Today's postings
- [Baren 42373] No eating SPAM in the archives... (Diane Cutter)
- [Baren 42374] RE: No eating SPAM in the archives... ("Maria Arango Diener")
- [Baren 42375] Re: No eating SPAM in the archives... (David Bull)
- [Baren 42376] Show of Hands Re Using Comment Form (Gayle Wohlken)
- [Baren 42377] Re: Show of Hands Re Using Comment Form (Viza Arlington)
- [Baren 42378] Comment Form (Gayle Wohlken)
- [Baren 42379] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
Message 1
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:21:00 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42373] No eating SPAM in the archives...
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I wanted to get your attention because over the last couple of months I've
gotten some comments on my work in the Exchange Archives. How nice, I thought,
until I realized it was SPAM, today's latest pleading that I buy generic iron
tablets.
My question to those in charge of the website: Are these comments seen by the
general public or just the artist that receives the comment? If public, can
these be taken down? Thanks...
And while I'm posting, welcome to all the recent new members. I haven't given a
proper welcome but I've seen some might fine work from you all. We abound in
members to inspire me; I love rubbing cyber-shoulders with such fabulous and
diverse artists...
Diane
www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com
gotten some comments on my work in the Exchange Archives. How nice, I thought,
until I realized it was SPAM, today's latest pleading that I buy generic iron
tablets.
My question to those in charge of the website: Are these comments seen by the
general public or just the artist that receives the comment? If public, can
these be taken down? Thanks...
And while I'm posting, welcome to all the recent new members. I haven't given a
proper welcome but I've seen some might fine work from you all. We abound in
members to inspire me; I love rubbing cyber-shoulders with such fabulous and
diverse artists...
Diane
www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com
Message 2
From: "Maria Arango Diener"
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:53:57 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42374] RE: No eating SPAM in the archives...
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Diane, great point on the SPAM thing.
Comments from the galleries are not posted on the website, they only go
directly to the artist.
For those who are relatively new or who are not familiar, we have a
"feature" in the Exchange Galleries that allows visitors to comment on
exchange prints. The comments are emailed directly to the artist.
I'm afraid that simple form is responsible for the spam as the email address
is in the code.
Starting with the next gallery, I will not post the plain-for-all-to-see
email address of the participant on that page.
Perhaps as an additional safety feature, some of the web gods can dream up a
different form than the one we have currently that has some kinky feature so
that the email addresses are not on the code either? Beyond the scope of
this webmaster here, I gave up on my own website and buried my contact form
so deep in the folder structure that the "bots" get tired before they find
it.
As an alternative, let me throw this question up to the membership:
Does anyone use that comment form? Show of hands, please?
Maria
[=o=][=o=][=o=][=o=]
www.1000woodcuts.com
www.artfestivalguide.info
[=o=][=o=][=o=][=o=]
Comments from the galleries are not posted on the website, they only go
directly to the artist.
For those who are relatively new or who are not familiar, we have a
"feature" in the Exchange Galleries that allows visitors to comment on
exchange prints. The comments are emailed directly to the artist.
I'm afraid that simple form is responsible for the spam as the email address
is in the code.
Starting with the next gallery, I will not post the plain-for-all-to-see
email address of the participant on that page.
Perhaps as an additional safety feature, some of the web gods can dream up a
different form than the one we have currently that has some kinky feature so
that the email addresses are not on the code either? Beyond the scope of
this webmaster here, I gave up on my own website and buried my contact form
so deep in the folder structure that the "bots" get tired before they find
it.
As an alternative, let me throw this question up to the membership:
Does anyone use that comment form? Show of hands, please?
Maria
[=o=][=o=][=o=][=o=]
www.1000woodcuts.com
www.artfestivalguide.info
[=o=][=o=][=o=][=o=]
Message 3
From: David Bull
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:57:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42375] Re: No eating SPAM in the archives...
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> Perhaps as an additional safety feature, some of the web gods can
> dream up a different form than the one we have currently that has
> some kinky feature so that the email addresses are not on the code
> either?
It's on my 'to do list' Maria, but going back through all those old
pages is just not something I can handle right now! :-(
Dave
> dream up a different form than the one we have currently that has
> some kinky feature so that the email addresses are not on the code
> either?
