Today's postings

  1. [Baren 41114] Incorrect zip on Year of the Tiger... (Diane Cutter)
  2. [Baren 41115] Re: Incorrect zip on Year of the Tiger... (Diane Cutter)
  3. [Baren 41116] Re: White-Line Woodcut - workshops (Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com)
  4. [Baren 41117] "outsourcing" (Jerrick Fulkerson)
  5. [Baren 41118] Re: "outsourcing" (Georgina Leahy)
  6. [Baren 41119] RE: New Baren Digest (HTML) V51 #5218 (Apr 22, 2010) (guadalupe Vic)
  7. [Baren 41120] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V51 #5218 (Apr 22, 2010) ("Ellen Shipley")
  8. [Baren 41121] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
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Message 1
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:29:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41114] Incorrect zip on Year of the Tiger...
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Thank goodness for online friends. Eileen just alerted me that my address for the Year of the Tiger is wrong. I checked and see that I must have typed two 9s instead of 2 zeros.

Julio, could you please correct my address zip code to read 00735? And for those of you who haven't sent their tigers out, please note the change to 00975.

For those who have sent out tigers, I have gotten a number of them from Renata, Tibi, Maria A., Gillyn, Andrew S, Daryl, Linden, Connie, Sarah H, Nancy O, Juergen, Wolfram... All of them are wonderful and all have the wrong zip code but they all made it... Amazing! It must be the Puerto Rico that alerted the post office... Bless the US Postal Service!!!


Diane (somewhat red-faced for not checking my spelling when I signed up)

www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com
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Message 2
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:32:35 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41115] Re: Incorrect zip on Year of the Tiger...
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How can I have such a senior moment... I typed the zip code right the first time and then went ahead a typed something entirely incorredt.

My address is

HC 55 Box 9101
Ceiba PR 00735 USA

And that is the correct one because I just asked my husband to proof-read... Sorry for the second, but necessary, post today!


Diane (even more embarrassed)

www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com
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Message 3
From: Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:26:31 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41116] Re: White-Line Woodcut - workshops
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For those trying out white-line here are a couple of links to artist Sally
Brophy, her current prints and workshops available at PAAM......


http://www.paam.org/summer10/printmaking.html
http://www.paam.org/summer10/courses/Printmaking/Brophy%20White-Line/brophy_printmaking.html

http://www.lymaneyerart.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?artistid=47

artist statement:
"My new white-line woodblock prints are taking on a more painterly
quality. They continue to reflect narrative compositions filled with the
joy of living in Provincetown and a love of nature, but now I’m thinking
ahead in the process about the placement of shadows and reflections. These
aspects are painted into larger open areas rather than being created by
the cut lines. The indoors-looking-out angle of my new print “View from
Library” includes this in the shadows cast by the late afternoon sun
moving across the harbor."


Julio
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Message 4
From: Jerrick Fulkerson
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:51:18 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41117] "outsourcing"
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I know some will cringe when I ask this, but do people outsource their
blocks to be printed? Beyond college courses, I can't find anyone
willing to help. I can't really afford to buy materials now. It is a 2
color, 2 block woodcut. I'd like to print, but am uneasy.

Sent from my iPhone
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Message 5
From: Georgina Leahy
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:06:58 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41118] Re: "outsourcing"
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Artists can out source their printing as it increases their output and it is commercially viable if they know they will sell the edition. Good printers make a living from printing their work. I looked into it as I actually hate printing and for an A3 lino it was about $20 a print plus paper for an edition in Brisbane Australia. What stopped me is that if you do a whole edition the costs are high. In printmaking exhibitions and awards an artist who uses a printer must acknowledge them.
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Message 6
From: guadalupe Vic
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:41:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41119] RE: New Baren Digest (HTML) V51 #5218 (Apr 22, 2010)
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Ellen I saw your white lines prints they look great. Are most white lines done with oil ink? Can you print white lines in dry paper?

Thank you and saludos, Guadalupe



Dra. Guadalupe Victorica
Tercer Convocatoria Internacional Grabados por la Paz Mxico 2010

Segunda Colectiva Internacional de Grabado 2010
Third International Prints for Peace 2010, Second International Printmaking Collective 2010


http://www.printsforpeacemexico.blogspot.com/





Arte Desarrollo Humano
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Message 7
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:25:24 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41120] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V51 #5218 (Apr 22, 2010)
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Hi Guadalupe,

Thank you. I print with water-based inks, but I've done the same thing with oil-based inks. I print on dry paper, but I imagine wet paper would pull more color off the block.

Ellen Shipley

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Subject:
Posted by: Julio

Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956)
White-line Printmaker

Link here for extensive bio and artist background.

