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Details of [Baren Exchange #38]
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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:None
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Image size: no
restriction
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Paper size:Oban, about
15 x 10 inches (38 x 25.5 cm)
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Paper type: no
restriction
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Registration
period: One month starting July
1, 2008
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Drop-out deadline: October
1, 2008 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: November
1, 2008 --
if you do not deliver acceptable prints by this
date then a penalty may
be imposed.
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Collated exchange mailing
deadline:December 1,
2008. The coordinator is required
to complete mailing the collated prints on or
before this date.
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 Exchange
Case for your exchange prints may be
ordered from the Baren
Mall -- these are a dark blue cloth-covered
'flop-open' type box (with cords for tying it
closed), contained in a cardboard slip case.
The prints simply stack up inside it. An 'official'
Baren label for your case may be downloaded here --
edit the exchange number on the front and spine
and then print it and paste it onto the cardboard
slip case -- it is designed to wrap around the
slip case so that the exchange number is visible
on the spine.
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Colophon
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.
Exchange
#38 print information form
ESSENTIALS
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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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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: email
for coordinator: coordinator38@barenforum.org
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. Any such penalty will be limited to
giving you last place in any active subsequent
exchange sign-up and exchange participants lists
for a period not to exceed one year.
MAILING
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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, a guideline
is $10 for USA to USA delivery, $20 for international
delivery. Please deliver your prints in a package
that can easily be reused for shipping the collated
suite back to you.
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In the USA, the
best way to send the prints is Priority Mail. Flat
rate envelope is $4.80 anywhere in the US and will
fit the smaller chu-ban exchanges. For larger size
exchanges, please see:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/prioritymail.htm
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Benny Alba c/o Alba Studios
4219 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Oakland
CA 94609-2321
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