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Message 1
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:16:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 32566] info about plastic..long and boring
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I am wearing my hat as the plastic lady now....the fumes from plexi (acrylic) might smell bad but they are not carcinogenic (cancer causing), just really irritating.... however....the fumes from styrene are cancer causing. The amount one would breathe from carving is slight, but never-the-less, why use a high speed tool? Most styrene is soft enough to just carve with sharp tools. You are right to say wear a mask....no one wants this stuff in their lungs.

We used to vacuum form styrene but it smelled so bad we farmed it out to another company who did only forming. And we got rid ot the liability of using it in our business. A lot of plastics have formaldyhide in them and that also smells hideous....I remember melting a pancake turner in my dishwasher once...it was bad. We have large exhaust tubes at our company that exhaust the fumes, even on plastic we think is "safe".

Whenever you use a product for the use it was not intended, you need to be sure you know what you are doing. Anything made for food or for any container that holds a procuct that is applied to humans (face cream, for example) is made with a different base resin that a product for other uses. Tupperware (polypropylene) is the same plastic that many things are made from, but although it looks the same as your dustpan, its base resin is safe for human food, while the polypropylene in the dust pan is not.
I know, more than you ever wanted to know...sorry
Best to all
Barbara

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Message 2
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:00:33 -0800
Subject: [Baren 32567] Re: Plexi
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Jean,
You can get somewhat of an aquatint effect on plexiglas using a bur bit
on a dremel like tool and lightly scuffing the surface. Another way is
to work it with a roulette (from mezzotint fame), but that is a lot
more work and more difficult to control.

Cheers ~
Sharri

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Message 3
From: "gillying # maineline.net"
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:40:54 -0500
Subject: [Baren 32568] Provincetown whiteline printmakers
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for Su and others interested in the Provincetown Printmakers
i have a couple of small paper back books which i purchased at the
Provincetown Art Gallery in P-town Mass
they had quite a selection on all the varous artists of that movement and
often shows of their work ,but it was 10 years ago so -i dont know if they
still do
name of the fellow who studied in Japan and then taught his friends the
white line method was B.J.H ? i forget too! and i am at the college
library so cant look it up
contacting that wonderful little gallery may lead you in the direction you
mentioned
Gillyin Gatto in Maine

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Message 4
From: "robert"
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:23:38 -0500
Subject: [Baren 32569] Re: Plexi
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Jean
Others may have suggested this but: run your plexi through your press with 50 to 400 grade sandpaper, pereating three or four times, moving the paper each time. You can even cut shapes and overlap in areas for darker tones. Great fun.
RC

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Message 5
From: Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:01:02 -0600
Subject: [Baren 32570] Re: Provincetown whiteline printmakers - demonstration
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Su and others interested......

There is a nice explanation/demo with many pictures of the whiteline
technique uploaded to the Baren website by our very own Jean Norman Chase
in 1999....

http://www.barenforum.org/encyclopedia/entries/000_10/000_10.html

enjoy......Julio Rodriguez (Skokie,Illinois)

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Message 6
From: Wanda Robertson
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:26:17 -0800
Subject: [Baren 32571] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V38 #3756 (Jan 8, 2007)
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Hi Judith,

No, the cairn project is not exchange #30. I'm so sorry to hear about
your accident and the pneumonia. Gosh, I hope 2007 is a much better
year for you!

You can see the exchange criteria by going to &
clicking on exchanges & going to #30. I'm pretty sure that #30 is one
of the unthemed exchanges. It trades off between themed & unthemed.
But you can read all the details on the Baren web site.

Wanda

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Message 7
From: Cstreetstudios # aol.com
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:43:36 EST
Subject: [Baren 32572] Re: New Baren Digest (Text)  V38 #3757 (Jan 8, 2007)
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oh Judith
I've only been on this forum a few months and you
don't know me but...
I'm sorry to hear you were in an accident.
hope you are back to feeling like yourself soon
look forward to seeing your work in the exchanges
Jennifer

Small Business Web & Print Design
C Street Studios
Jennifer Ressmann
cstreetstudios#aol.com
www.cstreetstudios.com
Golden Colorado 80403

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Message 8
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:47:19 -0600
Subject: [Baren 32573] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V38 #3756 (Jan 8, 2007)
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Our _current_ exchange is #32 and is open for sign-ups at
http://barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_sign-up.html -- please read and
understand the exchange details before signing up.

-- Mike

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Message 9
From: Blog Manager
Date: 9 Jan 2007 04:55:19 -0000
Subject: [Baren 32574] 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. (26 sites checked, five minutes before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: Gayle's Woodblock Blog

Item: Time, You Vampire
http://web.mac.com/g_wohlken/iWeb/Site/Blog/C5B17157-52B7-4D02-B1DF-F27B9FA95702.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:
http://barenforum.org/contact_baren.php

For reference, sites/blogs currently being checked are:
http://barenforum.org/blog
http://woodblock.com
http://woodblockdreams.blogspot.com
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
http://theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
http://PLawing-Printmaker.blogspot.com
http://readdevine.blogspot.com
http://mokuhankan.com/conversations
http://mokuhankan.com
http://belindadelpesco.blogspot.com
http://vizart.blogspot.com
http://phare-camp.blogspot.com
http://amymstoner.blogspot.com
http://williamleeholtfineart.blogspot.com
http://web.mac.com/g_wohlken/iWeb/Site/Blog/Blog.html
http://curiousmatthew.blogspot.com

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