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Message 1
From: jerelee basist
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 13:42:50 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45523] RE: Marilyn
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Marilyn, I am sorry to send this e-mail so publicly, however my computer couldn't find your privtate e-mail. I want to send you lots of strength so you can keep up with your husband. My sister had stage 4 cancer and lived another year and a half after the diagnosis. Therefore, the spirit in a person is very strong and can out live a doctor's report. Try to keep busy ....Sending you hugs and healthy wishes for you and your husbancd.jerelee basist

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Message 2
From: Cucamongie # aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 16:53:07 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45524] Lynd Ward film
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Lynita, that film sounds fantastic. Is it available on DVD??

Sarah Hauser
cucamongie@aol.com
_http://sarahhauser.neoimages.net_ (http://sarahhauser.neoimages.net/)
(art site)
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(site re work with animals)

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Message 3
From: cjchapel # casco.net
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 17:43:28 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45525] Re: Lynd Ward Film
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Thank you!
Did anyone else notice and think it curious that Gods' (with the apostrophe after the s) makes Gods plural?

I think it was great that a 5 year old would notice that his name spelled backwards was Draw.
C.


Carol Chapel
painter/printmaker
Corvallis, OR 97333
www.carolchapel.com

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Message 4
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 18:47:52 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45526] stencils
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Has anyone used stencils successfully with waterbased inks, brushing the pigment on?
I am not opposed to carving another block, but on the other hand...I just wondered if this has worked for anyone...
The blocks I am using are pretty abstract, sort of color fields as a landscape but I can see I need a little more definition but I don't want a hard edge...
I am open to suggestions here folks. It seems I could use tape, maybe.
Thanks and my best to all
Barbara

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Message 5
From: key sevn
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 19:14:24 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45527] Re: stencils
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My student used stencils a year ago - he managed to make a pretty precise
and big images - he used black tempera paint and a plastic cliches stencil.
he was brushing with medium hard brush. It looked like linocuts.
I couldn't repeat the process as precise as he did, but I'm sure it's
possible.

I think its going to be be ok don't worry. just do it. ;}

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Message 6
From: key sevn
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 19:24:13 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45528] Re: stencils
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I also made some trials with multi colour stencils using watercolours and
foam mushroom tools - it was qiute pleasant to do - but it was just for fun.
I used cardboard stencils and it was much more unstable than plastic ones.
i made editions of 6 or seven - and it was wasted.
works better if you have a proper paper - that's obvious.

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Message 7
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 20:46:49 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45529] Re: stencils
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Was the plastic stencil attached to the block?
I looked up plastic stencils on google and there are many manufacturers...I had sort of envisioned something I could stick down and then remove...or wipe off...
I have used them successfully before with oil based inks..but water will lift almost anything and there is the problem of a mess if the water leaks under the edge of the stencil. I will try it and see how it goes.
Thanks
Barbara

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Message 8
From: Ruth Egnater
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 21:21:02 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45530] Re: stencils
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Hi Barbara, I have been increasing the size of my carvings (i.e. 1ftx4ft). I use some extra paper and I tack the paper down all across the top leaving no room for movement. I then use the line drawing technique described on the baren home page but often make up some as I go along. I didn't say I have the linoleum on this piece glued to a large piece of wood so it can't move either. I can apply paint be brush, roller, fingers, toothpicks, etc. I use water based ink almost exclusively, Akua or any other printing ink. I don't use stencils but sometimes do block areas so they don't overlap, but not often. I like a painterly look for the prints. I will try to draw with my key board how it looks.

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I BACK OF PAPER I UNDERNEATH PAPER IS BLOCK CARVED AND GLUED TO A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD AND THIS MAKES REGISTRATION POSSIBLE FOR A LARGE SIZE PRINT

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Message 9
From: jujujan # verizon.net
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 21:27:57 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45531] Re: stencils
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You can use very thin acetate for a stencil, although when I use stencils I usually make my own from tag board. Or take a manila envelope and brush on a mixture of turpentine and linseed oil. Hang it to dry. It cuts like butter when it's dry and it makes a nice stencil.You shouldn't use anything that's too wet with a stencil. A small foam brush, a make up sponge or a small piece of cheap mason's sponge works great. http://www.kentuckymudworks.com/catalog_search.php?search=spongeJanis Visit my blog: http://jansartworld.wordpress.com/

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Message 10
From: Richard
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 00:10:42 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45532] Re: stencils
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Barbara,
I've Used Mylar to make stencils/ masks with watercolor on woodblocks. I used thicker pigment and Mike Lyon's technique of pigment mixed into the rice paste. I brushed it onto a blank block thru the stencil (which I aligned with the kentos) and had no bleed or flow of ink on the block. Works pretty well.
Good luck

Richard

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Message 11
From: Lynita Shimizu
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 00:29:49 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45533] Re: Lynd Ward film
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Sarah,
No DVD available at this point. I'll let you know when it's released. Here's a link to their limited screening schedule:217 Films Screening Schedule (Or you can come visit me.)
Lynita

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Message 12
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 03:15:32 GMT
Subject: [Baren 45534] stencils again
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I had a brain wave...sometimes the obvious is not so obvious....I will ink the block, apply the stencil and print...I was thinking of doing it the other way around...this will allow me to use much thinner stencils, possibly even wax paper...I will let you all know how it works
Thanks for all the advise and making me think this through a little more...I was thinking originally of stencil, ink and print....but I should have been thinking of ink, stencil and print...
My best to all
Barbara

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Subject: Printing in earnest: Maples again
Posted by: Andrew Stone

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Subject: New Studio!
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