Baren Digest                Friday, 11 July 2003        Volume 24 : Number 2300


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From: Myron Turner <mturner#Ms.UManitoba.CA>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:26:08 -0500
Subject: [Baren 22187] Re: Woodblock Glossary 

Ah, and here I thought that it was something with a bit more mystery than 
Japanese woodblock prints!

At 07:58 AM 10/07/2003, you wrote:

>Mary wrote:

>>Our current Encyclopedia dictionary has some important gaps. For 
>>instance, moku-hanga and hanga are not defined.

>
>I guess unless Dave Stones beats me to it, this is where I step forward!
>
>You are dealing with three 'words' here, which in simple direct 
>translation, are:
>
>moku = which is one pronunciation of the character for tree, or wood
>han = plate (as in printing plate, not eating plate)
>ga = picture, image
>
>So 'hanga' is 'an image made from a plate', as in our usual definition of 
>'print' in the west. Add 'moku' to the front of this, and you get 'image 
>made from a wooden plate'.
>
>Note also, that as nouns cannot be pluralized in Japanese the way that 
>they can in English by adding as 's' at the end, 'moku hanga' could be a 
>single print, many prints, many prints made from single plates, or many 
>prints made from many plates, etc. etc.
>
>Dave



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From: G Wohlken <blueman#pantek.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:44:43 -0400
Subject: [Baren 22188] Definitions, bokashi experiments, archives 

Dave, your explanation of moku hanga means image made from a wood plate 
which is the same as a woodcut.  Just the fact we are using those 
Japanese words is the only thing that makes us realize this is a water 
color method of printing?  There is no Japanese term that means 
watercolor/paste woodblock printing?

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Bette, your photos are nice, and I particularly like the one of John 
Center sleeping with his block.  That shows love of one's work :-)

* * *

This is a question for Marco.  Those many bokashi experiments at the 
Summit that you were working on, were those on dry paper or moistened 
paper?  Did you use newsprint or other paper?  I watched you and didn't 
register what the paper was or if it was moistened.

* * *

Just a note for those reading archives.  I will be away a few days. 
 Archives will not be online from late Friday a.m. through late Monday.


~Gayle/Ohio         




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From: David Bull <davebull#woodblock.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:04:39 +0900
Subject: [Baren 22189] Re: Definitions 

Gayle wrote:

> Just the fact we are using those Japanese words is the only thing that 
> makes us realize this is a water color method of printing?  There is no 
> Japanese term that means watercolor/paste woodblock printing?


There is nothing in that term 'moku hanga' that tells us whether or not 
we are talking about a water-based technique or an oil-based one.

Is that so different from typical English-language usage? I'm not 
sure ... When we use the term woodcut, surely this too, can refer to 
either process? Gayle makes woodcuts using a knife and a brayer, I make 
woodcuts using a knife and a baren ...

When it comes to _engraving_ on end grain, there is a different term 
used: ki-guchi moku hanga.

'Ki' is yet another way to pronounce that character for tree/wood
'kuchi' (guchi) is 'mouth' or 'entrance place'

So 'ki-guchi' is literally 'mouth of the wood' and refers to the fact 
that the block is cut on the end-grain.

Dave


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From: Jan Telfer <jtelfer#iinet.net.au>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:20:11 +0800
Subject: [Baren 22190] Re: Photos and Dictionary 


>  Here is the link to the recent Baren Summit 2003 in Kansas City, MO 
> photos.
>  Its fun to view them in the Slide Show.
>
>  Please let me know off list of any mistakes in the photo captions, 
> etc.
>
>  Enjoy.
>   Bette.
>
>
>  http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/betteangel/lst?.view=t&.dir=/Baren+Summit


Thank you Bette for putting your photos on line... your "slide show" 
worked really well and  I enjoyed it .... with everyone's photos it is 
just like being there!  Even though I was cutting and printing in my 
back shed thousands and thousands of miles away!

The Dictionary is working well too Mary.  It doesn't matter what goes 
in there it all helps. thank you,

Jan


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From: G Wohlken <blueman#pantek.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:13:41 -0400
Subject: [Baren 22191] Error 

Sorry, folks.  In my last post I said "Archives will not be online 
from..."  I meant to say NEWest archived digests will not be showing 
online from late Friday til late Monday.  Of course all past archives up 
to that date will be online as usual.  

Gayle   


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From: Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:46:59 -0500
Subject: [Baren 22192] Re:Slide Show and exhibit update... 


Bette, thanks so much for the photos from the summit....they are great...I 
love John C. sleeping with his block...the photos of Michael Schneider 
(darn, so sorry I missed him !)..and the one of the diner....some good 
times/talks there !!!!

I have some of my own to put up but my scanner is down for the 
count.....hopefully I'll get them up in a day or so along with photos from 
the Skokie Exhibit....now going on it's second full week....

I had a few calls regarding prints at the exhibit and sales/price 
information....of course the ones here are not for sale as they are from 
my exchange collection but I have given email or website information to 
the callers so they can reach the artists themselves and inquire to as 
availability and price.   Last night I had someone call about Ruth Leaf's 
print from #16 and Monica Bright's from #12 (Emmitt).

The exhibit concentrates on recent "theme" exchanges and it includes a 
large selection of prints from exchanges #12, 13, 15 and 16. Also a few 
selected works from #14 and the Large Print Exchange. There is also a 
featured artist section
with prints by Mike Lyon.
 
LPE 1 is well represented in the show with prints from Daniel Dew 
(Proverbs 3:17), Akemi Ohira's "Mediation", Maria Arango's "Maze", Rudolph 
Stalder's "Young Lady" and my own "Girl with a Walking Stick" (Kiyonobu). 
I think this is the first time LPE prints have been on display ?

John Center and Sharen Linder give me a call or write me off-list so we 
can get together in Skokie.


thanks....Julio Rodriguez (Skokie, Illinois)

 


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From: Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 18:28:12 -0500
Subject: [Baren 22193] Re: Summit,Jacoulet blocks ... 


Hey..you all summiteers remember that color block (double-sided) by Paul 
Jacoulet that David identified for the folks at the Spencer museum's 
printroom  ?

I think this is the right print...I can see the monkey, the hearts and the 
swastikas in the design...there must have been at least another dozen or 
more color blocks involved !!!

"Avant L'Audience" from 1942 by Paul Jacoulet:

http://www.hanga.com/viewimage.cfm?ID=670 

thanks........Julio Rodriguez


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From: barebonesart <barebonesart#comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:00:03 -0700
Subject: [Baren 22194] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2299 

Bobette - please send me your email address again.  My entire address book
was obliterated in the change over to comcast.net.  I have See You Later
Alligator, and it is wonderful.  For those of you who do not know, Bobette
McCarthy has written and illustrated several children's books, you can find
them at Amazon.  They are out of print, but are still available.  Her
illustrations are delightful -  I can see that Alligator (or is it a Croc?)
who wears the swim fins in a moku hanga print! (Whew, there I got the
prerequisite woodblock reference in!)

Sharri


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From: Cucamongie#aol.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:21:26 -0400
Subject: [Baren 22195] conditioning japanese brushes 

Jeanne, I don't know about using concrete, but you can get
yourself a handy "dragonskin" (piece of wood with mounted piece
of rough metal) from McClain's which works great for conditioning
these brushes. to first singe the tips of the brushes I take a
little hot plate out on my fire escape (cause the fumes will be
BAD), put the brush in an old pie plate and singe the tips of the
bristles, then for the conditioning part I wet the brush, then
brush back & forth on the "dragonskin". this is a quick, crude
explanation, but you get the idea!
best wishes
Sarah

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