Today's postings
- [Baren 30686] Re: Mike's Drawing (Jan Telfer)
- [Baren 30687] Re: Printing Postcards (Ivan Eugen Locke)
- [Baren 30688] Re: Mike's Drawing (Mike Lyon)
- [Baren 30689] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V35 #3445 (Apr 15, 2006) (Sharri LaPierre)
- [Baren 30690] engravings ("M Pereira")
- [Baren 30691] To Ellen Shipley (ArtfulCarol # aol.com)
- [Baren 30692] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V35 #3445 (Apr 15, 2006) ("Jean Womack")
Message 1
From: Jan Telfer
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:53:50 +0800
Subject: [Baren 30686] Re: Mike's Drawing
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Gee Mike,
I am afraid my computer screen is only a mere 12 x 18" in height and
width..... when your figure drawing of 7 x 3.5 feet said click here to
enlarge I thought it would materialise! It is so well done..... what
back ground are you putting behind her?
Are you intending to make it into a giant wood block print? by the
time you inked up one end it would be dry by the time you reached the
other end..... and you'd need a jig to hold the paper. What about a
10 block print? Now there's a challenge!!
Jan
I am afraid my computer screen is only a mere 12 x 18" in height and
width..... when your figure drawing of 7 x 3.5 feet said click here to
enlarge I thought it would materialise! It is so well done..... what
back ground are you putting behind her?
Are you intending to make it into a giant wood block print? by the
time you inked up one end it would be dry by the time you reached the
other end..... and you'd need a jig to hold the paper. What about a
10 block print? Now there's a challenge!!
Jan
Message 2
From: Ivan Eugen Locke
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:55:34 -0500
Subject: [Baren 30687] Re: Printing Postcards
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I have sent watercolor post cards using the watercolor postcards you
can buy (I don't remember what brand, and searching on google it
seems that every paper company makes them). I haven't seen any of the
postcards after mailing, but nobody has complained that they had
gotten mangled - the ones I had were pretty thick and stiff. I do not
know how well they would print, but may be a better surface than
cardstock.
Ivan
can buy (I don't remember what brand, and searching on google it
seems that every paper company makes them). I haven't seen any of the
postcards after mailing, but nobody has complained that they had
gotten mangled - the ones I had were pretty thick and stiff. I do not
know how well they would print, but may be a better surface than
cardstock.
Ivan
Message 3
From: Mike Lyon
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:19:59 -0500
Subject: [Baren 30688] Re: Mike's Drawing
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Jan Telfer wrote:
>Gee Mike, I am afraid my computer screen is only a mere 12 x 18" in height
>and width..... when your figure drawing of 7 x 3.5 feet said click here to
>enlarge I thought it would materialise! It is so well done..... what back
>ground are you putting behind her?
>Are you intending to make it into a giant wood block print? by the time
>you inked up one end it would be dry by the time you reached the other
>end..... and you'd need a jig to hold the paper. What about a 10 block
>print? Now there's a
>challenge!!
>http://mlyon.com/blog/2006/04/figure-drawing-7-x-375-feet-complete.html
Dear Jan,
Thanks for looking -- the 'background' is just paper and no ink -- the
image you looked at is a photograph of the finished drawing -- the edges of
the photo are the edges of the paper, so what you saw is pretty much
exactly what it looks like. I took it over to Dolphin Gallery for framing,
and it was thrilling to have seven or eight of the gallery people leaning
over it and oooing and ahhhing -- felt great, of course -- it's so big, and
the ink lines are so fine (and so many of them -- miles and miles of
extra-fine rolling writer lines) -- it really is very cool!
