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[Baren 36647] Re: What's it called? (Scholes Graham)
[Baren 36648] india ink printing (Rosposfe # aol.com)
[Baren 36649] Re: Sanding blocks ("Mark Mason")
[Baren 36650] Re: What's it called? (Barbara Mason)
[Baren 36651] Re: Sanding blocks & Printing with india ink (Dave Bull)
[Baren 36652] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)

Message 1
From: Scholes Graham
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:15:32 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36647] Re: What's it called?
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If you printed from a wooden plate.... my guess is ... woodblock print.

Go here re monoprints.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoprint
If your technique fits.... use the term.

Cheers,
Graham

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Message 2
From: Rosposfe # aol.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:28:36 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36648] india ink printing
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Tibi,
I used India ink on a recent print for the black because I didn't have any
Sumi and I was hoping the shellac in it would give me a bit of a sheen (it
didn't). It gave me a nice warm black. I did have to carve two blocks though,
one for the thin lines and another for the broader black areas as I found that
when I printed the thin lines I needed light pressure and my cheap plastic
baren or I'd push the paper into the inked troughs, while to get a decent black
on my broader areas I did have to overprint two or three times and used a
better baren and more pressure. I pulled 30 prints without any appreciable loss
of detail....but it was a simple print.

Andrew.

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Message 3
From: "Mark Mason"
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:08:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36649] Re: Sanding blocks
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Regarding smoothing blocks, I dampen the block and use a hand held cabinet
scraper (a rectangular metal 'blade') and scrape the block. It removes a
fine layer of the surface and gives a good clean smooth finish.

Just thought I'd mention it as an alternative/addition to sanding.

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Message 4
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:07:16 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36650] Re: What's it called?
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Robert,
It would be called a monoprint, because they would all be slightly different if you did an edition
but there is a repeatable matrix.
My best
Barbara

>I painted the carved areas and then inked
> the surface of the cherry-wood block before running the
> block through the press, but how do I label the prints?

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Message 5
From: Dave Bull
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:57:32 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36651] Re: Sanding blocks & Printing with india ink
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Mike wrote:
> Dave mentioned his blocks are planed and I think they
> used to be planed – but aren’t they actually SANDED
> smooth underwater these days?

The solid wood blocks I get are planed by hand (or finished by myself
with a scraper blade, as Mark mentioned); the hardwood blocks from
Matsumura-san are indeed finished under a spray of water (after coming
out of the large finishing planer). He says the grit is '8000+', so I
would think this amounts to 'polishing' more than sanding, in actual
practice. They certainly come out very 'polished' in appearance ...

Dave

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Message 6
From: Blog Manager
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:55:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 36652] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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Tuesday, 19th of August, 2008

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