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Message 1
From: Bette Wappner
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:35:21 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [Baren 23484] Re: award
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>Sharri,

>Congratulations! What a wonderful reward.

>Regards,
>Barbara Patera

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Sharri, I too send you my congrats on this exciting lifetime award!

Keep up the great "art"work!

All the best to you,
Bette Wappner

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Message 2
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:39:05 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23485] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V25 #2458 (Nov 30, 2003)
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April,

Thanks for the pictures and congrats on a terrific opening. I didn't
realize those two works behind you in the photo were so large - You are
a girl after my own heart! You're lookin' good, too - making art is
good to you. It was great to be able to see all the different work and
stay right here in the comfort of my little burrow.

Sharri

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Message 3
From: Aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:49:10 EST
Subject: [Baren 23486] ink drying
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hi everyone
i have another question my highschool kids are doing linocuts right now
and we are working with speedball waterbase ink the problem is that it
dries out really fast (we have very low humidity right now) is there anything
i can add to this ink to keep it moist longer?
thanks
georga

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Message 4
From: "Carole Baker"
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 03:56:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: [Baren 23487] Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:52:20 -0900
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Hi all,

Thank you April for the information on your ball bearing baren. I'll order
the rattling one. And thank you for sharing the pictures from the Out of
Nagasawa show.

My arthritic left wrist has taken a 2 month rest from cutting and printing
but I've got a monkey drawing ready to carve and am ready to sign up for a
left handed exchange.

I meant to mention last time how much I appreciate the new digest..Thank you
Dave. And as its still the Thanksgiving weekend, a big big thanks to all
the wonderful people who give so much time and energy to Baren.

Carole Baker
Gustavus, Alaska

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Message 5
From: Aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:56:40 EST
Subject: [Baren 23488] Re: Out of Nagasawa Show
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april@aprilvollmer.com writes:
>www.aprilvollmer.com/nagasawa

this looks like a wonderful show i wish we had more access to workshops
here in southern california who did the print with what looks like a christmas
tree and a cross?
thanks for sharing april
georga

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Message 6
From: L Cass
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:33:55 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23489] Re: ink drying
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Georga -
Speedball makes a retarder that works - if it's too costly for school an
acrylic retarder for acrylic paints is also good but you have to experiment
to get the right consistency

Louise C.

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Message 7
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:50:57 -0600
Subject: [Baren 23490] Re: Out of Nagasawa Show
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April wrote:
>The show looks great. I put photos up at www.aprilvollmer.com/nagasawa

Nice show, April -- congratulations and thanks for putting these up!
Also: Congratulations, Sharri! You deserve it!

-- Mike


Mike Lyon
http://www.mlyon.com

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Message 8
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:20:08 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23491] Re: ink drying
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I was working with kids out in the sun this past summer. I found that
keeping a sheet of Saran Wrap or similar stuff over the inking slab really
helped. I also kept a spray bottle of water handy. When things got too
gummy or dry, I just squirted a LITTLE bit of water on it and rolled it out
again. The Speedball stuff is rewettable, so this works well and is cheap.

Cheers ..... Charles

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Message 9
From: "Alain Cislaghi"
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:38:16 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23492] Re: ink drying
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Hey, hey,
Simply drop a very small ammount of water and mix with the roller as you ink it.
That junk's pretty much like gouache, watercolour: it can be brought back to life with some water, but you hafta experiment a little to find the best ratio that fits your needs.

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Message 10
From: Jsf73 # aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:28:49 EST
Subject: [Baren 23493] Re: ink drying
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Hi Georga and the rest of the list,

Akua Kolor water based inks offer a retarder to prevent premature drying of
you inks especially on a monotype plate. It is somewhere in the neighborhood of
8 bucks for 4 ounces.

While it will also work with speedballs water based inks it is far easier and
cheaper to use glycerine you buy from the pharmacy. Glycerine will slow
evaporation and is 100% miscible with water.

Glycerine has good viscosity for use in ink, and is generally neutral in pH.
Using water to re-wet your ink may impair your ink qualities whereas glycerine
will improve them.

Pure Glycerine is Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) as a multiple-purpose
food substance so it is safe for classroom use. Finally it is an ingredient in
akua kolor inks, so you can assume it is safe to add to manufacturers water
based inks.

Hope that helps, guess taking sciences was not a total waste.

John Furr

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Message 11
From: Jsf73 # aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:36:25 EST
Subject: [Baren 23494] Looking for press
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Sorry I should have included this with my last post, but it slipped my mind.

I am looking for a proofing press still so if anyone knows of someone with a
vandercook or other self inking press for sale such as a challenge or asbern
proof press please let me know. I will travel within the great lakes area to
get one if the price is right and the condition is good. I have heard two
presses but they need work and are a long distance so far.

I hope everyone south of the border had a good thanksgiving weekend.

John Furr

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Message 12
From: "Robert Canaga"
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:15:39 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23495] Re: ink drying
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Add a small amount of any screen-printing paste (Golden, Liquitex, etc) and mix it up. It will retard drying a lot.
You can also use other colors, wc, gouache, acrylic...
RC

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Message 13
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:42:54 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23496] Re: Looking for press
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John,

There is a place in Toronto that carries used printing presses and
equipment. When I checked with them two or three years ago, they had
several proofing presses. I do not know what condition they were in, as I
am in Victoria, on the other side of the continent. I was looking for one
that was NOT self-inking. Shipping costs were a real deterrent.

I do not remember the name of the outfit ... I found it on Google ...
probably looked for "used printing press" and restricted the search to Canada.

Good luck ....... Charles

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Message 14
From: Jsf73 # aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 01:06:08 EST
Subject: [Baren 23497] Re: Looking for press
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cmorgan@uvic.ca writes:
> There is a place in Toronto that carries used printing presses...


Thanks Charles,
The place you were thinking of is Don Black Linecasting, and I have been
there several times and have taken a couple Baren members there as well.

Unfortunately Don Black's has become so well known as the source for presses
his prices have gotten very unaffordable, especially compare to the prices
presses are selling everywhere else in North America. He didnt have any
vandercooks when I was there last either, or rather they were already sold to others.

Yes shipping charges can be high but I can pick up a press from a fair
distance. I can get a challenge press from Minnesota for 150 US but I had wanted to
avoid a 13 hour drive each way.

Thanks again charles.

John Furr

p.s. Don black frequently has non self inking proof presses in case others
are interested, as well as bookpresses.
The URL is: http://www.donblack.ca/

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