Blanche Lazzell, Commercial Street Studio, Provincetown.


"The Seine boat", 1927,(14" X 12")

"Sail boat", 1931, (12" X 14")

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Subject: Mystique Series - Shipping Day!
Posted by: Dave Bull

With the first batch of 100 or so prints now printed (and dried), and the cases all 'prepped' and ready, there are only a 'few' things left to do before I can get these out the door ...

First step is to get them 'separated at birth'! The border embossing pattern is carved right across the 'joint', so a single cut will do it:

Those actor prints will now go into a drawer to await their turn. (Actually, they aren't finished yet ... we'll read more about that later ...)

My embosser for my 'studio mark' doesn't function well when used too close to the edge of a sheet, so I do that step now, before any further trimming.

And my name goes on ...

With those steps done, the print now gets trimmed to final size. I have guide marks taped to the base of my trimmer, and simply run each sheet through the sequence. Trim to width:

Then the top edge:

And finally the bottom edge:

This is their last chance to spend time 'together' before they are scattered all over the planet!

This next job is one of the more tiresome parts of the packaging procedure - printing the title on the mat boards (with an Epson ink jet). I really had to hunt around before I could find a printer with a rear-entry slot (necessary because stiff mat boards won't go through the roller system of most modern desktop printers.) But it means of course that I have to sit there and feed them one by one ... and this is one sl ooooo ww printer!

With the mats ready, the prints get mounted by transparent photo corners. To help me get everything lined up the mat boards are printed with a very faint marking showing the location of the two top corners:

Next step ... print the 'wrapper' that contains the explanatory little story. The stack of fresh paper goes through the big Epson laser printer once with no problem, but the reverse side does not - I have to feed those one by one. At the same time, the little Canon laser next to it is spitting out the letters and invoices that will also be included in the package.

Once the story sheets are all printed, it's time to fold them. Each sheet goes into . . .
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Subject: Words Can Never Hurt Me
Posted by: Annie B

Today I worked more on the background of the John Alexander & Thomas Roberts print. I began by adding another two overprintings of red from the same block I worked with yesterday, then I started working with a new block:

BlueBlock

The words carved into this block are words that I found online. They are taken from letters and emails that were sent to the Episcopal Church Diocese of New Hampshire in 2003 when Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest, was elected bishop. Here is the block flipped so that you can read the words:

BlueBlockFlipped

Gay people don't have a monopoly on being bullied. There's a lot of awareness of bullying in schools right now. The Phoebe Prince suicide, which is currently all over the news, actually took place about 10 miles from where I live. Bullying in the public sphere is rampant, with news analysts dissing each other from one network to another and politicians demonizing their opponents. A person can be bullied for practically anything -- being fat, being thin, being smart, being dumb.

But the righteous indignation and vitriol that gay people endure has a particular flavor, as it's often accompanied by references to religion, especially Christianity. Both historically and in present-day America, it is the church that has most loudly condemned homosexuality. And it was the church that officiated over the trial and punishment of John Alexander and Thomas Roberts.

Here's the result of today's printing session:


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Subject: Rainy Day Printing ll
Posted by: Ellen Shipley

A very productive day of printing.  The ink was very cooperative.  I got a little over half my second-color prints done.

I'll upload a pic as soon as I can stand up straight.  I forget to sit or even drink water when I'm in the zone and I'm feeling wiped.

the block inked up and dusted with talc

The cloud area is too large to avoid ink, even with my new larger brayer, so I fell back on a trick from printlab of dusting talc on the block where I don't want it to print.  Works perfectly, tho it's a bit tedious.  Worth it tho for a clean print.


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Subject: Montpelier Art Trail, Bristol

Lino Cut of winter trees

If you are anywhere near Bristol this weekend, the 24th & 25th April 2010, please come down to Montpelier and have a look at our art-trail. Over 30 venues showcasing the work of over 70 artists, designers & makers. Live music, film, performance.

Please see www.bristolartfringe.org for more information.


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Subject: 'Original Print. How can that be?'
Posted by: Mark Mason

I'm sometimes asked why I refer to my prints as 'Original Woodblock Prints'. How can a print be original? Here's a great little explanation from The London Original Print Fair website.

What is an original Print?
An original print is an image produced from a surface on which the artist has worked, such as a stone or wood block or a copper plate. This surface is intended by the artist to be a stage in the creation of the artwork. Thus the original work of art in this case is the print itself rather than the block or plate, from which it is printed.

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Subject: Grace Prints up on Etsy
Posted by: Mark Mason

I've got my 4 Grace prints up on Etsy at last. Here they are...





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