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[Baren 32049] Re: Update of woodblock prints (L Cass)
[Baren 32050] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V36 #3657 (Oct 14, 2006) (Cstreetstudios # aol.com)
[Baren 32051] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V36 #3658 (Oct 15, 2006) (Cstreetstudios # aol.com)
[Baren 32052] RE: art festivals long post (Miguel Leite)
[Baren 32053] Another Print Exchange (Charles Morgan)
[Baren 32054] Oversized or Visa Verso? ("Tom Kristensen")
[Baren 32055] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
[Baren 32056] Re: Oversized or Visa Verso? (Dave Bull)

Message 1
From: L Cass
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:38:46 -0400
Subject: [Baren 32049] Re: Update of woodblock prints
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Super prints Harry!!!

I have a question re 'moku hanga' which I only recently got
acquainted with at the Summit and enjoy the easy
clean up and the break from rollers. I'm using good quality
watercolours but as the layers are so transparent
need to overprint several times to get any colour intensity - haven't
used black yet but does the akua colour
deliver a strong black with one printing?
e.g. in your Medieval Oriel Window -Gainsborough Hall Harry? I'd be
interested to know the average no of
layers most of you moku hanga experts need for strong colour effects.
thanks
Louise Cass

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Message 2
From: Cstreetstudios # aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:06:15 EDT
Subject: [Baren 32050] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V36 #3657 (Oct 14, 2006)
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Thanks Jean for your insightful words. It's always great hearing
what other artist think.
As far as Andy Warhol - I would think his canvas soup cans would
be categorized by the process, not that it's canvas. That doesn't make
any sense really.
I saw some of the shows on PBS, too. I thought those movies were a snooze
fest, too.
But, I don't really like a lot of weird movies anymore.

Best Wishes, Jennifer

Small Business Web & Print Design
C Street Studios
Jennifer Ressmann
303-279-8956
cstreetstudios@aol.com
www.cstreetstudios.com
Golden Colorado 80403

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Message 3
From: Cstreetstudios # aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:25:44 EDT
Subject: [Baren 32051] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V36 #3658 (Oct 15, 2006)
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Thank you everyone that responded to the topic I was
asking about - I love talking and hearing what other artist
have on their mind and how they spend their day.

Maria, you truly are an inspiration. You might be the one
person I have heard that enjoys the shows. It's something I have
wanted to pursue for sometime and reading your website, and I have
picked up some books - I am working towards that goal. How fun would
it be to have a camping trailer and spend the summer weekends with
my husband and dogs touring around? I am working towards 60 different prints
by
the end of next summer - whew! and, so fun and invigorating!

Thanks again for all the insight.
Best Wishes!
Jennifer

Small Business Web & Print Design
C Street Studios
Jennifer Ressmann
303-279-8956
cstreetstudios@aol.com
www.cstreetstudios.com
Golden Colorado 80403

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Message 4
From: Miguel Leite
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:46:41 -0300 (ART)
Subject: [Baren 32052] RE: art festivals long post
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Maria Arango escreveu: No, instead, we create, we take a risk and put our art in front of the
public. Some of it sells, some of it doesn't. Collectors look for the
unusual, decorators look for the one that matches the couch,
frilly-stuff-customers look for something small and cheap. You don't
have to
please all of them, but chances are, if you make good stuff, you will
get
them all to buy some thing, some time. The only game is, you have to
put
your art n front of the public.

Thank you, Maria! :-)

Miguel Leite
Brasil
www.fotolog.net/elmiguelito

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Message 5
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:30:07 -0700
Subject: [Baren 32053] Another Print Exchange
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For those who might be interested, here is the announcement for the
2006 Southern Summer Northern Winter solstice print exchange.

Hello Printmakers,

Now that fall up here & spring down there have arrived, it's time to
start planning our SSNW06 print. Sign up from now until November 15,
and the due date will again be the Solstice - December 21,
2006. Paper size will again be 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches or 1/16 sheet of
22 x 30 paper. As already discussed, the theme will be "In My Back
Yard", interpreted any way you wish in any editionable printmaking medium.

In order to sign up for the SSNW06 exchange, please send private
email to the coordinator, Carole Carroll, at:

crcpdc@aol.com

In our last exchange, we had about 30 participants, and we expect
about the same again. You will be notified of the actual number after
the close of entries. If you wish to opt for limited participation,
you will be given a chance to do so after entries close.

Participants will be expected to send the required number of copies
of their print to the coordinator by the deadline of December 21. The
coordinator will sort the prints and send each participant a complete
set of prints from the other participants.

To summarize:

Exchange: SSNW06
Theme: In My Back Yard
Sign up by: November 15, 2006
Due by: December 21, 2006
Paper size: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Medium: Any
Cost: $10 US to cover postage and return mailers
Co-ordinator: Carole Carroll
Send to: 3226 10th Ave W
Seattle WA 98119-1822
USA

Happy printmaking! Carole

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Message 6
From: "Tom Kristensen"
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:49:08 +1000
Subject: [Baren 32054] Oversized or Visa Verso?
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Recent warnings by Dave about an excess of alum in sizing of washi coming out of Japan had me worried. I bought a stack of New Hosho washi from the Baren Mall and to my surprise it had an exceedingly shiny surface, an attractive mica surface but quite stiff. Sure enough printing on this surface is not good. On inspection I decided that the flip side of the sheet, seemingly unsized, was the smoothest with a faint impression of the surface on which it was dried. This side of the sheet gives a perfect impression. I wonder if there is some innovation taking place here, sizing the back of the sheet to create a stiff surface for the baren perhaps? Maybe both sides of the sheet have been sized?

I will continue printing on the side that I thought would be the verso.

Tom in Australia

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Message 7
From: Blog Manager
Date: 17 Oct 2006 03:55:07 -0000
Subject: [Baren 32055] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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Message 8
From: Dave Bull
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:05:39 +0900
Subject: [Baren 32056] Re: Oversized or Visa Verso?
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> Recent warnings by Dave about an excess of alum in sizing of
> washi coming out of Japan had me worried. I bought a stack of New
> Hosho washi from the Baren Mall and to my surprise it had an
> exceedingly shiny surface, an attractive mica surface but quite stiff.
> Sure enough printing on this surface is not good. On inspection I
> decided that the flip side of the sheet, seemingly unsized, was the
> smoothest with a faint impression of the surface on which it was
> dried. This side of the sheet gives a perfect impression. I wonder if
> there is some innovation taking place here, sizing the back of the
> sheet to create a stiff surface for the baren perhaps? Maybe both
> sides of the sheet have been sized?

Tom,

The normal sizing procedure is to do both sides ... When we order the
job from the sizer, part of the discussions involve how strong it
should be on either of the two sides. If a lot of heavy baren pressure
is expected for a particular job, we can ask for sizing to be
particularly strong on the back side of the paper, to help avoid
abrasion.

I'm using that same shin-hosho paper you mention as a 'test' paper
during proofing of my scroll project. It must be from the same overall
batch that you have ... with a very strong sparkle on one side. That
_has_ to become the back, even though it actually (seems to) be the
official front ...

Dave

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