Baren Digest Saturday, 4 January 2003 Volume 22 : Number 2083 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eva Pietzcker" Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:57:17 +0900 (JST) Subject: [Baren 20293] Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 Dear Peter Walls, how was your trip to Berlin? I tried to contact you several times, but my mails came back to me after weeks (?!). Greetings from Eva www.pietzcker.de eva#pietzcker.de ------------------------------ From: Lisa Sisley-Blinn Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 09:34:52 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20294] Sheep/Goat Print in the Mail Yep, my flock is in the mail. Everyone should be getting a small blue envelope with white lettering, containing a dainty print. Although the print started at the requested size, registration "issues" caused some nibbling at the borders. I have a better idea of how to do it "right" the next time. I have prints lined up on my fireplace mantle in my living room. Everyday I look for more in the mailbox. Even my teens have gotten into the spirit. The whole family is loving this project! I had not realized how isolated I was feeling as an artist. It has been wonderful to have this thread of connectivity. I look forward to participating in the regular exchanges, once I get some real skill with the wood. I start a class next Tuesday. Can't wait. Michigan Lisa ------------------------------ From: Shireen Holman Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 09:31:06 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20295] Re: pieces here, pieces there Great pictures, Maria! I'm very impressed. Also with your puzzle design solution, which I won't mention, since some people may not want to know what it is (hah!) Shireen At 08:45 PM 1/2/03 -0800, you wrote: >Puzzle updates! >The first brave puzzle piece that braved the seven seas has arrived to >Australia! Wow, I'm very excited. Almost all the pieces have found their >temporary homes now. If some of you have received your piece and have not >emailed me yet, please do so and tell me the number on the back of your >block. And ALL of you, thanks for playing and thank you for your notes; I >apologize if I don't answer all of them individually. *********************************************** Shireen Holman, Printmaker and Book Artist email: shireenh#earthlink.net http://www.shireenholman.com *********************************************** ------------------------------ From: "PHARE-CAMP,PATTI (HP-USA,ex1)" Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:50:24 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20296] RE: Baren Digest V21 #2081 "SIGN-UP FOR EXCHANGE #16 IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY (now through Jan 31) at: http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_sign-up.html" Happy New Year Everybody! I've got my goat conceptualized...now to transfer my ideas to blocks! Since I'm on semester break now I can get started on the labor intensive part of the New Years card. First I have to make a decision on the process...huummm, decisions, decisions, decisions... I love all the goatses and sheepses that have tramped through my mailbox! Everyday I gleefully trip to the mailbox in anticipation of woolies. Can't wait to see Johns new Furry old goats and all the widdle wambs that follow him! My neighbor had a furry old goat that liked to hang out in my yard (all my neighbors animals like to hang out at my place [my roses must taste better]). He looked like a sheltie (miniature collie) with horns. He was soooooooo mean and would chase everyone down with his gnarly long twisted horns. You could also smell him a block away! I was so glad to see he was gone one day when I got home from work. I sure would have liked to have been present to videotape the comedy of errors I know had to have been enacted while I was gone...I can't imagine any one fool enough--I mean brave enough to encounter that demonically possessed irascible old goat! OK now: the real reason I wrote today--I just signed up for exchange 16; how long does it take for a person's name to show up in the list? I want to make sure my submission went through...Patti Phare-Camp ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 09:55:30 -0600 Subject: [Baren 20297] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2081 At 09:50 AM 1/3/2003 -0500, Patti Phare-Camp wrote: >OK now: the real reason I wrote today--I just signed up for exchange 16; how >long does it take for a person's name to show up in the list? I want to >make sure my submission went through...Patti Phare-Camp It doesn't take too long for your name to show up on the list if I'm at my computer when you sign up -- otherwise, a day or two -- but your registration has been received -- you are the 33rd signer-upper and number 22 on the list, so you are definitely "IN" and will have to complete and mail your 31 prints by May 1st. Good luck, Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:51:28 -0600 Subject: [Baren 20298] Re: connectivity....Berlin website Hello to Eva and Miriam over in Berlin....enjoyed visiting your website (www.pietzcker.de) and looking at all the photos. Not only did I learn the german word for woodblock (holzschnitt ??) but now I can also put a face to two more "little" people on the Barenmap... While looking at Eva's website I found a link to an April Vollmer hanga workshop later this year. There is some great info there on moku hanga (read the course description) and if you follow the link at the bottom you will get to a page with additional info and some good photographs. Thanks! http://www.druckstelle.info/en/hanga.htm http://www.druckstelle.info/en/werkstatt.htm 'Michigan' Lisa spoke of artist's isolation and the wonderful thread of connectivity that we have thru barenforum.org and the internet. Case above in point... I can be sitting at work in Chicago and at the same time enjoy the work and labor of other artists halfway across the world. That brings me to Maria's puzzle project "What is Baren ?"