Today's postings

  1. [Baren 38446] Re: interruptions/drawing/collages/0x-bull (Lana Lambert)
  2. [Baren 38447] Re: In Search of Wabi Sabi ("Mark Mason")
  3. [Baren 38448] wabi sabi (Jennifer Martindale)
  4. [Baren 38449] wabi sabi again (Jennifer Martindale)
  5. [Baren 38450] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
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Message 1
From: Lana Lambert
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:01:24 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38446] Re: interruptions/drawing/collages/0x-bull
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Sorry, Terry! I just didn't have the heart to cut 'em off!

-Lana
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Message 2
From: "Mark Mason"
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:51:33 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38447] Re: In Search of Wabi Sabi
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Hi Carol,



Here's a link to the BBC site which has all the details of BBC4's "Hidden
Japan" season. You should be able to find all the info you need there.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/japan/



Regarding books on the subject of Wabi Sabi, I just have the one, a modest
looking book with a lot of content, it's called 'Wabi-Sabi for Artists,
Designers, Poets and Philosophers' by Leonard Koren. I picked up my copy on
Amazon and would highly recommend it.

The subject is full of inspiration for artists and printmakers, and
especially around Spring and Autumn.
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Message 3
From: Jennifer Martindale
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:45:10 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38448] wabi sabi
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Thank you for the tip about the TV programme: In search of Wabi Sabi with Marcel Theroux. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It made me smile that he thought an overnight stay in a monastery would find it, and reminded me of myself some 30 odd years ago going into a Thai meditation temple for a week to 'do' meditation. I ended up staying a year there, and am still learning.

Any UK residents or visitors may be interested in a future exhibition: Japanese prints from the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Utagawa Hiroshige, on show from 8 July to 27 September 2009. See www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/exhibitions. The Gallery is a less well known South East London treasure set in gardens in Dulwich Village, 10 mins by train from London Bridge and Victoria. The place itself is well worth the trek.
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Message 4
From: Jennifer Martindale
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:03:09 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38449] wabi sabi again
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I have just discovered that the Marcel Theroux programme can be watched in full on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j8bkc/In_Search_of_Wabi_Sabi_with_Marcel_Theroux/
There is also a good site http://www.wabisabi.org.uk/ Enjoy. (Old librarians never retire)

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Subject: Psalm 8: Finished
Posted by: Daniel L. Dew

Finally!
I actually complete these over time, but it costs sooooo much to scan them, I wait until I have 5 or more done before I get them scanned and uploaded.
*NOTE: Major props to FedEx/Kinko's on Dale Mabry and Fowler in Tampa, they are awesome!
So, this image took a long time to decide on. Not because of the image itself, but how do you show God's magnificence in creation? What to imagine; man? animals? universe? landscape? sunrise?
I decided I had to make a decision, and this is what I decided upon:

To me at least, a sunrise is the best way to display God's glory.
Just to remind those following this, these prints are
roughly 6.5" x 8" printed on paper (Goyu) that is roughly 15" x 21".
I only print two or three final copies on the large size paper, usually tossing about 5 or 6 proofs till I feel that the block is printing right.
On this one, I think I only did a few "correction" proofs until I felt I had it right.
For all my relief print friends, I'll go ahead and tell you that this was done on a Speedball 9 x 12 lino block.
Tried to see how thin I could get some lines (wait till you see Psalm 9, the pinnacle I think of my lino carving, if I do say so myself).
The image itself is a combination of some pictures I have snapped over the years.

O.K., on to the graphic folks.
Here is the Decorative Initial and Illumination.

I really like the color combination (click on the images for a
larger and clearer image).



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