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Message 1
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 06:10:56 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24548] humbled
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Hi all,
Just thought I would let everyone know that I am receiving the
thankyous, donations and appreciation from all of you with great
appreciation from me! I am currently out of town in a festival and the
pesky weather insists on being...pesky. Setting up the wind took my
neighbor's tent and plopped it upside down right on top of mine, bending
one of my poles (thrashing her tent, she cried). Later we had rain,
which flooded the parking lot a little, just enough to force me to
rearrange everything rather quickly so all the art was off the ground
and under cover. I wasn't able to set up on Thursday, so I got up at 4am
yesterday and finished building my little gallery in a calm beautiful
morning.
During the night, I logged on and was showered by Baren messages with
all your good thoughts and more! somehow the rain and wind didn't matter
much anymore. Had a good day Friday and woke up today to another gentle
shower (we are in Arizona! the midst f the southwest DESERT).
No matter, woke up to more delightful greetings from my Baren friends
and am going out for a walk to splash on some puddles and smile at the
clouds.

So thank you all for the good things and for those of you who ask where
I get my energy and drive...well, it's a mutual thing: I get it from you
just as much as you get it from me. Energy and inspiration are like a
water wheel, I think, just need to get the thing going and it gives
back.

Maria, all smiles


Maria Arango
www.1000woodcuts.com
Las Vegas Nevada USA

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Message 2
From: Aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:37:46 EST
Subject: [Baren 24549] Re: Baren maker Gosho-san's woodblock print class exhibition
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Dave wrote:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/gosho/baren/newpage17.htm

thanks dave these are amazing
georga

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Message 3
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:08:44 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24550] Monkey King
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Louise,

Your Monkey King is beautiful, and so regal! He is reigning supreme
around here.

BTW Have I mentioned how much fun I am having with hanga and found
wood? I hope to finish my first piece this weekend. I've been
printing and building plates from the throwaways on various scrap heaps
all week. Recycle R Us.

Happy Printing,
Sharri

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Message 4
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:24:00 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24551] Bear Wren
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Sorry about the double post, but I just read the colophon Maria
composed for the Puzzle Project and laughed myself silly at Sarah
Hausers, "Bear-Wren"! I thought that was a pretty funny looking bird,
I just didn't realize how funny! Love that word play, Thanks, Sarah -

Sharri

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Message 5
From: slinders # comcast.net
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:28:47 -0600
Subject: [Baren 24552] "Voices of Biro-Bidjan"
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"Voices of Biro-Bidjan", Exhibition of woodblock prints, a
lecture and a multimedia performance piece about the prints that
were created by WPA Jewish Artists to support creation of a
Jewish homeland in Siberia's Biro-Bidjan during the 1930s.
In Des Plaines, Illinois, through March 21.



Sharen

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Message 6
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:22:34 EST
Subject: [Baren 24553] Re: "Voices of Biro-Bidjan"
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Thank you
I linked and linked and found a 10 minute video of this Exhibit.
You can see the exhibit if you are in the Chicago area.

www.oakton.edu/news/events/gallery/BIRO

Carol L.

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Message 7
From: LEAFRUTH # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:34:44 EST
Subject: [Baren 24554] Re: Baren Digest (old) V26 #2582
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Message 8
From: LEAFRUTH # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:37:02 EST
Subject: [Baren 24555] Re: Baren Digest (old) V26 #2582
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Maria I recieved the Huge prints and loved them. You're terrific

Ruth

http://www.ruthleaf.com

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Message 9
From: FurryPressII # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:47:12 EST
Subject: [Baren 24556] exchange 19 news
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the pussy cats are in the mail at least all of those not crossing
international borders turns out i have to re-box the five leaving the states.

with a thank you to Julio for the help.

john center

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Message 10
From: FurryPressII # aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:51:11 EST
Subject: [Baren 24557] Re: "Voices of Biro-Bidjan"
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Biro-Bidjan was a cruel hoax played on the Jewish people by a mass murdering
Joe Stalin I for one can't see the point of it being shown nowadays. It was
not real when uncle Joe did it and now it is on the ash heap of history.

john center

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Message 11
From: "Carole Baker"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:26:31 -0900
Subject: [Baren 24558] stencil and hanga?
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Greetings to all,

...and especially Maria...the puzzle prints arrived yesterday and they are
wonderful! Ditto on all the praise and thanks to you as well as Barbara.

