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Message 1
From: "Harry French"
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:18:41 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39421] Latest print
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Greetings to you all,

Amongst all the lively discussions and new ventures may I present my latest
woodprint : a troupe of barrel organ players. There is no detail as they
were too far away from me on the Ku'damm in Berlin (Germany), but I hope I
captured the essence of them. There are six web pages which show the
sequential development of the idea : the original line sketch, four water
colour composition studies and the final, linseed oil woodprint.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/h.french1/BERLINORGANGRINDERS1.htm

Regards,

Harry

UK

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Message 2
From: "Terry Peart"
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:30:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39422] Re: some words on Social networking and other stuff....
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Julio,
Thanks for those little videos. They are great!
I sent the link to my Mom who is totally confused about the web.
I'm hoping she will gain a better understanding and maybe a little confidence.
Again, Thanks for finding and posting them.

Terry
West Seattle

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Message 3
From: Elizabeth Atwood
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:49:15 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39423] Re: Latest print
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Harry.............
What a delight! As usual!
Thank you for showing us other parts of your world.
ElizA

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Message 4
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:53:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39424] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V48 #4901 (Jul 20, 2009)
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I told the husband that we were talking t-shirts and possible aprons.
He suggested we print one for the folks who attend our summit, it
would be something special to remember from the experience and the
cost could be included in whatever cost each of us might pay. Sounds
fun to me if we do get a summit together.

Marilynn

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Message 5
From: richard stockham
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:19:21 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39425] cherry plywood
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Hi folks. I'm preparing a large woodblock print (2'X 4') and am looking for cherry plywood for the key block. Any suggestions as to resources for large pieces would be appreciated.

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Message 6
From: Linda Beeman
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:32:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39426] tees & aprons
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I would buy an apron for sure!

As for Cafepress.com..........I have bought from them before. They do a good job but the fabric was thin and cheap as opposed to going thru a local shop where you can pick the weight of tee you want.




> Message 3:
>
> From: Amanda Miller
> I think tee shirts or aprons would be great. You can upload your own
> designs to Cafepress.com. I've never used them, but they are popular.
>
> Amanda

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Message 7
From: Diana Moll
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:02:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39427] Re: Latest print
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Love that print in so many ways, Harry! thanks for showing.
all best,
Diana (Moll)

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Message 8
From: Darrell Madis
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:59 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39428] Re: cherry plywood
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I got some from ebay once.  Worth a try.

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Message 9
From: eli griggs
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:13:16 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39429] Re: cherry plywood
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Contact a really good local custom cabinet shop and see if they will sell you what you need or direct you to a source.

Cheers, Eli

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Message 10
From: Melissa West
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:37:58 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39430] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V48 #4900 tshirts and aprons (Jul 19, 2009)
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The advantage of using Cafe Press is that they print on demand and ship
directly to whomever is ordering, so Baren doesn't have to deal with
issues of inventory and shipping. They do a nice job printing,
assuming the files are configured correctly. (And they have very clear
instructions on how to set up images.)
You can set the markup however high you want, so Baren could either
make a profit, or just sell t-shirts and/or aprons as a service to
members.

The disadvantage to Cafe Press is that you're not using a local printer
and supporting a local economy. And they can be very slow if you order
during holiday season.

I use them a lot, so am speaking from experience. ;)


Melissa
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Melissa West
816 Hanover Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

melissa at mswest dot com
www.mswest.com

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Message 11
From: Alex Lake
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:46:29 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39431] RE: cherry plywood
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I've only ever used solid pearwood/lemonwood planks for the carving of the blocks... can I ask if plywood
is better in the forums' opinion than using solid planks to carve from (apart from the cost, obviously).
I find using a solid block I can really hammer it in places without worrying too much about splintering
and damaging the block, but from my memory of using plywood in my dad's workshop for other purposes I
managed to splinter it far more and the glue really irritated me whenever I reached it with a chisel.
What sort of thickness of plywood layers would a woodblock block require?



Thanks,

~Alex



www.maliceinunderland.co.uk

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Message 12
From: Claudia Coonen
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:17:02 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39432] t 's and other prints
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 Hi
I happen to have my own custom  t 'line' as well as other fabrics that
I hand print. There are many routes to go such as taking the designs
to someone (like Gayle suggested) in such a scenario at our local
co-op where we sell them for 18$ and the artist gets 3$ for the design
per shirt and the co-op gets the rest of profit as well as putting the
costs up. We had those funny Cannonball press guys come and do
projects with the local high school kid's and printed t's...the kids
they used MDF, carved blocks and printed w/ relief Ink ( a drop of
drier added) printed , block side up (on bed) , T' then card board.,
thru press.
so I guess if we go forward, we need to set up contest and desires
(1-3 designs) (t's and aprons and or totes)Hand printed or send off to
printer) t's start about $1.75(thin) to almost 5 $ for quality on up
for more designer look.
I just know I personally hate the shirts that have a huge image all
solid that has a plastic-y feel, it's called plastisol (or something
like that) and is very hot and doesn't breath.
then again we need to anticipate amount and sizes.
Claudia

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Message 13
From: Louise Cass
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:18:03 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39433] Re: cherry plywood
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re Cherry ply, Maria Arango is the expert on that - she'd sent it out to
everyone for the giant puzzle prints - I did enjoy cutting it altho'
there was a small risk of splintering (my tools may not have been sharp
enough) but cutting solid cherry is wonderful - if you're in the east a
good source for all woods is www.LakeshoreHardwoods.com near Pulaski NY
-on lake Ontario - they seem to have everything and frequent good
sales...............
Louise Cass
> >
> > Hi folks. I'm preparing a large woodblock print (2'X 4') and am
> looking for cherry plywood for the key block. Any suggestions as to
> resources for large pieces would be appreciated.

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Message 14
From: "Terry Peart"
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:41:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39434] Re: Tee Shirt Idea
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I like the idea of an apron, too!
I belong to Seattle Print Arts and they occassionally sell nice black canvas aprons with their name on them. I wear mine everytime I'm printing.
I'd love to have a Baren apron!

Terry
West Seattle

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