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Message 1
From: Robert Swain Charles
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:33:23 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23821] 1) 2004, 2) New Digest, 3)TY J. Center, 4) Paint or Cast Lino/Woodcuts 5) Serb Xmas
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1) Hello all, certainly hope you enjoyed your solstice celebrations. I wish
you all a peaceful and healthy new year.

2) I would like to thank the Barenforum for the clear new digest version. It
is an excellent read as compared with the old, tagged digest. You folks have
me looking forward to the day when I receive one digest instead of two each
day. ;)

3) Excellent! Ambitious and very generous John. Thank you.
> I am going to do a wood cut title page and colophon
> john

4) Louise, Maria's answer is very good in order to keep the blocks in their
natural looking and/or 'once used' state. Good for showing the historic
record.

Although woodcut is very new media for me, I would like to add that I have
(polychrome) painted linocuts before. The "key" block can be rolled up for
the last time in it's life after the other portions of it are painted.
Voila, a whole new (horrid print quality) piece! Heck, resin coat it then if
you want to be sure no prints will be worth pulling.

Another alternative to actually handing the original block to a buyer would
be to create a mold and make 'duplicate' blocks in clay, plaster or wax. Wax
could then become a variety of metal via lost wax casting process. It all
depends on why you think buyers may be interested in the blocks.
> I have buyers interested in the blocks but how can you ensure that someone
> won't be printing from them???

5) BTW-Today is the Serb (or Orthodox) Christmas-have a nice day whatever
your religious or secular faith.

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Message 2
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:36:16 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23822] Re: transferring inkjet to block
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Right you are, Maria - and I can also testify to the laser transparency
transfer method. Another way that has worked well for me is the old
"ironing method". However, this only works with a fresh laser print,
not inkjet, and an old iron on high. Apparently newer irons don't get
hot enough because we tried this at Mike's last June and his
fancy-schmancy newer iron just couldn't do it. But, I tried it again
at home with my older than dirt before steam irons iron and it worked
perfectly. The heat will release the ink onto the block. Do not
reverse the image, it will reverse itself. Who me, learn that from
experience? Not and admit it publicly, I have my dignity to consider.

We have 3/4" of solid ice on top of several inches of snow this
morning. What a wonderful day to stay indoors in the warm studio and
work on prints!

Happy printing,
Sharri

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Message 3
From: Emma Jane Hogbin
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:11:01 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23823] Year of the Monkey labels
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For those of you on the exchange who hate writing addresses onto envelopes
as much as I do...
http://strangelittlegirl.com/prints/yearofthemonkey.pdf
The labels will work with the Avery 5259 stickers, if you happen to have
any. Or there's always cut and glue stick if you don't. :)

Pardon the jagged lines. I had to do a little dance to get the document to
feed into a file instead of into my printer. The lines got a little
jumbled along the way.

Please let me know if you find any mistakes, and I'll redo the document.

emma

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Emma Jane Hogbin
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Message 4
From: Frank Trueba
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:28:15 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23824] Re: Year of the Monkey labels
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Hi Emma,

Great deal--of course, I missed out on it due to having already sent
my cards out. (BTW, hope you got yours as I recently sent it).

Maybe next year! :- )

frank

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Message 5
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:05:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 23825] educational opportunity
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Hi All,
The mall received a request for a carved block for an elementary school educational project...do we have anyone near Scottsdale AZ who might make an appearance and do a printmaking demo for the kids????

This is a great opportunity to share what we all love with a new generation!

We will find this woman a block, carved, somewhere....maybe the back of my studio or someone's studio if no one lives near Scottsdale!. Let me know and I will forward contact info for this teacher.
Best to all,
Barbara


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Message 6
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:15:15 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23826] RE: educational opportunity
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Barbara I will be in Scottsdale not one, not two...but 3 times this
spring! Let me know the date and I can maybe squeeze it in if I'm in the
vicinity at the time.
Maria

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Message 7
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:51:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 23827] Re: educational opportunity
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Wahoo, I am sending you the copies of the emails.
Thanks,
Barbara

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Message 8
From: Emma Jane Hogbin
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:04:11 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23828] still covered in ink
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I'll say one thing--printer's ink is MUCH harder to get off your hands,
arms, finger nails (etc). However, it does yield MUCH, MUCH better
results when printing wood engravings.

I need to get some more paper. I ran out somewhere around 20
prints. I tried using a second kind of paper and failed on
*every*single*print*. Fortunately it's the expensive paper that doesn't
agree with me. :)

I tried using my nipping press but had absolutely no luck. I'd already
decided on doing an edition of 100. (I want to get a LOT
of practice printing--and by the end of this I may be so sick of my little
monkey that I will be /glad/ to retire the block.) The spoon and I will
become either good friends, or mortal enemies by the end of this process. :)

emma

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Emma Jane Hogbin
[[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]]

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