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Message 1
From: guadalupe victorica reyes
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:22:34 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37947] Lessedra update
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About Lessedra: I was accepted for Lessedra last year and agree about the beautifull catalog. It has been an inspiration to see how Georgi administers the call for prints. Last year was my first year to participate in printmaking exchanges and events so I had many questions. Georgi always answered with most kindness and patience. Thanks to Georgi Kolev and some other printmaking calls organizers I did the Prints for Peace. I plan to participate in the 2008 edition.

You can see the call at: http://www.lessedra.com/catalogues.php

Best Regards, Guadalupe

Dra. Guadalupe Victorica


http://www.printsforpeacemexico.blogspot.com/
Arte Desarrollo Humano
Primer Convocatoria Internacional Grabados por la Paz México 2008 IMNRC
Primer Colectiva Internacional de Grabado 2009
Prints for Peace 2008, First International Printmaking Collective 2009

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Message 2
From: Bette Wappner
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:35:22 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37948] Re: Dave's list of tools
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I'm including your reply Dave, so others can follow the conversation.

So for the major clearing, do you start with your Marunomi 15mm
(shallow) then finish with the Soai Nomi 24mm? I'm guessing you use
the 6mm Marunomi (deep) for only smaller clearings?

I find it interesting that you don't use any small Komasuku (deep u-
gouge). Do you then use your smaller Aisuki (bull-nose) against the
Hangi To cut lines?

Thank you,
Bette.

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Message 3
From: Dave Bull
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:50:53 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37949] Re: Dave's list of tools
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> So for the major clearing, do you start with your Marunomi 15mm
> (shallow)
> then finish with the Soai Nomi 24mm?

My procedure is basically the same as most carvers here:
- start with the hangi-to, and cut all the lines
- clear the major waste. (I use the 15mm shallow to run a 'moat' around
areas first, then use the wide 24mm to rip away the rest.)
- final stage is to remove the waste against the lines, with the small
aisuki chisels

> I'm guessing you use the 6mm Marunomi (deep) for only smaller
> clearings?

Yes. And if I didn't have this one, I wouldn't really miss it at all,
as the aisuki chisels can easily do that part of the job.

> I find it interesting that you don't use any small Komasuku (deep
> u-gouge).

I really don't like clearing deeply. If the cleared areas near the
lines are too deep, you can't rub the brushes smoothly over the
surface. They 'fall' into the deep holes, and 'bang' against the edges
of the lines. I don't think there is anywhere on any of my blocks that
is carved as much as 4mm down ... and that depth is only reached in
wide areas. Up near the lines, 1mm~ is fine, for _my_ method of
printing, anyway. I don't let the paper get soggy to the point where it
starts to sag down, and I have pretty good baren technique, to keep it
moving in very flat patterns, without banging into unwanted areas.

But with the printing skills I had say, twenty years ago, I _needed_ to
carve deeply, or the prints would just be a mess of unwanted marks from
the 'cleared' areas ...

Dave

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Message 4
From: carol Montgomery
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:04:07 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37950] Re: a rightful petition for the Arts
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Thanks a lot for the heads up on this, Benny; I sent it on to a bunch of people. Got back two replies already, thanking me for the link. Carol

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Message 5
From: Bette Wappner
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:19:19 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37951] Re: Dave's list of tools
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Thanks much, Dave. Your explanations here are very helpful :)
Bette.

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Subject: Year of the Rat Print Exhibition
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