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Message 1
From: "Phare-Camp"
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:20:52 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44275] Exchange 50 - Please RSVP
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Dear Baren Exchange 50 participants:

In Mondays email from Gayle she indicated that HALF of us have not confirmed
participation with her! This is a highly annoying number of maybe's for
those of us who have cut 102 sheets of paper and printed or are in the
process of printing 102 woodcuts! They may be small prints but it still
takes the same amount of set-up, printing time and clean up as 100 Oban
size...And I will be very upset if I find out after the fact that I could
have done half as much work in half the number of days...as I'm sure my
fellow exchangers will be too!

Please make sure you get back to Gayle and let her know if you are still
sending 102 - 3.5"x2.5" relief prints. This is a large number of artworks
for your fellow bareners to print and for Gayle to collate. Your thoughtful
RSVP will assist greatly:

1. The Wait listers will know if they need to get printing or not.
2. The other participants will know how many prints to mail out...
3. Gayle will know how many piles to sort the prints into

Please be considerate of those of us who are still working on and/or about
to mail our prints and let Gayle know that you are either working on the
prints and they will absolutely, positively and definitely be mailed or if
sadly you need to gracefully bow out.

If you don't remember if you confirmed with Gayle then confirm
anyway...better to say it twice than not at all...and we will be a great
deal more forgiving if back out now than if you do so at the 11th hour...

Thank you for your immediate reply to Gayle!

Sincerely,
Patti Phare-Camp

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Message 2
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:48:36 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44276] Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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I received some confirmations after I sent out the last email, but I'm still short 22 people's confirmations. Thank you Patty for encouraging that final group of participants to respond. I have an email waiting to go out to those 22 if I don't hear from them by October 1. :-)

I've had two drop outs and have contacted the next in line to see if they are still interested. The first one is busily working, and I'm waiting to hear from the second one. There's still a third in the wings. Come on, people -- are you "In"?

~Gayle

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Message 3
From: Lee Churchill
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:02:42 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44277] plywood veneer?
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Hi All,
Quick question I was given what appeared to be birch veneer plywood. Ive used hardwood veneered plywood for prints before but when I started carving this it was super brittle and chipped like crazy! On closer inspection it seems that the birch layer is much less than 1mm thickhas anyone seen plywood like this? Is it possible to use, say by oiling it? Or am I wasting my time even trying?
Thanks for any thoughts!
Lee
Lee Oldford Churhcill
Ladybug Paper Studio
6, 2132-35 Ave SW
Calgary, AB
T2T 2E3
ph:403-685-1208
email: ladybugpaper@shaw.ca

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Message 4
From: Viza Arlington
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:30:32 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44278] Re: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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Hi,
I am still in.
Thanks,
Viza

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Message 5
From: David Frederick
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:37:06 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44279] Re: plywood veneer?
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Lee,

I have use birch plywood numerous times. The issue is there are various quality
levels of plywood. There are those that are literally plays of solid wood
laminated and then there are some with "fillers" in some of the middle layers.
The best I have seen has solid plies around 2mm thick. The cheaper stuff
has outer "finished" layer of a 1/32" veneer- not very usable for prints..

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Message 6
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:46:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44280] Re: plywood veneer?
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The draw back with this plywood is that the glue used damages you tools...
You are having to sharpen them very often.

I am big on Basswood boards.... I can get them 12 to 16 inch wide.... If I need wider I glue them together....
Be careful that the glue line does not happen in a clear or smooth area (sky) of the image.

I also put a spline along the edge to prevent warping.

Graham

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Message 7
From: key sevn
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:05:09 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44281] Re: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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yeah yeah
I'm in. ;}}}}

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Message 8
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:22:00 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44282] Re: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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I'm still in also...


Diane

www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com

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Message 9
From: "Grassell, Mary"
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:36:21 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44283] Re: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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I am also still in. I just have not filled in my colophon page yet, but
will do so.

--
Mary Grassell
Professor, Department of Art and Design
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
304-696-2894
grassell@marshall.edu

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Message 10
From: "Eli Griggs"
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:02:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44284] Re: plywood veneer?
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It may be that you've got what sells at Home Depot as a cabinet plywood', about $27 vs. almost $50 for birch.

I tried this for a print recently and each attempt failed in the details. The wood had a darker glue and despite three coats of 2lb shellac, was prone to break- outs and splinters.

It also looked like it may have had layers of poplar in its' construction.

Personally, I think it's a waste of time, if you are carving fine detail. Few things are as irksome as getting 95% through a woodcut and having it fail because the block won't allow the tiny but all so important detail!

By-the-way, I was able to carve the same design into regular, shellacked birch plywood in a matter of hours, with no misadventures in wood at all.

Eli
>Hi All,
>Quick question I was given what appeared to be birch veneer plywood. Ive used hardwood veneered plywood for prints before but when I started carving this it was super brittle and chipped like crazy! On closer inspection it seems that the birch layer is much less than 1mm thickhas anyone seen plywood like this? Is it possible to use, say by oiling it? Or am I wasting my time even trying?
>Thanks for any thoughts!
>Lee
>Lee Oldford Churhcill

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Message 11
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:18:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44285] If it smells like a Scam...
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I received this e-mail today.
If it looks like a SCAM, smells like a SCAM it is SCAM, especially when it
is signed "Johnny"
Carol Lyons

>From: johnygills@yahoo.com
>To: ArtfulCarol@aol.com
>Sent: 9/28/2011 2:55:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
>Subj: Purchase of Art
>
>Good day,
>My librarian emailed you regarding our purchase of artworks for the
>library here in Liechtenstein we are looking at equipping and beautifying our
>Library with artworks of
>diverse artist in order to lecture and broaden our students horizon on art
>and culture when they come to the library to study and read books on art
>and culture.
>We will be glad if you can assist us with how to purchase the artworks
>from your website and we shall make payment immediately with charge card (Visa
>or MasterCard)either one you prefer for the purchase before you send the
>artwork to us.
>We anticipate your kindness in assisting us with the purchase. I shall be
>expecting your reply as i am handling the purchase now.
>Yours Sincerely

>Johnny

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Message 12
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:22:45 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44286] Re: plywood veneer?
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I would not carve it...Birch is hard enough to carve with all its splintering...frustration for sure. Maybe use it for a background and carve it with some type of electric dremel tool.
My best
Barbara

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Message 13
From: "Maria Arango Diener"
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:52:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44287] Exchange 48 ready for viewing!
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Oh! Oh! Oh! You GOTTA see this one!

Read all the stories, it's the best entertainment I have had for a
while.okay so I don't get out much.

But seriously, a fun exchange, much to learn and to appreciate. Love the
images.



http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchanges.html



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Message 14
From: cjchapel # casco.net
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:53:00 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44288] Re: Financial Assistance
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This is a hoax, right?
C.

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Message 15
From: "Jeanne Norman Chase"
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:32:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44289] Re: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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hope I am still listed as IN. Fifty prints done so far/

Jeanne N.

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Message 16
From: Betsy Holster
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:00:08 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44290] RE: Exchange 50 -- please RSVP
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I'm still in...

Elizabeth Holster
Associate Professor
CSUF Visual Art

From Betsy Holster * Art is where you live.

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