Details of [Baren Exchange #21]
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Participation: You
must be an active member of [Baren] in order to participate
in this exchange. The mailing list that makes up [Baren]
is open to everyone to join,
and the membership is thus made up of a mix of 'lurkers'
and active participants in the forum. Signing up for
an Exchange obliges your active participation in [Baren]
discussions... If you remain a 'mystery' name, it
leaves everyone feeling quite uncomfortable.
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Medium: woodblock
print (hand rubbed or pulled on a press, B&W or
colour, any pigments, any paper). Note:
The Baren Exchange is a program for forum members
to create, exchange and display editions of woodblock
prints. Relief prints pulled from wood substitutes
and wood-like materials, including linoleum, corian,
MDF, resingrave, and similar are acceptable as are
collagraphs. Coordinators are obligated to reject
prints whose primary method of production is by other
means. For example: monotype, intaglio, stencil, lithography,
ink jet, laser, photocopy, etc are to be rejected
by the coordinator.
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Theme: Surimono:
the four elements (earth, air, fire, water).
Surimono (literally 'printed thing'), are distinguished
from other Japanese prints in several ways: surimono
were privately commissioned and distributed rather
than being issued by a commercial publisher; they
were printed on thicker paper which facilitated special
printing effects; and they were consistently adorned
with poems that played games with the links between
verbal and visual imagery. Surimono were deluxe prints
that displayed the wealth and taste of the individual
or individuals who commissioned them. For the artist
they represented high-profile commissions executed
in close consultation with the leading connoisseurs,
poets and actors of the day. (source: Fitzwilliam
Museum)
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Image size: no restriction.
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Paper size: Shikishiban,
about 9 x 8 inches (23cm x 20.5cm) vertical
format only. Note: coordinators are obligated
to reject prints which exceed either dimension.
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Paper type: no restriction
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Registration period:
One month starting April
1, 2004 (or until 30 participants
are enrolled)
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Drop-out deadline:
July 1st, 2004
If you must drop out of the exchange, please do so
as early as possible in order to give people on the
waiting list time to complete and submit their prints.
If you drop out after this date then a penalty
may be imposed.
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Delivery deadline for finished
prints: August
1st, 2004 --
if you do not deliver acceptable prints by this date
then a penalty may be imposed.
You must deliver 31 prints, a self-addressed
mailing label, and sufficient return
postage (in the coordinator's native currency
or postage). If you do not know
the exact amount of return postage, please send more
than you think will be required, for example $10 for
USA to USA delivery, $20 for international delivery.
The coordinator is a volunteer and is not obligated
to return your prints unless you enclose enough postage.
Coordinators are volunteers, and cannot be expected
to pay your expenses. If you order one of our beautiful
storage cases you may package your prints as you
prefer. Otherwise please deliver your prints in a
package that can easily be reused for shipping the
collated suite back to you.
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Collated exchange mailing
deadline: September 1st, 2004.
The coordinator is required to complete mailing the
collated prints on or before this date.
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Collophon information:
Please fill out and submit the print
information form to send your print details for
the colophon page the coordinator will prepare as
soon as possible after your prints are mailed.
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Rejected prints: If your prints
do not conform to the above specifications for Medium,
Image size, Paper size, Paper type, and/or
Delivery deadline then the coordinator should
promptly reject them, notify you by email, and (if
you enclosed sufficient postage) promptly return them.
You may repair and/or replace the prints prior to
the delivery deadline or drop out of the exchange
prior to the drop-out deadline without penalty, otherwise
a penalty may be imposed.
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Communications: It
is essential that the coordinator be in close and
timely communication with you. You must respond promptly
to e-mails sent from the coordinator and must notify
the coordinator of any change in e-mail address. If
you become 'lost' and do not respond to communications
from the coordinator, you may be dropped from the
exchange without further notice. If this occurs after
the Drop-out deadline, a penalty
may imposed.
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Penalty:
The [Baren] Exchange Manager will promptly notify
you by email if it is determined that you may be subject
to penalty. After serious deliberation while keeping
in mind these specifications, the mission of [Baren],
the circumstances, and any explanation you provide,
the [Baren] Exchange Manager will decide whether to
impose any penalty and will promptly notify you of
that decision. Any such penalty will be limited to
removing your name from any active exchange sign-up
and exchange participants lists for a period not to
exceed one year.
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Delivery
information: You must enclose 31 prints,
a self-addressed mailing label, and
sufficient return postage (in the
coordinator's native currency or postage).
If you do not know the exact amount of return
postage, please send more than you think will be required,
for example $10 for USA to USA delivery, $20 for international
delivery. The coordinator is a volunteer and is not
obligated to return your prints unless you enclose
enough postage. Coordinators are volunteers, and cannot
be expected to pay your expenses. If you order one
of our beautiful
storage cases you may package your prints as you
prefer. Otherwise please deliver your prints in a
package that can easily be reused for shipping the
collated suite back to you. See USPS.com
for precise rate information. In the USA, the best
way to send the prints is Priority Mail -- the post
office will even provide the box! It is $3.95 to $5.75
for up to 2 lbs depending on distance. For Global
Priority Mail (outside the US), enclose $11 to Canada,
$13 to Mexico, $15 to Europe, $16 to Australia, Japan,
New Zealand.
Address to which Exchange
#21 prints should be shipped:
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