Baren Digest Wednesday, 29 October 2003 Volume 25 : Number 2424 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lana Lambert Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:35:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [none] Greetings Forum! My name is Lana Lambert and I'm a student at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. For the longest time I have simply been an onlooker to all the fun but I just signed up for the notorious Shunga Exchange and must express myself in the forum. I want to express my thanks to the Bareners and to David Bull for having this wealth of printing knowledge available to anyone and for the preservation of such a beautiful art form. I'm currently a senior at the Corcoran and working on my thesis. I chose to research Moku Hanga on a whim and fell in love ever since. I find the methodical nature of the process is very satisfying. Glad to be aboard! Talk to you guys again soon! ------------------------------ From: Sharri LaPierre Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:39:34 -0800 Subject: [Baren 23252] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2423 Hi Bareners, Funny you should mention Gyotaku - last summer I was inking a very large fish in my kitchen (studio under construction & not available that night) and I had another person here printing this fish as an image she was going to use in an advertising campaign. We had a beautiful Rock Fish. I don't know how many of you are familiar with this species, they are beautiful, but lethal. Not only do they have razor sharp scales, but they also have spines on all fins and they aren't afraid to use them, dead or alive. If grabbed by the tail, swung around the head, and WHAM-Oed, it would have shredded the paper, the kitchen island, and given Lethal Weapon III a new story line. It made a beautiful gyotaku print though and was a highly successful advertizing campaign :-) After we finished printing we cut that sucker up with the intention of cooking it, but we both chickened out and it became fertilizer instead, producing amazingly beautiful roses all summer, I might add. There's something about manhandling a fish for hours that makes it very unappetizing. Cheers, Sharri ------------------------------ From: "Chris Bailey @ Support Local Art" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:27:03 -0700 Subject: [Baren 23253] Presses / Exchange 17 Hello fellow woodcutters, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed to the press discussion. I'm currently using 'the trusty wooden spoon', but I am certainly interested in anything that will help my art (especially the printing part). The idea of using a press - any kind, sounds great to me. I think I'm going to head down to my local Lee Valley Tools and pick-up some press screws so I can build a small book-press. Either http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=31138&categ ory=1,43838,43845 or http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=31134&categ ory=1,41659 I haven't decided which will work better (probably the 2nd one). Of course I'm going to keep my eye out for any of these great deals on proofing presses that people seem to get. The book-press may not be perfect, but I think having the choice between wooden spoon and book-press, will be much better than my current choice of wooden spoon or wooden spoon :-) If anyone is interested, I can certainly keep the group posted with my press building and printing progress. * * * Since I'm writing already, I thought I would include this little story about exchange #17. After sending my prints off to Jeanne in Florida, I waited for my set of prints to arrive. Nothing turned up at my door, but one day I received a call from my bank - they had received a package for me. A bit confused I asked for details, they said it was a small box coming from Florida. It must be the prints, so in a bit of a confused state I went down to the bank and picked them up. Then the light bulb turned on above my head: because I live in Canada and needed to send US funds for the return postage - I got a US money order from the bank. Instead of being a regular cheque with MY address, it had the bank's address on it - and that's where the prints got sent. No harm done and I got my prints without any problems, but it came as a surprise having to pick them up from the bank. Great prints - thanks to everyone who participated, and thanks again Jeanne for organising. =Chris= www.supportlocalart.com ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII#aol.com Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:26:35 EST Subject: [Baren 23254] Re: Presses / Exchange 17 hehe funny story i bet the bank wondered a bit john ------------------------------ From: Barbara Mason Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:33:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Baren 23255] valuale art Chris, That was great, I nearly fell off my chair laughing. What a wonderful story about the true "value" of prints. I hope you opened them in the bank so all could see them, I have done that a time or two in the Post Office and everyone seems real excited to see the work of 30 artists from all over. Best to all, Barbara ------------------------------ From: "marilynn smih" Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:36:39 -0800 Subject: [Baren 23256] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2421 Now I am getting curious. Some years back my husband found me a small press for $50. The bed is about 10x15. It has a roller and the bed moves. But it is restricted to low height, in other words I can only print plates that are thin, like less than 1/2 inch. I thought it was a small etching press, is that correct? We are having another heat wave here in damp Washington state, yesterday was 75, sunny and not a breeze in sight, today promises the same. My fuschia and geraniums are blooming again, but the darn grass needs cutting! Marilynn ------------------------------ From: Myron Turner Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:04:22 -0600 Subject: [Baren 23257] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2421 If the bed moves, then it's most likely an etching press, though there are some relief presses with beds that move. If it looks like this: 0 -------- 0 and the bed moves it's an etching press. If it looks like this: 0 ------- it's a proofing press. Myron > >At 11:36 AM 27/10/2003, you wrote: >Now I am getting curious. Some years back my husband found me a small >press for $50. The bed is about 10x15. It has a roller and the bed >moves. But it is restricted to low height, in other words I can only >print plates that are thin, like less than 1/2 inch. I thought it was a >small etching press, is that correct? >We are having another heat wave here in damp Washington state, yesterday >was 75, sunny and not a breeze in sight, today promises the same. My >fuschia and geraniums are blooming again, but the darn grass needs cutting! >Marilynn ------------------------------ From: Charles Morgan Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:24:19 -0800 Subject: [Baren 23258] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2421 Maybe it is a commercial pasta press ..... ;-)}}}} Just kidding. It could be a clay press, the sort potters use for making thin sheets of clay. But it sounds more like an etching press. Have you tried to use it for printing etchings?? How come everybody else but me gets these great deals???? Cheers ..... Charles At 09:36 AM 10/27/03 -0800, you wrote: Now I am getting curious. Some years back my husband found me a small press for $50. The bed is about 10x15. It has a roller and the bed moves. But it is restricted to low height, in other words I can only print plates that are thin, like less than 1/2 inch. I thought it was a small etching press, is that correct? We are having another heat wave here in damp Washington state, yesterday was 75, sunny and not a breeze in sight, today promises the same. My fuschia and geraniums are blooming again, but the darn grass needs cutting! Marilynn ------------------------------ From: b.patera#att.net Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:08:06 +0000 Subject: [Baren 23259] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2421 Hey, Charles, Don't knock those slab rollers. :-) Went from potting to printing and used my slab roller as a press for years. And where else can you get a 30" by, however long you make your plywood bed, for under $300? Barbara Patera ------------------------------ From: Charles Morgan Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:17:38 -0800 Subject: [Baren 23260] Re: Baren Digest V25 #2421 Barbara, Barbara, Barbara, I am NOT knocking slab presses. I think they are very under-rated for print work. They are usually quite robust ... they have to be. And it is very simple to modify them for print work. The only problem is they tend to be big and heavy ... but so are etching presses, generally. I would have bought one when I was looking for an etching press if I could have found one cheap. Good on ya. Cheers ..... Charles you wrote: >Hey, Charles, > >Don't knock those slab rollers. :-) Went from potting to printing and used >my slab roller as a press for years. And where else can you get a 30" by, >however long you make your plywood bed, for under $300? > >Barbara Patera > ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V25 #2424 *****************************