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Message 1
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:46:47 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40824] paper and pigment, flying with inks
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HI,

Maria, I had a paper I bought here in Mexico that seemed to eat my
pigment. They were bright as could be and once dry they faded way
out. How are you drying the prints? If I remember right I did switch
papers. But it seems to me I found that the blotter was absorbing the
ink and assisting it to fade. I think I finally dried them in an old
phone book, switching them out after a few hours and than until
totally dry. That worked much much better.

When I fly I always label things and put in an inventory list assuring
inspectors that my supplies do not contain anything flammable. If you
can get a form that assures that your inks will not catch on fire
easily you might be fine. Who knows? You might also try to clear
things a day or two before your flight with someone at the airlines to
help assure your inks won't be thrown out by an inspector. Good luck.

Marilynn

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Message 2
From: "Maria Arango Diener"
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:07:18 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40825] RE: paper and pigment, flying with inks
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I'm not drying them, although I let a couple dry so that I could see the
difference on dry paper.
I stack them on top of each other as they come off the block; they come out
of a plastic envelope and they go right into another. There is no offset on
the back of the butting print (for the first time, yeeeaaaa!).

Still the same, wet or dry, after 4 days the New Hosho holds pigments fine
and as planned, the Kihada ate all the pigments. I have had different papers
behave differently with oil based inks too, but never to this degree. And
it's not like I haven't tried enough papers in my printmaking life time!
In any case, I will try overprinting with less water, as was suggested but
I'm not willing to print 80 impressions of 4 colors again and have the
pigment go bye bye. I already ordered more Hosho paper. Actually last print,
the little oxen looked really good on BFK lightweight and I have enough full
sheets of that to last me a moku-hanga life.

I liked the Kihada paper because it is "meatier" like the Western papers I'm
more used to, and has a warmer tone than either the New Hosho or the BFK
light.
No fear, I'll keep experimenting.

Thanks,
Maria

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Message 3
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:17:49 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40826] Shakespear-Themed Reduction Woodcuts
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I found a really interesting site of Hanna Tompkins' Shakespeare-themed reduction woodcuts.

http://shakespeare-art-museum.com/Prints/Method.html

I like the colors and textures in "King Lear" especially.

Ellen

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Message 4
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:31:26 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40827] Didn't Make the Cut
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My blog entry didn't make the cut this time. Wonder what the difficulty is with blogspot?

http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-air-kraken-sketches.html

No prints yet, just sketches and playing around with pastels.

Ellen

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Message 5
From: "Oscar Bearinger"
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:35:55 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40828] Re: Shakespear-Themed Reduction Woodcuts
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Ellen
Thanks very much for posting this Tompkins site of Shakespeare in prints. This is just a wealth of new ideas and inspiration for me!!

I agree, King Lear works well.

Oscar

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Message 6
From: David Bull
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:47:36 GMT
Subject: [Baren 40829] Re: Didn't Make the Cut
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> My blog entry didn't make the cut this time. Wonder what the
> difficulty is with blogspot?

Checking now, I see that at the moment we checked for updates last
night (Tokyo time), your post was 27 hours old, and thus not included.

But 24 hours earlier, on the previous day's check - when your post
should have been around three hours old - there was no such entry in
your RSS feed.

For some reason, Blogspot is not keeping on top of feeds. I have no
idea if this is a permanent 'feature', or some kind of temporary
glitch ...

Dave

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