Baren Digest Monday, 25 November 2002 Volume 21 : Number 2039 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cucamongie#aol.com Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:01:11 EST Subject: [Baren 19945] framing I am TERRIBLE at cutting mats and fortunately I have a framer who does a great job and charges EXTREMELY reasonable prices, who was recommended to me by our own April Vollmer. For those in the NY/NJ area, his name is Thomas Knorr and the phone no is 908-755-7389. I'd rather be printing! Sarah ------------------------------ From: "marilynn smih" Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:41:14 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19946] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2038 Framing, my pet peeve. I do my own because it is cost effective. it takes time to learn to cut mats well. The only thing I do differently from everyone else is that I use the 2 ply acid free mat board for backing. It is not as thick as foam core but costs me less. I do not order wholesale, never found a place, now i will, thanks for that tip. (I wait for a sale at the art store). Mike Lyon is a wonderful source for exchange coordinators and gave me a lot of assistance. Thanks to him. This is a great bunch to work with because they will try to make it as easy as possible for you, they seem to really care. Marilynn ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 10:52:52 -0600 Subject: [Baren 19947] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2038 At 08:41 AM 11/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Mike Lyon is a wonderful source for exchange coordinators and gave me a >lot of assistance. Thanks to him. This is a great bunch to work with >because they will try to make it as easy as possible for you, they seem to >really care. Dear Marilynn, <3 U, 2 !!! :-) (learned this from Kat, our #15 coordinator!) Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: "Cynthia S. Bendix" Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:51:32 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19948] Re: framing Hi, My name is Thea and I'm a block printmaker near Portland Oregon. I'm thrilled to have found the "1ooo woodcuts"site and the baren site. For years I've printed alone with little feedback from other printmakers. I'm replying to the framing postings that I found in my mailbox. (I've never "posted" before so I hope I'm doing this correctly). I've been a picture framer for almost 20 years and have helped alot of artists frame their work. Currently I work in a gallery and witness alot of artist framing. The best is the kind of simple and effective framing described in the current postings-metal frame, archival mat, archival backing (by the way, there is a 1ply barrier "paper" available as well as the 2ply rag mat board mentioned), the worst are really cheap dime store frames with regular mat board cut with an x-acto knife and masking tape to hold the print in place. I am often tempted myself by cheaper materials because even at wholesale prices ,framing is very expensive,but I do want my work to survive for a while (since I work so hard to create it!). Anyway, I've learned about some new suppliers from these postings and am always looking to learn more and more about art making and framing. Thanks to all. Thea ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:16:56 -0600 Subject: [Baren 19949] Baren Summit in Kansas City Hi, Thea! Glad you have 'tuned in' to [Baren] !!! BTW, I prefer 4-ply museum board and would use the fabulously expensive 8-ply museum board all the time if it weren't so danged hard to cut! By the way, people, we are really starting to work up a sweat trying to complete the June 14-22, 2003 [Baren Summit] sign-up pages for our Kansas City moku-hanga convention... Hoping to have those on-line in another day or two. Brace yourselves... There's going to be a $75 'deposit' which will be refunded to you after the summit plus a $5 non-refundable 'handling charge' to slightly more than cover collection expenses. The $75 will be 100% refunded if you a) participate and b) the studio survives the Summit in good condition. Complete instructions to follow soon... we'll have a sign-up and waiting list similar to the exchange sign-ups and it'll be first come, first served, so get your registration completed early... On your marks... Get set... Ok, hold on a couple more days for the 'GO' !!! Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: ArtfulCarol#aol.com Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:52:03 EST Subject: [Baren 19950] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2038 I read Marilynn's full description of her experience as exhibition coordinator. That was traditional explicit Marilynn style and a real classic that I hope is kept for our files. Thank you Marilynn Carol Lyons ------------------------------ From: Bette Wappner Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:27:32 -0500 Subject: [Baren 19951] matting Hi Thea So nice to hear from you. 99% of the time I'm a listener here at Baren because I am a beginner at woodblock printmaking, but I do know that Baren is the place to be without a doubt and everyone here is friendly and helpful. I can't wait to meet everyone someday. I agree with you about using quality matting. Yes, it is tempting to buy the cheap pre-cut mats out there. I think a person can find good looking quality frames, but you usually can't find good looking quality mats. All the pre-cut ones I've seen in stores have an over-cut and aren't archival. I'm going to try to spend the extra money on quality archival matting from now on. It just takes planning ahead to order it so you aren't in the desperate mood to buy the pre-cut shelved ones. Sincerely, Bette Wappner ------------------------------ From: "Carole Baker" Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:54:00 +0900 (JST) Subject: [Baren 19952] Hello All, Just went to the year of the sheep site and it seems it is definitely sheep now. Seems like I remember it being either sheep or goats. Are goats allowed? I down loaded some of my old prints to http://photos.yahoo.com/cb5699826 . All but 2 of the prints (indicated by "oil") are hanga, though they aren't all done on Japanese paper. Size of the scan doesn't indicate size of the prints, some are reduction. Carole Baker Gustavus, Alaska ------------------------------ From: "Robert Canaga Gallery" Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 16:26:33 -0800 Subject: [Baren 19953] Carol, Your prints are wonderful. I love the Iris! and Poppy. Robert ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V21 #2039 *****************************