Today's postings
- [Baren 38018] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4693 (Feb 1, 2009) (Marilynn Smith)
- [Baren 38019] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4692 (Jan 31, 2009) (Sharri LaPierre)
- [Baren 38020] synthetic chamois as blotter ("Maria Arango")
- [Baren 38021] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4693 (Feb 1, 2009) (Marilynn Smith)
- [Baren 38022] Exchanges Update! ("Maria Arango")
- [Baren 38023] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4692 (Jan 31, 2009) (Graham Scholes)
- [Baren 38024] address for ox exchange (Linden Langdon)
- [Baren 38025] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
Message 1
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:46:59 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38018] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4693 (Feb 1, 2009)
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Jan that reminds me of the way I found a background for a simple black
and white block. I had my butcher tray filled with water pigments,
they were so watery that they ran together, I went to wash it out and
decided the colors would be magnificent as a background. So, I simply
put my paper in the tray and let it soak up all that wonderful color.I
had a water based background and an oil based print. It made an
exciting background for my prints. I agree, don't throw things out
before you play with them, that can be a whole lot of fun!
Marilynn
and white block. I had my butcher tray filled with water pigments,
they were so watery that they ran together, I went to wash it out and
decided the colors would be magnificent as a background. So, I simply
put my paper in the tray and let it soak up all that wonderful color.I
had a water based background and an oil based print. It made an
exciting background for my prints. I agree, don't throw things out
before you play with them, that can be a whole lot of fun!
Marilynn
Message 2
From: Sharri LaPierre
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:21:47 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38019] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4692 (Jan 31, 2009)
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I don't know what it is that is causing paper dampening problems this
year, but I suspect, and therefore declare with authority, that it is
all due to Climate Change aka Global Warming. I had a terrible time
keeping the paper the right consistency for #39 - it was either too
dry or too wet. Or the top half was too wet and the bottom half too
dry. Or vice versa. We have had an unusual January which is normally
a very wet month, but instead has been a very cold and dry month with
a lot of snow. Therefore, our normal humidity disappeared and we have
had to run the forced air heat much more and I'm sure that all counts
in the world of Hanga. Anyway, the devil as always was in the details
and I fought that little scamp night and day for a month and believe
me, you can all rest easy, he is lying in a defeated heap in one
corner of my very messy studio.
You know that thing about painting the water on alternate sheets for a
paper pack? Well, on Echizen Kozo it needs water on every sheet. It
is just too thick to do alternate sheets and have them dampen properly
- or so I found in this particular January in this particular
Washington State. There are way too many particulars in Hanga! ;-)
Ahh, but it is so much fun to do and to complain about...
I apologize for my contribution being late, AEleen, but they should be
there somewhere near the middle of this week. I will priority-mail
them out tomorrow. And, then it will be on with the Ox.
Jan - your tale of the atagami papers is a hoot. Mine are always such
a wrinkled mess and usually some shade of brown and often have holes
in them. I use baking parchment and it works like a dream and is
sometimes hardy enough (or I'm gentle enough) for them to last through
several prints. Looking forward to your Aussie Ox arriving!
Oh! One more learning experience which has to do with Baren wrapping,
which is always a hoot. I remembered the clamping tip this time, but
BEWARE! One must remember to remove the clamps when finished wrapping
or those rascals will split every time. I'm sure everyone else in the
world knew this. sigh.
Cheers ~
Sharri
year, but I suspect, and therefore declare with authority, that it is
all due to Climate Change aka Global Warming. I had a terrible time
keeping the paper the right consistency for #39 - it was either too
dry or too wet. Or the top half was too wet and the bottom half too
dry. Or vice versa. We have had an unusual January which is normally
a very wet month, but instead has been a very cold and dry month with
a lot of snow. Therefore, our normal humidity disappeared and we have
had to run the forced air heat much more and I'm sure that all counts
in the world of Hanga. Anyway, the devil as always was in the details
and I fought that little scamp night and day for a month and believe
me, you can all rest easy, he is lying in a defeated heap in one
corner of my very messy studio.
