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Message 1
From: Emma Jane Hogbin
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:45:18 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23800] counting a limited edition
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Hello to all!

I'm currently working on printing my monkey for the 2004 Year of the
Monkey exchange. To put it mildly--my printing skills are awful. At this
point every 1 in ten prints is "acceptable."

My question is this--what do I do with the other nine if I am doing a
limited edition print? Can I rip them up and pretend they never existed
and count only the prints which are successful?

thanks,
emma

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Emma Jane Hogbin
[[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]]

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Message 2
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:44:58 -0600
Subject: [Baren 23801] Re: counting a limited edition
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At 02:45 PM 1/5/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Can I rip them up and pretend they never existed
>and count only the prints which are successful?

Yes, of course!


Mike Lyon
http://mlyon.com

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Message 3
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 16:10:48 EST
Subject: [Baren 23802] Calendar!
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Hi the Calendar arrived !! I love it, I love it!

You guys ( I say that generically) are wonderful.

Thank you to Dave for founding Baren. Thank you to Julio for coordinating
all of this. We know the enormity of the job.

I am so proud to have met 9 of you.

I have another message, but 1 a day...
Stay tuned.

Carol Lyons
Irvington, NY

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Message 4
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:55:21 -0800
Subject: [Baren 23803] Re: counting a limited edition
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By all means, count only the "keepers" for your edition.

But don't throw the others away. Put them in a drawer and save them. Six
months or a year from now, pull them out and look at them. Use your
"rejects" to make new works ... over print, paint on them, tear them up for
bookmarks for friends or for collage, etc.

Cheers ...... Charles

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Message 5
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:18:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 23804] Re: counting a limited edition
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Emma,
We have all been there so are sympathetic. I keep them and just consider them rejects. Sometimes I do use them in other work, but usually I just pile them up...my piles are smaller now than they were 20 years ago!
Best to you,
Barbara

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Message 6
From: Dan Dew
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:26:18 -0500
Subject: [Baren 23805] Next Themed Exchange Idea
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I know it's early, but if I wait around, I'll forget.
So, I decided to read more about Japanese prints and such, trying to
edumacate myself, as a goal for 2004.
I ran across this quote and loved it!

"We live only for the moment, in which we admire the splendour of the
moonlight, the snow, the cherry blossom and the colours of the maple-leaves.
We enjoy the day, warmed by wine, without allowing the poverty which stares
us in the face to restore our sobriety. In this drifting - like a pumpkin
carried along by the current of the river - we do not allow ourselves to be
discouraged for a moment. This is what is called the floating, fleeting
world"


Asai Ryoi: Tales from the Floating World of Pleasure 1661





So, the theme?

What is your vision of the "Fleeting World"


d. dew

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Message 7
From: FurryPressII # aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:22:14 EST
Subject: [Baren 23806] shunga exchange #19
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Just a rminder the date for droping out has passed and the due date is
approching.

The pillows are due feb 1st.

If you are having a problem please contact me. As i will have to contact
those who are on the waiting list.

john center

p.s. as we came to no conclusion on if they should be bound or not I am
going to treat it like a normal exchange and if you want to bind it i will
leave that up to you .

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Message 8
From: juan
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:08:38 -0600
Subject: [Baren 23807] welcome to new members
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MARY AND STEVE.

Hi. warm welcome to Baren. Im sure this is The Forum for you.
Mary, I live in Michoacan, Central Mexico. Where are you going to live in
Mexico? When are you moving?



Juan Guerrero
J. Pilar Ruiz 276
F. del Río. Morelia
58040 MEXICO
tel/Ph: (443) 320 7273
Alternative e-mail:
2ojos@ozu.es
www.juanguerrero.tk

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Message 9
From: Consoft # aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 02:57:10 EST
Subject: [Baren 23808] Re: counting a limited edition
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Hi Emma,

I totally agree with the other responses. Only include in your edition those
prints which satisfy your own standards as the printer.

I also find that failed prints are great to keep and experiment with. Often
at the end of a session I go back to the failed prints and just fool around
with the colours and overlays. Its a good way to improve your skills. I
sometimes think I learn more from failed prints than successful ones.

Steve

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Message 10
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 07:58:10 EST
Subject: [Baren 23809] Lefties (and Righties)
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...and Closet Lefties,

Update of "Lefties Can Carve" ( or "And So Can Rghties" or "50/50") ?

I would be happy to coordinate when this gets off the ground, perhaps as a
Benefit and Exhibit.

This is not a Chris idea, Calendar Girls movie style. It is about printers,
fully- clothed, wanting to do good and have FUN
It could be another effort to raise awareness of woodblock prints and Baren.

So far about 10 have e-mailed their interest.

Carol Lyons

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