That image won't become a woodcut. I am working on several woodcuts at the
moment -- a special collaborative project to get out of the way before I
can begin cutting 24 blocks for a gigantic shades-of-blue
nude-reclining-on-messy-bed -- larger than life on 77x42 inch paper with
the printed image almost coming to the edges. It'd be so much cheaper to
make this a reduction print, but my paper would spoil long before I could
reduce the block 24 times! So each color layer will come from its own
individually carved block, with all blocks completed prior to pulling the
first print. The blocks are 4x8 foot sheets of plywood, cherry
veneered. About $700 in wood, so you can see that my confidence (or my
idiocy) is growing :)! If you're interested in seeing a similarly large
print (12 block reduction print) being made, there's a short movie I made
for Rob Viana who asked about how I inked such large blocks (moku-hanga
style) here:
http://mlyon.com/blog/2006/02/movie-aspen-grove-pigment-application.html
Thanks for the nice note and warm greetings from Kansas City to down-under!
-- Mike
PS my main computer at the studio (8 years old -- I guess that's about 100
in computer years) became deathly ill yesterday and will have to be
replaced -- MAY be able to recover many of my files in a couple of weeks
when the new one arrives but in the meantime, I'm feeling pretty UGLY!
Mike Lyon
http://mlyon.com
>Gee Mike, I am afraid my computer screen is only a mere 12 x 18" in height
>and width..... when your figure drawing of 7 x 3.5 feet said click here to
>enlarge I thought it would materialise! It is so well done..... what back
>ground are you putting behind her?
>Are you intending to make it into a giant wood block print? by the time
>you inked up one end it would be dry by the time you reached the other
>end..... and you'd need a jig to hold the paper. What about a 10 block
>print? Now there's a
>challenge!!
>http://mlyon.com/blog/2006/04/figure-drawing-7-x-375-feet-complete.html
Dear Jan,
Thanks for looking -- the 'background' is just paper and no ink -- the
image you looked at is a photograph of the finished drawing -- the edges of
the photo are the edges of the paper, so what you saw is pretty much
exactly what it looks like. I took it over to Dolphin Gallery for framing,
and it was thrilling to have seven or eight of the gallery people leaning
over it and oooing and ahhhing -- felt great, of course -- it's so big, and
the ink lines are so fine (and so many of them -- miles and miles of
extra-fine rolling writer lines) -- it really is very cool!
That image won't become a woodcut. I am working on several woodcuts at the
moment -- a special collaborative project to get out of the way before I
can begin cutting 24 blocks for a gigantic shades-of-blue
nude-reclining-on-messy-bed -- larger than life on 77x42 inch paper with
the printed image almost coming to the edges. It'd be so much cheaper to
make this a reduction print, but my paper would spoil long before I could
reduce the block 24 times! So each color layer will come from its own
individually carved block, with all blocks completed prior to pulling the
first print. The blocks are 4x8 foot sheets of plywood, cherry
veneered. About $700 in wood, so you can see that my confidence (or my
idiocy) is growing :)! If you're interested in seeing a similarly large
print (12 block reduction print) being made, there's a short movie I made
for Rob Viana who asked about how I inked such large blocks (moku-hanga
style) here:
http://mlyon.com/blog/2006/02/movie-aspen-grove-pigment-application.html
Thanks for the nice note and warm greetings from Kansas City to down-under!
-- Mike
PS my main computer at the studio (8 years old -- I guess that's about 100
in computer years) became deathly ill yesterday and will have to be
replaced -- MAY be able to recover many of my files in a couple of weeks
when the new one arrives but in the meantime, I'm feeling pretty UGLY!
Mike Lyon
http://mlyon.com
Message 4
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:31:29 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30689] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V35 #3445 (Apr 15, 2006)
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HEAR YE. HEAR YE!
I am ready to take those registrations for the Baren Summit II any time
you want to start sending me your check for $75. The dates to remember
are:
Baren Summit: August 14 - 19 (the summit will actually end on the 18,
but we will go to the Columbia River Gorge on the 19th)
Last day to sign up: May 31, 2006
Last day to cancel and receive a full refund: July 31. 2006
Fee: $75 (we will be supplying a lot of food and, on the other end,
porta potties, hence we need the $$)
EVERY DAY (almost) lunch/brunch/snacks provided by Baren. Dinner on us
Monday and Friday and a picnic on Saturday.