It's on my 'to do list' Maria, but going back through all those old
pages is just not something I can handle right now! :-(
Dave
Message 4
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:59:20 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42376] Show of Hands Re Using Comment Form
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Maria asked:
>As an alternative, let me throw this question up to the membership:
>Does anyone use that comment form? Show of hands, please?
I have used it often. I don't respond to each and every one of them, but if I feel I have something to say to the artist, I use it and am glad it's there.
~Gayle
>As an alternative, let me throw this question up to the membership:
>Does anyone use that comment form? Show of hands, please?
I have used it often. I don't respond to each and every one of them, but if I feel I have something to say to the artist, I use it and am glad it's there.
~Gayle
Message 5
From: Viza Arlington
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:48:40 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42377] Re: Show of Hands Re Using Comment Form
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i have also used it occasionally.
Message 6
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:57:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42378] Comment Form
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Oscar Bearinger has been unable to post, but here's his reply to Maria's message which he sent directly to me since he couldn't send it to the list:
> I have used the comment form a number of times, and I feel it's a great tool to offer.
>
> By the way, posting is still a problem for me -- hopefully it will eventually get resolved.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Oscar
> I have used the comment form a number of times, and I feel it's a great tool to offer.
>
> By the way, posting is still a problem for me -- hopefully it will eventually get resolved.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Oscar
Digest Appendix
Postings made on [Baren] members' blogs
over the past 24 hours ...
Subject: First the Land
Posted by: Annie B
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Israel and Palestine. Oh, where to begin. As with all of the prints in this series about fences and walls, I begin with the land. I wanted to find a spot along the Separation Fence that would tell the story in a nutshell, so first I went to Google maps to see if the fence is visible in satellite photos. You bet it is!  A small portion of Israel's Separation Wall (Google maps) On Google maps I virtually floated above the wall, tracking it northward from Jerusalem until I found an area that was particularly perplexing. It was the area around a Palestinian city called Qalqiliya where the newly built wall quite clearly creates "peninsulas" of Palestinian land that for all intents and purposes trap the people inside. Here's what I saw (the squiggly grey line that runs through the center of the image is the wall):  I wanted to confirm that this was really what was going on there, so I looked for maps of the wall online. I found a beautiful detailed PDF map from 2008 at B'Tselem.org. Here's the portion that roughly corresponds to the Google view I had captured, confirming the path of the wall there: [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here] |
This item is taken from the blog woodblock dreams.
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Subject: Monet's Gardener's Resurrected
Posted by: Andy English
Monet's Gardeners was inspired by my first visit to the wonderful recreation of Monet's garden at Giverny, France. French gardening can be very labour intensive with many plants being lifted at the end of the year. I had seen manyimages inspired by the garden itself but none celebrating the gardeners. It took another visit and much planning before - four years later - I started to engrave the image. (click on the image to enlarge it)The engraving was very successful. It was voted critic's choice at the Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition and was used on the front cover of "Engraved Gardens" (ISBN 1 901648 27 3):  However, with no suitable press in my studio at the time, the block had to be burnished by hand and there were many spoiled copies and - eventually - I stopped printing with another twenty five copies yet to be completed. Recently, I examined the block again and pulled a trial proof using "Red" our larger Albion handpress and a very smooth paper by Zerkall. I was encouraged by the results and, after careful preparation, I finished the edition. Here is a detail from the image: [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here] |
This item is taken from the blog Wood Engraver.
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Subject: Catching up on website work
Posted by: Maria
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When I first started this web site "thing" I had no idea how much work it was going to be. I really just wanted a little website with some info on me, my art and the woodcut process. Fast forward 100 years (it feels like that!) and now my website is begging to be upgraded to modern standards and split into at least two, if not three, separate sites. Sigh! In the meantime and following the adage, "never mind that the horse is lame, load the wagon!", I continue to update my projects, works, process and whatever else I can think of. Now I also update this blog, my Facebook page, my mailing list and various online galleries. I need another Maria! But to the current post, my very favorite updates are to upload those tiny thumbnails of each of my works on my "1000" pages. The main page is here: http://1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/1000.html And from there you have a glimpse into my entire output since I started making woodcuts. I love how the little tiles change with my current style...  Well, back for more updates! My database is calling.  |
This item is taken from the blog 1000 Woodcuts Updates.
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Subject: Exhibition continued
Posted by: JennifersCabin
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This item is taken from the blog Jennifer Martindale.
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