Baren Digest Wednesday, 6 August 2003 Volume 24 : Number 2330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jandi Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:21:51 -0400 Subject: [Baren 22447] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2329 http://www.patierno.com my first teacher! ------------------------------ Message removed from archives as it was not about printmaking ------------------------------ Message removed from archives as it was not about printmaking ------------------------------ From: "Brad Teare" Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:12:15 -0600 Subject: [Baren 22450] Introduction Hello Baren subscribers, My name is Brad Teare and I have recently subscribed to Baren. I work in the European tradition, using oil based inks and brayers. I have worked as a professional illustrator for the last 18 years (until three years ago). As an illustrator my medium was wood engraving (as well as scratchboard). Three years ago I became discouraged with wood engraving as an illustration technique and abandoned relief printing and took a regular job as an art director for a children's magazine. I stored my press (a challenger proof press) and began painting landscapes in oils in my free time. Six months ago I decided to fuse my two interests and began block printing small landscapes. I use five to eight blocks generally from 8 x 10" to 9 x 12". Having thought I was burned out on relief printing I now find myself obsessed with getting back to the studio full time to pursue a fine art career as a printer. I joined Baren with the hopes of gaining insight into the transition to fine art as well as gaining some insight into a few technical issues (for instance, with multi-block printing I have problems with not being able to hold a crisp line in the last blocks. The edges get blurry as the ink is pressed out from the block.) Multi-block landscape printing is like a huge puzzle and I enjoy it immensely. I look forward to your comments. ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez#walgreens.com Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:21:22 -0500 Subject: [Baren 22451] Re: another 911 show, exhibit update Thanks Georga for reminding me about that showing, great news about your exhibit ! Many photos please ! If anyone has exhibited Baren prints in the past and we don't have you in our "exhibits" page, please let me know so I can update the page. http://www.barenforum.org/exhibitions/ In other exhibition news, the Baren Prints exhibit at the Skokie Public Library has received great reviews and has been extended for another month until 8/30. I have opted to make some changes to the current display and exhibit some new prints/members. The remaining prints from exchange #16 will be on display later this week as well as Mary Kuster's "Essence of Woman" and Rudolph Stalder's "Sitting Woman" from the LPE exchange. More updates to follow. thanks....Julio Rodriguez (Skokie, Illinois) ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:30:59 -0500 Subject: [Baren 22452] Re: Introduction At 10:12 AM 8/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: >My name is Brad Teare and I have recently subscribed to Baren. Welcome, Brad! You'll find lots of opinions here on BarenForum. I'm mostly a moku-hanga printer, these days, but I bet you'll hear advice (like less pressure, stiffer ink, thinner roll-out, thinner paper -- all trading off intensity for clarity) from some of the oily types here. Hey, I saw one of your prints on the web recently -- very beautiful landscape! How about publishing a link where we can see your work on-line? - -- Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ Message removed as it does not relate to printmaking ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:44:06 -0500 Subject: [Baren 22454] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2327 At 10:22 PM 8/4/2003 -0400, Tony Kirk wrote: >If you can make it to the opening of Ink from Wood you will surely meet >Yasu Shibata, Helen Frankenthaler, Antonio Frasconi, Takuji Hamanaka, >April Vollmer ... Welcome, Tony Kirk (at last)! In case you didn't already figure this out, Tony Kirk is the director of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (CCP) in Norwalk, Connecticut (about 40 minutes Northeast of New York City). Scottish moku-hanga printer Paul Furneaux will be (is) in residence there. Several Baren members met Paul Furneaux during their visit to Scotland several years ago. http://www.barenforum.org/activities/2002/edinburgh.html and the CCP will have a show of woodcuts called "Ink from Wood" from September 12 through November 8th at: Center for Contemporary Printmaking Matthews Park, 299 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 203-899-7999 - -- Mike Mike Lyon - ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII#aol.com Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:40:36 EDT Subject: [Baren 22455] Re: Introduction Sounds like too much pressure as that would press the ink out of the edges of the block also maybe too much ink. If you are printing on areas that have already been printed with oil based ink you will not need as much ink or even as much pressure. Maybe stiffen up the ink as well as most color ink for letter press is too runny. john center -- ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V24 #2330 *****************************