MONDAY 8/14:
Gather at studio throughout the day (after 9am)
Meet, greet, brunch & lunch
Afternoon program:
Hanga demonstration
Dinner at studio
TUESDAY 8/15:
9 am: gather at studio
10 am: head for McClains
We will be guests at McClain's Printmaking Supplies where you may
purchase or lust for whatever you want.
Afternoon: return to studio and try all your new goodies
Dinner on your own
WEDNESDAY 8/16:
9 am: gather at studio
morning demo:
How to do a puzzle print (comedy routine by the infamous Maria Arango)
afternoon: work independently
Break for dinner (we might order out - this dinner is not incl. in the
reg. fee)
Evening:
Solar print demo by Barbara Mason (with story telling)
THURSDAY 8/17:
9 am: gather at studio
work in studio (or visit)
11 am: lunch
1pm:
Visit Gilkey Print Center in the Portland Art Museum
An Exhibition at the museum will be: Through Rustling Grasses: Nature
in the Japanese Print. check it out at:
http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/asp/special_exhibitions/
exhibitions.asp?exhibitionID=68
After the museum we will stay in Portland and gallery hop, visit Print
Arts NW ( http://www.printartsnw.org ) and have a moderately priced
dinner in the arts district (anyone wishing to stay at the studio and
work can do so, but you will really miss out. If you don't want to
have dinner, or your budget does not allow, we can probably put a sack
lunch together for you).
FRIDAY 8/18:
9am: gather at studio
work until lunch time
Afternoon:
Tool sharpening demo
Dinner at studio
Show and Tell after dinner
SATURDAY 8/19:
Anyone willing to stay one more day: we will leave the studio at 10am
and depart toward the beautiful Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area and
see such wonders as Multnomah Falls, the Vista House, the Columbia
River (of course), have a picnic at one of the beautiful parks along
the way, visit Bonneville Dam and see the fish ladders, hatchery, see
live Sturgeon, you will be duly impressed. Guaranteed.
Dinner at McMenamin's Edgefield. Depending on the number interested we
may be able to reserve a room & order from the menu. Edgefield is the
old Multnomah County Poor Farm which has become a very clever bed and
breakfast with brewery & winery on the premises. They hired many
artists to decorate the building, paint something of the history of the
place on each door, etc. A fun place to visit:
http://www.mcmenamins.com
Send Reservations to:
Sharri LaPierre
17002 NE 50th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686
Mike is working on getting the page up on the site, but his computer is
in the hospital and he can't do this right now. We need a volunteer to
take the reins and do this for us, or wait a couple of weeks for Mike.
We'll let you know as soon as a page is up - meanwhile, you can send
your checks to me right now!! Is that cool, or what?
Send any questions to me & I'll make up an answer,
Cheers!
Sharri
I am ready to take those registrations for the Baren Summit II any time
you want to start sending me your check for $75. The dates to remember
are:
Baren Summit: August 14 - 19 (the summit will actually end on the 18,
but we will go to the Columbia River Gorge on the 19th)
Last day to sign up: May 31, 2006
Last day to cancel and receive a full refund: July 31. 2006
Fee: $75 (we will be supplying a lot of food and, on the other end,
porta potties, hence we need the $$)
EVERY DAY (almost) lunch/brunch/snacks provided by Baren. Dinner on us
Monday and Friday and a picnic on Saturday.
MONDAY 8/14:
Gather at studio throughout the day (after 9am)
Meet, greet, brunch & lunch
Afternoon program:
Hanga demonstration
Dinner at studio
TUESDAY 8/15:
9 am: gather at studio
10 am: head for McClains
We will be guests at McClain's Printmaking Supplies where you may
purchase or lust for whatever you want.