....if you have peeked at her overall design you will see that same wonderful 'connectivity' theme. I guess to me that's what Baren is mostly about...bringing printmaking folks together...wether is to ask for help, answer a question, exchange prints, share your successes & failures or simply to chat about printmaking...it certainly brings the printmaking community into our everyday lives. Mike Lyon's idea for the KC Summit will be a great opportunity to leave the PC world behind and come face-to-face with our barenforum family. thanks to all and a healthy and happy New Year.....Julio Rodriguez ------------------------------ From: JennWint#aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:01:15 EST Subject: [Baren 20299] Posting Does anyone out there know anything about doing really large woodblock prints? Do you use one big block of wood or several, next to each other? Can it be done? Thanks, Jenn jennwint#aol.com ------------------------------ From: Daniel Dew Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:04:41 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20300] Re: Posting Hey Maria, this one's for you! :-) Daniel L. Dew Suncoast Equipment Funding Corporation http://www.dandew.com/ ddew#tampabay.rr.com > From: JennWint#aol.com > Reply-To: baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp > Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:01:15 EST > To: baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp > Subject: [Baren 20299] Posting > > Does anyone out there know anything about doing really large woodblock > prints? Do you use one big block of wood or several, next to each other? > Can it be done? > Thanks, > Jenn > jennwint#aol.com ------------------------------ From: "Maria Diener (aka Arango)" Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:54:41 -0800 Subject: [Baren 20301] RE: Posting Hi Jenn, Here you can see a step by step of one way to do these: http://www.1000woodcuts.com/Studionotes/Monster/monstercut.html Worked amazingly well. I have also seen demos with a steamroller in the last SGC conference. Another way is what you mentioned, do several blocks and have a "partitioned" large woodcut print. Looks very nice when the design incorporates the partitions as part of the print, but also as a "panel" print, where the image breaks from panel to panel but it is all printed contiguously. Yet another way I have seen mentioned is to do a large block, like the one Daryl and I did, but print it by hand with several pieces of paper which are then dampened and joined (the same way papermakers join two pieces of paper to make a larger sheet). The possibilities are endless! Good luck and think big! Maria <||><||><||><||><||><||> Maria Arango Las Vegas Nevada USA www.1000woodcuts.com <||><||><||><||><||><||> > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp > [mailto:owner-baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp]On Behalf Of JennWint#aol.com > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:01 PM > To: baren#ml.asahi-net.or.jp > Subject: [Baren 20299] Posting > > > Does anyone out there know anything about doing really large woodblock > prints? Do you use one big block of wood or several, next to > each other? > Can it be done? > Thanks, > Jenn > jennwint#aol.com > > ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis#aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:32:40 EST Subject: [Baren 20302] Re: pieces here, pieces there > http://www.1000woodcuts.com/puzzle/project.html maria i wasnt going to look but curiosity got the better of me!!! i love it and i even found my block on the picture!!!! georga ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie#aol.com Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 20:20:56 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20303] Guerra/Akua Kolor Georga, I use both Guerra pigments and Akua Kolor for hanga, my most recent tendency is to use the Guerra pigment for strong blacks and outline-type blocks, and Akua Kolor for the color areas. Akua Kolor is quite a different feel as it stays wet longer on the block, which can actually be nice when you're doing hanga. I think it's often easier to get a smooth color area with Akua Kolor. Another thing I like about the Akua Kolor is not having to add gum arabic/glycerine to it. It's worth experimenting with both to see what works best for your prints (I'm not sure what you have right now, Georga, but perhaps you could get small samples of colors to try). best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: "Carol Myers" Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:19:08 -0500 Subject: [Baren 20304] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2077 Dear Jean and all who have sent encouragement- I'm plugging away at this hanga thing and I have decided that ignorance is bliss, so this should be a blissful experience!I'm loving all of the information and plan to give sizing paper a go. Unfortunately, my experiments will have to be delayed a week as I fly to Tampa for my father's funeral. So I'll be off line for a few days, but don't count me out! Thanks again for everyone's support and help. Carol Myers ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis#aol.com Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 01:09:51 EST Subject: [Baren 20305] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2077 carol condolences on the death of your father georga ------------------------------ From: "John and Michelle Morrell" Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 01:18:08 -0900 Subject: [Baren 20306] Water based ink--Lascaux In case anyone else has not already gotten to this point, I got the following response from Savoir Faire: "Thank you for your inquiry about Lascaux products. We import and wholesale only their acrylic paints. We sell to most of the major art supply stores and mail order catalogs. One particular store/mail order catalog is New York Central. Their phone number is 800-950-6111. They actually carry some Lascaux products that we don't have, so I would recommend them to you as the best possible source- they may be able to special order what you are looking for." This is in attempt to find the silkscreen paste (gel) handled by Lascaux. At this point I am going to try methyl cellouse as if it were plate oil just to see what happens. Michelle Morrell jmmorrell#gci.net ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V22 #2083 *****************************