Baren Digest Wednesday, 3 September 2003 Volume 24 : Number 2360 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brad Teare" Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 14:54:59 -0600 Subject: [Baren 22654] Honing My honing compound didn't come this week and my tools were getting pretty dull. So instead of honing compound I used some old Grumbacher Green Titanium Oxide oil paint. It worked great and saved the weekend. I honed it in a trough cut into some leftover linoleum which seemed to "hold" the paint better than wood. ------------------------------ From: "marilynn smih" Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 15:53:46 -0700 Subject: [Baren 22655] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2359 Whao am I celebrating today! I finished my plate for the mini exchange. It is wood! Yes! I am so excited to see this plate work. All those tiny spaces to carve around, I wondered if I was deep enough and probabably got a few lines a bit too wide making sure. I learned that the hanga toh is a grand knife and works! I did not lose a head or a foot, now you can wonder what on earth I carved, heheheh. Now for the question???? Paper! I am printing oil based ink and want blue ink and blue paper! Okay so I like interesting effects! Anyone have a suggestion on what blue paper might work well. I proofed on a piece of blue pastel paper and liked the rough texture, but, it is pastel paper. Anyone ever use that successfully?? I would not mind a paper with a surface texture or mottled effect, it would add to the piece I think. So, any suggestions or am I on my own to figure this one out?? Marilynn in Nahcotta, Washington - wearing shorts on the hottest day we have had all year, it is September isn't it? ------------------------------ From: b.patera#att.net Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 23:52:39 +0000 Subject: [Baren 22656] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2359 Marilynn, you were asking about blue papers ..... well, Magnani Pescia has a wonderful soft blue.... and I can't say enough about how nice this paper is. As you've probably guessed the Pescia is my favorite. Dan Smith carries it so if there is enough time you might give it a try. Barbara P. ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII#aol.com Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:53:10 EDT Subject: [Baren 22657] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2359 you can print it with a press without any difficulites hand printing would be a bit difficult unless you printed it damp. With a press i have printed on cow hide. The only paper i had problems with was one rather heavy waterleaf (no sizing it wanted to turn to pulp when i damped it) and some hand made paper that had too many inclusions which damaged the block i was printing. by the way it was in the 60's yesterday here in Chicago john/yochanan of the ....... wood chips ------------------------------ From: Jan Telfer Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:21:33 +0800 Subject: [Baren 22658] Re: Katie ClemsonBook > There is another great book on just relief printmaking called, >"The Complete Manual of Relief Printmaking" by Rosemary Simmons and >Katie >Clemson- published by Knopf in 1988, ISBN 0-394-56853-2. >Bobette >I also really like "The Complete Manual of Relief Printmaking" by >Rosemary Simmons and Katie Clemson. It might be out-of-print, but >out-of-print books are now sometimes available through Amazon, and I >also like dealing with Alibris (http://www.alibris.com) for >out-of-print books. > >Margaret Szvetecz >margarszv#earthlink.net Bobette and Margaret, This book by Rosemary Simmons and Katie Clemson is indeed a very well researched and presented book on Relief Printmaking, but it is out of print and very difficult to get a copy. I have had one for a long time. Katie Clemson is now living in Western Australia, in fact not far from me after coming from England. When I did ask her last year or so about republishing the book she said that at the time she had no plans of reprinting, but I have just phoned her and left a message on their answering machine to call me, so ....to be continued........ Jan Perth, Western Australia ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V24 #2360 *****************************