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Message 1
From: sselser # comcast.net
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:40:18 +0000
Subject: [Baren 31648] Please remove me from the distribution list
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Hi,

I need to unsubscribe from these e-mails. This is the 3rd time I' m trying. Let me know who I should contact.

Thanks,

Susan

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Message 2
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:03:09 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31649] Re: X-28 Participants
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Yippy! They're here! 8-]

I love them all! This is so much fun -- it's like Christmas. Thank you
Sharen for doing all the work.

And no thanx to the mail person who worked very hard to bend and stuff the
envelop into my box rather than get out of the truck and walk it to the
door. The Muse of woodcut saved the prints from any lasting damage. Else
I'd be laying in wait for the mail person tomorrow!

So beautiful. Thanx you everyone. 8-]

Ellen


print blog:
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
sketch blog:
http://thepickledpen.blogspot.com/
dog blog:
http://dogblog-catchat.blogspot.com/

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Message 3
From: Ann Schnepf
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:05:41 -0400
Subject: [Baren 31650] Re: transparent inks
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Robert Viana wrote:

>You could use refined stand oil. Or sun-thicked linseed oil though these
>may change some of the colors. Specifically the yellows and paler hued
>greens

Use the burnt plate oil. It won't rot your paper or discolor you ink. It
comes in many grades. Choose a light one. You can also use tint base
extender which is also sold at Graphic Chemical. This has a softer body than
the ink, but you can also use them together.
Ann

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Message 4
From: jlkornett # aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:23:44 -0400
Subject: [Baren 31651] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V36 #3604 (Aug 31, 2006)
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I just recieved X-28. I am totally energized and ready to start my next woodcut- This is a totally exciting experience.
Judith

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Message 5
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:56:50 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31652] Re: transparent inks
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Lori,
Graphic Chem. sells a wonderful gel medium for oil based pigments.
I've forgotten the name, but it is great at getting wonderful
transparency. Ask them for the gel reducer stuff, they will know what
you mean :-)

Cheers!
Sharri

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Message 6
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:46:04 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31653] Re: transparent inks
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Sounds like Miracle Gel.

Ellen


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Message 7
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:43:39 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31654] Re: transparent inks
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I fear that adding _only_ the various grades of oil mentioned you will get
very tacky and loose ink. Also, the oils will eventually make your
ink...oily! Check the back of your paper for blotches of oil traveling
around.

Transparent medium is meant for that purpose, to add transparency while
retaining proper tack. Gel medium is designed to reduce tack, adding too
much of this will make your ink never ever dry. It's like a petroleum jelly
in consistency.
I usually go with a mixture of transparent base and one of the oils and then
correct the tack with the gel medium. In any case, make sure you add a
couple of drops of drier, as all the additives will make your ink stay wet
for a long time.

Also in all cases make sure you mix and mix and mix and mix and mix very
well or you will get a blotchy appearance to your inks, especially the big
flat areas.

Hope this helps!
Maria


Maria Arango
www.1000woodcuts.com

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Message 8
From: Salsbury
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:10:20 -0500
Subject: [Baren 31655] Transparent inks.
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Hi Lori,

I use burnt plate oil #3, and miracle gel with my ink. I dont' remember
the how or why I came to use this combination, but it gives me very nice
transparent inks.

I use Daniel Smith oil based inks. I am sure if you used Graphic
Chemical's version of miracle gel it would work the same with their inks.

Are you going to do the Christmas sale at the Waterloo Center for the Arts
this year? I haven't seen your work for a while and would love to see what
you are doing these days.

Sue Salsbury

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Message 9
From: "Marissa "
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:22:04 -0400
Subject: [Baren 31656] Re: transparent inks
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I do a lot with transparancy in my prints. I use this transparent block
printing medium that I pick up at Dick Blick. It comes in a tube and is some
brand that I have never heard of before called Daler Rowney Georgian. The
consistancy is perfect and I love the results. I originally got it to print
using oil paints (ewww) back when I first started messing around with block
printing and kept using it once I got into the good inks.

--
~marissa lee

www.mleefineart.com

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Message 10
From: Blog Manager
Date: 1 Sep 2006 03:55:08 -0000
Subject: [Baren 31657] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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This is an automatic update message being sent to [Baren] by the forum blog software.

The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (23 sites checked, five minutes before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: Woodblock Dreams

Author: Annie B
Item: Mission Accomplished
http://woodblockdreams.blogspot.com/2006/08/mission-accomplished.html

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Site Name: m.Lee Fine Art

Author: m.Lee
Item:
http://mleeprints.blogspot.com/2006/08/koi-pond-originally-uploaded-by-m.html

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Site Name: 1000 Woodcuts, quest and adventures of Maria Arango

Author: Maria Arango
Item: Heading off to a festival, but first! Framing...
http://1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/diary.html

Author: Maria Arango
Item: QUEST: 1,000 Woodcuts 238 Completed
http://1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/updates/2006_August.html

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Site Name: Depicture

Author: Miss
Item:
http://readdevine.blogspot.com/2006/08/passaro-e-tomate-getting-bit-concerned.html

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[Baren] members: if you have a printmaking blog (or a website with a published ATOM feed), and wish it to be included in this daily checklist, please write to the Baren Blog Manager at:
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For reference, sites/blogs currently being checked are:
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http://studiodiary.blogspot.com
http://larimerart.blogspot.com
http://artflights.blogspot.com
http://printmakersmaterials.blogspot.com
http://mlyon.com/blog
http://room535.blogspot.com
http://mleeprints.blogspot.com
http://snowgum.blogspot.com
http://onthisblock.blogspot.com
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com
http://www.1000woodcuts.com
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http://PLawing-Printmaker.blogspot.com
http://readdevine.blogspot.com
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http://belindadelpesco.blogspot.com
http://vizart.blogspot.com
http://phare-camp.blogspot.com
http://amymstoner.blogspot.com

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Message 11
From: "DePry Clan"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:30:27 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31658] Re: transparent inks
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I have had good transparency colors by using Tint Base (graphic chemical or
handschy ink co.). I believe burnt plate oil will generally just change the
viscosity of your ink.
Try it,
Double D

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Message 12
From: David Harrison
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:02:07 +0100
Subject: [Baren 31659] Re: transparent inks
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Marissa wrote:
> I do a lot with transparancy in my prints. I use this transparent block
> printing medium that I pick up at Dick Blick. It comes in a tube and is
> some
> brand that I have never heard of before called Daler Rowney Georgian. The
> consistancy is perfect and I love the results. I originally got it to print
> using oil paints (ewww) back when I first started messing around with block
> printing and kept using it once I got into the good inks.
>

Daler Rowney are a UK company (I think!) which may be why they're not so
well known over there. The product link is here:

http://tinyurl.com/ha6fr

There are some links there too for finding stockists if yer stuck.

cheers,

David H

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Message 13
From: David Harrison
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:51:37 +0100
Subject: [Baren 31660] OT: a few phrases?
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Hi all,

If anyone on the list speaks Italian, can I ask for help with a couple
of words? Our phrasebook doesn't cover printmaking! I'd like to know the
Italian for:

linocut
woodcut
wood engraving
relief printing

It's just in case, as we're off to Florence for a week later this month
and 'twould be good to ask around for prints, galleries, artists etc...
I guess that prints are likely to be way out of our price range, but you
never know :-)

Thanks!

David

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