Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:14:26 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19926] another card Maria, I got your lovely card "joshuas under the sun". What a very pleasant surprise!!! I really like the bold forms ... no clutter, which is just to my taste. Cheers ...... Charles ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V21 #2037 *****************************