You know that thing about painting the water on alternate sheets for a
paper pack? Well, on Echizen Kozo it needs water on every sheet. It
is just too thick to do alternate sheets and have them dampen properly
- or so I found in this particular January in this particular
Washington State. There are way too many particulars in Hanga! ;-)
Ahh, but it is so much fun to do and to complain about...
I apologize for my contribution being late, AEleen, but they should be
there somewhere near the middle of this week. I will priority-mail
them out tomorrow. And, then it will be on with the Ox.
Jan - your tale of the atagami papers is a hoot. Mine are always such
a wrinkled mess and usually some shade of brown and often have holes
in them. I use baking parchment and it works like a dream and is
sometimes hardy enough (or I'm gentle enough) for them to last through
several prints. Looking forward to your Aussie Ox arriving!
Oh! One more learning experience which has to do with Baren wrapping,
which is always a hoot. I remembered the clamping tip this time, but
BEWARE! One must remember to remove the clamps when finished wrapping
or those rascals will split every time. I'm sure everyone else in the
world knew this. sigh.
Cheers ~
Sharri
Message 3
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:01:21 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38020] synthetic chamois as blotter
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> I don't know what it is that is causing paper dampening problems this
> year, but I suspect, and therefore declare with authority, that it is
> all due to Climate Change aka Global Warming. I had a terrible time
> keeping the paper the right consistency for #39 - it was either too
> dry or too wet. Or the top half was too wet and the bottom half too
> dry. Or vice versa. We have had an unusual January which is normally
> a very wet month, but instead has been a very cold and dry month with
> a lot of snow. Therefore, our normal humidity disappeared and we have
> had to run the forced air heat much more and I'm sure that all counts
> in the world of Hanga.
I solved my problems by keeping my paper dampened with something that
retains water better than a blotter and is reusable, so I thought I would
share the method.
I went digging in various places and found two items that seemed they would
do the trick. One was a shipping padded envelope, much like the
bubble-padded yellow envelopes, except these are waterproof on the outside.
I got two, one for the prints ready to print and one for the stack after the
printing.
Now the problem of keeping the paper damp inside the critters. I tried
blotters and they would not hold even dampness, drying out slightly as I
opened and closed the envelope to grab or deposit each piece of paper.
Then I found a synthetic chamois product (there are actually several in the
market) used to dry your auto after washing. They hold 7-9 times their
weight in water depending on how much you want to spend.
I dampened my stack as usual and sandwiched between these marvelous
"blotters" and the piles stayed absolutely evenly damp for the 8 days that
it took me to print all the colors of my Exchange #39 print. Absolutely
perfectly at the same degree of dampness!
Then it came time to dry out the prints and I just let the synthetic chamois
dry outside. Then I restacked the damp paper and changed the chamois as I
did the blotters before, but these take up much more moisture and the prints
were flat and dry in a couple of hours.
Amazing product, newest in my arsenal to conquest lack of humidity. They are
large enough for all my current work and washable, no more expensive
blotting paper!
Maria
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Maria Arango
http://1000woodcuts.com
http://artfestivalguide.info
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
> year, but I suspect, and therefore declare with authority, that it is
> all due to Climate Change aka Global Warming. I had a terrible time
> keeping the paper the right consistency for #39 - it was either too
> dry or too wet. Or the top half was too wet and the bottom half too
> dry. Or vice versa. We have had an unusual January which is normally
> a very wet month, but instead has been a very cold and dry month with
> a lot of snow. Therefore, our normal humidity disappeared and we have
> had to run the forced air heat much more and I'm sure that all counts
> in the world of Hanga.
I solved my problems by keeping my paper dampened with something that
retains water better than a blotter and is reusable, so I thought I would
share the method.
I went digging in various places and found two items that seemed they would
do the trick. One was a shipping padded envelope, much like the
bubble-padded yellow envelopes, except these are waterproof on the outside.
I got two, one for the prints ready to print and one for the stack after the
printing.
Now the problem of keeping the paper damp inside the critters. I tried
blotters and they would not hold even dampness, drying out slightly as I
opened and closed the envelope to grab or deposit each piece of paper.