Afternoon: return to studio and try all your new goodies
Dinner on your own
WEDNESDAY 8/16:
9 am: gather at studio
morning demo:
How to do a puzzle print (comedy routine by the infamous Maria Arango)
afternoon: work independently
Break for dinner (we might order out - this dinner is not incl. in the
reg. fee)
Evening:
Solar print demo by Barbara Mason (with story telling)
THURSDAY 8/17:
9 am: gather at studio
work in studio (or visit)
11 am: lunch
1pm:
Visit Gilkey Print Center in the Portland Art Museum
An Exhibition at the museum will be: Through Rustling Grasses: Nature
in the Japanese Print. check it out at:
http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/asp/special_exhibitions/
exhibitions.asp?exhibitionID=68
After the museum we will stay in Portland and gallery hop, visit Print
Arts NW ( http://www.printartsnw.org ) and have a moderately priced
dinner in the arts district (anyone wishing to stay at the studio and
work can do so, but you will really miss out. If you don't want to
have dinner, or your budget does not allow, we can probably put a sack
lunch together for you).
FRIDAY 8/18:
9am: gather at studio
work until lunch time
Afternoon:
Tool sharpening demo
Dinner at studio
Show and Tell after dinner
SATURDAY 8/19:
Anyone willing to stay one more day: we will leave the studio at 10am
and depart toward the beautiful Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area and
see such wonders as Multnomah Falls, the Vista House, the Columbia
River (of course), have a picnic at one of the beautiful parks along
the way, visit Bonneville Dam and see the fish ladders, hatchery, see
live Sturgeon, you will be duly impressed. Guaranteed.
Dinner at McMenamin's Edgefield. Depending on the number interested we
may be able to reserve a room & order from the menu. Edgefield is the
old Multnomah County Poor Farm which has become a very clever bed and
breakfast with brewery & winery on the premises. They hired many
artists to decorate the building, paint something of the history of the
place on each door, etc. A fun place to visit:
http://www.mcmenamins.com
Send Reservations to:
Sharri LaPierre
17002 NE 50th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686
Mike is working on getting the page up on the site, but his computer is
in the hospital and he can't do this right now. We need a volunteer to
take the reins and do this for us, or wait a couple of weeks for Mike.
We'll let you know as soon as a page is up - meanwhile, you can send
your checks to me right now!! Is that cool, or what?
Send any questions to me & I'll make up an answer,
Cheers!
Sharri
Message 5
From: "M Pereira"
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 19:10:45 -0300
Subject: [Baren 30690] engravings
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Hello, all
please
look at:
http://www.estadao.com.br/ext/especial/extraonline/galerias/grassmann/index.htm
and see engravngs by Mr Marcelo Grassmann,80, for forty years one of the most
great engrvings in Brazil.
He is very famous and is in all books, including those of History of Art
that I use when I teach Arts inm Public Schools in here.
Thanks...
Please dont let to see their figures are beautiful.
Murilo, your "fan" and friend in Brazil
please
look at:
http://www.estadao.com.br/ext/especial/extraonline/galerias/grassmann/index.htm
and see engravngs by Mr Marcelo Grassmann,80, for forty years one of the most
great engrvings in Brazil.
He is very famous and is in all books, including those of History of Art
that I use when I teach Arts inm Public Schools in here.
Thanks...
Please dont let to see their figures are beautiful.
Murilo, your "fan" and friend in Brazil
Message 6
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:40:53 EDT
Subject: [Baren 30691] To Ellen Shipley
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Ellen will you please get in touch with me.
Thanks
Carol
LA
Thanks
Carol
LA
Message 7
From: "Jean Womack"
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:46:57 -0700
Subject: [Baren 30692] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V35 #3445 (Apr 15, 2006)
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[Baren] Daily DigestRegarding the cairn, you know that a West Highland White terrier looks just like a Cairn terrior when they put the hair dye on him. I have a Westie and I want to keep him. He is neutered so he is no good for breeding. You could get a dog worth more than that from the pound.
Jean Womack
Jean Womack