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Message 15
From: Marissa
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 08:04:32 -0500
Subject: [Baren 29785] Re: Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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Thank you Mindy. Some of them are on western paper but some of them
are on thin Japanese paper (I can't afford the thick stuff!).

Etsy is mostly a sight for crafters but it is possible to sell work
there and it is cheap and easy to use. I love the layout.

~marissa lee

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Message 1
From: "Marilynn Smith"
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:40:04 -0800
Subject: [Baren 29786] Re: Baren Digest (old) V34 #3326
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I mixed the methyl cellulose day before yesterday to proof my plates. It
was hard to mix and seemed not to be smooth. I put it in the fridge
overnight and it was nice and smooth yesterday. I liked working with it.
Learned that it needs to sit overnight to absorb well. Since I was just
proofing the first day no harm done. Just like the rice paste you get a
feel for how much or how little to use. My first plate was just a rough
background, wanted it to be varied, not too fussy about it, so it was a good
way to practice. Will find out more today when I do the main plate.

Just type in carving tools or power grip in your search engine and they will
come up. Or you can go type in Lee Valley and I believe they have a web
site. I am still using mine. I have 2 sets one is in Mexico, one here. I
am not an agressive sharpener, use a leather strop and they seem to hold up
just fine. Maybe next year I will order me some finer Japanese tools. Maybe
I will talk to Barbara and get them at the summit, that would be fun.

Thanks everyone for your input,
Marilynn

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Message 2
From: Myron Turner
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:09:13 -0600
Subject: [Baren 29787] Re: Baren Digest (old) V34 #3326
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Yes, I think that's the ticket. Lee Valley sells a green sharpening
compound in a block (something like jeweler's rouge). Apply it to an
old learther belt. Or, a tip from a Lee Vallery clerk--take a block of
wood, cut out a gouge in the wood for each size of tool so that the
blade fits to the groove. Then apply the green stuff to the gouges in
the wood and hone your tools inside the gouges. The only time I've
every actually used a sharpenng stone on one of these tools is when it's
shape had changed too radically--e.g. the cutting edge had become too
steep and stubby. Then I used a stone to re-shape the tool. But they
are so inexpensive, that it's just as practical to throw out the old tool.

Myron

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Message 3
From: "robert"
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:46:30 +0000
Subject: [Baren 29788] (no subject)
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I have a very interesting question for ALL of you.
I have some really high quality sennelier soft pastel sticks. What do you think about me crushing them up into a powder and using them as if they were dry pigment? You know like dave bull does, adding them to alcohol then using them with past? Do you think it'll work?
I have some really interesting colors. I am going to try it anyway, but I wanted to see if any of you more experienced printmakers have already.
Peace
robert
http://www.printmakers.info

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Message 4
From: "dcromwell2 # nc.rr.com"
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:35:28 -0500
Subject: [Baren 29789] Re: Michi or Shizumi?...Dockyard Micro Tool Set width?
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Thanks to everyone who posted or emailed me about my tool question! It
was extremely helpful to hear what other people's experience has been
with various tools, which tools are suitable for which woods, who the
different suppliers are, and which tools were their favorites. Maybe
the best advice was that you don't need a lot of tools, but that the
ones you get should be the best tools you can afford. That, and always
keep your tools sharp. I'll be picking up some sharpening supplies as
well as The Complete Guide To Sharpening (
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/002-1189395-9687205 ).

On another subject, there was a posting a couple of days ago about a
woodblock print show in NC, where I live, however the post itself was
empty. Does anyone have any details on this?

Regards,
David
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dcromwell2#nc.rr.com

> Hello All,
>
> I have been using some cheap tools I got at Michaels, a five tool set
> that cost around $7.00, and they just aren't working out, so I am
> considering an upgrade. Does anyone has used either the Michi or the
> Shimizu traditional tools available in the Baren Mall have any
> preferences for one or the other? It is hard to tell from the
> pictures if there are any significant differences between the two.
>
> I'm also looking at the Dockyard Mirco Tool Sets at Woodcraft for,
> among other things, carving seals in some small end grain maple blocks
> I have laying around. The basic set comes in three widths: 1.5 mm,
> 2.0 mm, and 3.0 mm. Any recommendations as to which width might be
> the most useful?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> ------------------------
> dcromwell2#nc.rr.com
>

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Message 5
From: Dave Bull
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:24:59 +0900
Subject: [Baren 29790] Re: Carolina prints ...
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> On another subject, there was a posting a couple of days ago about a
> woodblock print show in NC, where I live, however the post itself was
> empty. Does anyone have any details on this?

It was my error, David. My browser did an 'auto-fill' with the title of
an item I had entered previously. The Carolina exhibition was
announced in this Digest, and is apparently still on:
http://www.barenforum.org/archives/vol33/v33_3317.html

Dave

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Message 6
From: Blog Manager
Date: 8 Jan 2006 04:55:03 -0000
Subject: [Baren 29791] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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This is an automatic update message being sent to [Baren] by the forum blog software.

The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (12 sites checked, just before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: m.Lee Prints

Author: m.Lee
Item:


Here are some more 4"x4" prints. I like the col...
http://mleeprints.blogspot.com/2006/01/here-are-some-more-4x4-prints.html

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[Baren] members: if you have a printmaking blog (or a website with a published ATOM feed), and wish it to be included in this daily checklist, please write to the Baren Blog Manager at:
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Message 7
From: Jan Telfer
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:55:40 +0800
Subject: [Baren 29792] Re: Baren Digest (old) V34 #3321
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Dear Julio,

Thank you for the information on Kuchi-e prints and the accompanying
website... lots of interesting information, too. I feel better now
that folding my print was of historical significance and Sari is a
"she" dog too with prizes in many shows before we got her at 2 years of
age and saved her from all that "hype" and "bother"!!

Thank you, Julio.

Jan


On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 07:04 AM,

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Message 8
From: Jan Telfer
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:06:11 +0800
Subject: [Baren 29793] DOG CARD
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Dear Connie,

Is it badly torn? Would you like me to send you another? I can get
the DNA working?

Jan

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