Then I found a synthetic chamois product (there are actually several in the
market) used to dry your auto after washing. They hold 7-9 times their
weight in water depending on how much you want to spend.
I dampened my stack as usual and sandwiched between these marvelous
"blotters" and the piles stayed absolutely evenly damp for the 8 days that
it took me to print all the colors of my Exchange #39 print. Absolutely
perfectly at the same degree of dampness!
Then it came time to dry out the prints and I just let the synthetic chamois
dry outside. Then I restacked the damp paper and changed the chamois as I
did the blotters before, but these take up much more moisture and the prints
were flat and dry in a couple of hours.
Amazing product, newest in my arsenal to conquest lack of humidity. They are
large enough for all my current work and washable, no more expensive
blotting paper!
Maria
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Maria Arango
http://1000woodcuts.com
http://artfestivalguide.info
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Message 4
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:09:34 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38021] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4693 (Feb 1, 2009)
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Hi,
I doubt most of you realize that here in the Baja we have a lot of
limitations on the art supplies we can get. This is what the Mexicans
call the frontier. When we first bought our place here there was no
major super market of a good quality. One went to the fruit and
vegetable stand, to the bakery, to the fish market, etc. Even kitchen
goods that were available were very limited and often of very poor
quality. Hardly anyone drove a new car, most were old and rickety.
There is one road that leads down the Baja, it is two lanes and winds
through the mountains. Goods are trucked via this road or flown in.
In the 16 years we have owned our place we have seen a great deal of
growth. There is a Costco, Mega Store, Home Depot, Walmart, Office
Max. The roads are crowded with new cars and we can get decent
kitchen wares and the prices for appliances have become reasonable. I
am very lucky to have an art store 5 minutes from my place. They
don't have Rives, they don't have Japanese papers, they don't have
printmaking inks of good quality. American goods are very expensive
at this time and in the art supply department almost impossible to
get. What they do have are some marvelous hand made paper, some grand
concentrated water pigments and a wonderful watercolor paper, made in
Mexico. If I try to get goods from the states I may never get them,
the mail is very unpredictable. So when I speak of working with these
supplies it truly is a trial and error to see how the pigments and
papers respond to printmaking techniques. Put this together with the
already difficult process of working with water and pigment and you
have a challenging endeavor. It does stretch ones creative mind and
leave lots of room for experimentation. It also extends my learning
curve. And I love the warm sunny beach!
I am having some grand success with this lovely paper and with a nice
concentrated watercolor pigment, so I am not deprived it is merely
different.
Happy printing,
Mar
I doubt most of you realize that here in the Baja we have a lot of
limitations on the art supplies we can get. This is what the Mexicans
call the frontier. When we first bought our place here there was no
major super market of a good quality. One went to the fruit and
vegetable stand, to the bakery, to the fish market, etc. Even kitchen
goods that were available were very limited and often of very poor
quality. Hardly anyone drove a new car, most were old and rickety.
There is one road that leads down the Baja, it is two lanes and winds
through the mountains. Goods are trucked via this road or flown in.
In the 16 years we have owned our place we have seen a great deal of
growth. There is a Costco, Mega Store, Home Depot, Walmart, Office
Max. The roads are crowded with new cars and we can get decent
kitchen wares and the prices for appliances have become reasonable. I
am very lucky to have an art store 5 minutes from my place. They
don't have Rives, they don't have Japanese papers, they don't have
printmaking inks of good quality. American goods are very expensive
at this time and in the art supply department almost impossible to
get. What they do have are some marvelous hand made paper, some grand
concentrated water pigments and a wonderful watercolor paper, made in
Mexico. If I try to get goods from the states I may never get them,
the mail is very unpredictable. So when I speak of working with these
supplies it truly is a trial and error to see how the pigments and
papers respond to printmaking techniques. Put this together with the
already difficult process of working with water and pigment and you
have a challenging endeavor. It does stretch ones creative mind and
leave lots of room for experimentation. It also extends my learning
curve. And I love the warm sunny beach!
I am having some grand success with this lovely paper and with a nice
concentrated watercolor pigment, so I am not deprived it is merely
different.
Happy printing,
Mar
Message 5
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:36:37 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38022] Exchanges Update!