...and thankyou, Dave, for the link to the Machida group prints...I'm still
waiting for all of them to load.
Could you tell us more about this group.

Now a question..... Is there any history of Japanese printers using
stencils on their otherwise hanga woodblock prints?

Thanks.

Carole Baker

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Message 12
From: "Carole Baker"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:29:30 -0900
Subject: [Baren 24559] stencil and hanga?
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Archivist's note: This message was a repeat of Message 11

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Message 13
From: "Carole Baker"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:29:41 -0900
Subject: [Baren 24560] stencil and hanga?
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Arcivist's note: This message was a repeat of Message 11

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Message 14
From: "cjpiers"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:23:32 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24561] inspired
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I am so impressed with the puzzle print and all of the effort that went into it. What a fabulous idea that was! Great pictures of Maria and Barbara printing it.

Also liked the Machida Hanga Group prints! Thanks Dave for sharing that link.

I've also been reading the archives and archived newsletters, etc. I can't help but feeling like I've missed out on so much, it's like coming to the party late.

But...I am so inspired and I can't wait until the next exchange or group effort :o)

It's been great fun re-aquainting myself with the carving a block, hearing the sound of the ink being rolled out, the smell of the ink, etc. It's great!
I hope to have pictures of my first prints ( in 8 years) done very soon.

I've had the good fortune to find an old Vandercook 14 proof press and look forward to seeing how I can make that work for me. It's a totally hand operated thing &I think it will have a variety of uses.
Now if I can just get the thing home.

Well I just wanted to say again how happy I am to have found this group.

Oh I almost forgot...Could someone give me some advice on honing or sharpening the very tiny (1mm) carving tools? V groove and U gouge. Is there a certain method or a special stone for this?

Thanks again!

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Message 15
From: "cjpiers"
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:27:22 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24562] forgot name
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Oops!

previous post is from me....new member Connie
Sorry

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Message 16
From: Jan Telfer
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:45:09 +0800
Subject: [Baren 24563] Re: Baren Digest (old) V26 #2581
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Dear Mike,

> Try Baren Mall paper #23 -- not too expensive and pretty decent paper
>so long as you don't over-print the same area more than 5 to 7 times --
> eventually that will 'pill' the back of the paper...

I have used even softer paper than this, but the trick is to always use
another piece of paper, copy printing paper, glassene or litho (shiny
side up) or something, between your printing paper and the baren then
you have no pilling of the hanga paper at all. If your litho-type
paper gets moist and is not allowing the baren to flow smoothly replace
your litho paper.

Sometimes running your baren through your hair will also regrease it!!!!

> The Yamaguchi fromBR> > Baren Mall is more costly but much stronger and better.

This is nice paper, Gonzalo.

Jan
Perth, Western Australia

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Message 17
From: David Bull
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:11:35 +0900
Subject: [Baren 24564] Monkeys, monkeys, get your monkeys here!
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Are you ready for more than 300 monkey cards? Matsumura-san has finally
got his annual new year card display on-line, and Sadako has prepared
English index pages for them.

Head over to:
http://www.pippimama.com/art/woodlike/gallery_top_en.html

Below each group of 10 cards you will see arrows right/left (scroll down
to see them), to take you to the next group ... Clicking any thumbnail
will bring up a full-size image of the card.

And for those of you who have never been to those pages before, of
course clicking on another animal sign will take you to hundreds
more ... :-)

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Carole asked about the Machida group prints:
> Could you tell us more about this group.

Don't know anything particular about them, sorry. Far as I know, they
are a printmaking circle of a type common all over Japan - they would be
mostly middle-aged and up people, housewives, retired people, etc., and
probably meet once a week, in a public community centre or private
'culture centre'. Groups like this usually hold an exhibition once a
year, and also commonly make calendars for distribution to group members
and sale at the exhibition. It's possible this Machida group might be a
bit more well-organized than most, because Machida is home to a 'hanga'
museum with a world-class collection, and that would presumably boost
local interest.

George up in Akita, or David down in Okazaki may have more local
knowledge of groups like this than I do, and could tell you more about
how they work and what they do ...

Dave

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