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Your patient coordinator eagerly awaits prints for Exchange #39!
Deadline February 1st, that being today.
Please let us know at coordinator39@barenforum.org your mailing date so that
AEleen can plan accordingly as far as collating.
Mail your prints to the address in the information page:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_39/exchange_39.html
Exchange #40 is underway!
A healthy sign up list and all the information is here:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_40/exchange_40.html
Get printing...
Maria
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Maria Arango
http://1000woodcuts.com
http://artfestivalguide.info
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Deadline February 1st, that being today.
Please let us know at coordinator39@barenforum.org your mailing date so that
AEleen can plan accordingly as far as collating.
Mail your prints to the address in the information page:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_39/exchange_39.html
Exchange #40 is underway!
A healthy sign up list and all the information is here:
http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_40/exchange_40.html
Get printing...
Maria
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Maria Arango
http://1000woodcuts.com
http://artfestivalguide.info
O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O=O
Message 6
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:04:08 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38023] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V46 #4692 (Jan 31, 2009)
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Sharri LaPierre wrote:
> I use baking parchment and it works like a dream and is sometimes
> hardy enough (or I'm gentle enough) for them to last through several
> prints.
You are definitely cooking now... That stuff works like a charm.....
It was Barbara Mason who introduced it.... Thanks Barbara at
BootCamp.... was that 9 years ago ... ugh.
This year marks the end of a era.... No more Bootcamps here in
Sidney. I have closed down the gallery space where we held boobcamp.
Marnie asked if I would put in a Granny suite.... So that has been
the modus operandi for the past two months.... When Marnie and I get
nodding and drooling we will move into the space... in the meantime it
is a rental for the snow bird from the east.
> Oh! One more learning experience which has to do with Baren
> wrapping, which is always a hoot. I remembered the clamping tip
> this time, but BEWARE! One must remember to remove the clamps when
> finished wrapping or those rascals will split every time.
Not only that the the baren is a little awkward to use with a cling-on-
clamp. I trust everyone knows about the clamp thingie... there is
no better way to tie up the loose ends... (0
Message 7
From: Linden Langdon
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:31:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 38024] address for ox exchange
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Hello - My ox prints are heading out to most people in the Chinese New Year exchane, however the post office man was not happy with several of the addresses as they don't have the country. So please excuse my not knowing where all these wonderful places are...but... as the gentleman said, there are more than one of some cities on opposite sides of the world.
So, to clarify, here are the names of the people for whom I am missing the country from the address,
McKinzie Lefstein
Linda McPhail
Barbara Mason
Terry Peart
Kristine Alder
Carol Montgomery
Lana Lambert
Jane Cloutier
Dale Phelps
Lynn Starun
Kathe Welch
Heather Piazza
Brad Robinson
Maria Arango
Doug Haug
Eileen Corder
Marilynn Smith
Patti Phare-Camp
MOnica Bright
Cobbie Brewer
George Garside
I am very sorry to have to post these names this way, but I really can't see another solution at present and the post office won't accept them as they are. So if people could please email me - lindenjane@yahoo.com.au - and let me know what the country is I would be very grateful. I'm sure that they will turn out to be USA - but better to be safe than sorry as they may just disappear into the lost post bag otherwise!
Thanks very much
Linden
So, to clarify, here are the names of the people for whom I am missing the country from the address,
McKinzie Lefstein
Linda McPhail
Barbara Mason
Terry Peart
Kristine Alder
Carol Montgomery
Lana Lambert
Jane Cloutier
Dale Phelps
Lynn Starun
Kathe Welch
Heather Piazza
Brad Robinson
Maria Arango
Doug Haug
Eileen Corder
Marilynn Smith
Patti Phare-Camp
MOnica Bright
Cobbie Brewer
George Garside
I am very sorry to have to post these names this way, but I really can't see another solution at present and the post office won't accept them as they are. So if people could please email me - lindenjane@yahoo.com.au - and let me know what the country is I would be very grateful. I'm sure that they will turn out to be USA - but better to be safe than sorry as they may just disappear into the lost post bag otherwise!
Thanks very much
Linden
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