Today's postings

  1. [Baren 39814] Re: Exchange 43 is right around the corner! (Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com)
  2. [Baren 39815] Re: FW: San Antonio Baren Summit Proposal / Arts and Culture 2011? and request to Baren Council. (Bobbi Chukran)
  3. [Baren 39816] Re: OK, so I got the Akua inks, but.... (Bobbi Chukran)
  4. [Baren 39817] Anybody collect older prints? (Bobbi Chukran)
  5. [Baren 39818] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
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Message 1
From: Julio.Rodriguez # walgreens.com
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:30:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39814] Re: Exchange 43 is right around the corner!
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That sounds right.....also I think there is an official start time for the
signup, I think it's like 10:00am CST,

exchange managers can you verify ????

thanks....Julioi
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Message 2
From: Bobbi Chukran
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:57:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39815] Re: FW: San Antonio Baren Summit Proposal / Arts and Culture 2011? and request to Baren Council.
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>Since I have had several requests to confirm and update about the
>San Antonio Summit, I am copying my reply to Carol to the forum
>list.>

San Antonio? Yeehaw! Finally, something I might be able to attend!

>Maybe we can have a temporary exhibit in 2011, Baren woodblocks for
>the McNay Art Museum.

Now that would be exciting!

Hope your mom's doing well...

bobbi c.
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Message 3
From: Bobbi Chukran
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:00:45 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39816] Re: OK, so I got the Akua inks, but....
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>I throw stuff in the oven on warm all the time. Open the windows
>though. It only take a minute to dry them so keep an eye on them.
>I've browned a few!
>

Well, I've cooked paperclay sculptures before to dry them, so drying
prints would be a snap. LOL

Thanks...

bobbi c.
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Message 4
From: Bobbi Chukran
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:20:28 GMT
Subject: [Baren 39817] Anybody collect older prints?
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This might be OT, if so, sorry, but I just ran into a couple of older
woodblock prints on-line, and thought somebody here might be
interested. I know nothing about this company, BTW, other than they
specialize in mid-century modern stuff.

Here's a print by an American, J. I. (Jean) Allen, from CA:

http://www.modhare.com/picpages/A075.htm

Takehiko Hironaga, Japan:

http://www.modhare.com/picpages/A098.htm

Korean artist, Lee Hang Sung:

http://www.modhare.com/picpages/a110.htm

another by Kunio Kaneko:

http://www.modhare.com/picpages/a097.htm

and others, on this page:

http://www.modhare.com/art.htm

I had a ball just looking through the art on that page in general,
and especially liked seeing the older prints.

bobbi c.
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Subject: Williams Lake Workshop
Posted by: Amie Roman

Williams Lake Workshop Sept 09Well, ladies & gentlemen, as you can see from the delay between last post and this, I've not been particularly active art-wise. The summer months, especially end of August, are taken over with work in the garden, and, as a result, work in the kitchen to put away all those goodies for the rest of the year. You can check out what I've been up to in the garden & kitchen (and a little R&R on the side!) on my other blog, Roman Life.

That said, I just came back from a trip up to my Dad's in Horsefly, and at the beginning of that trip was a fantastic weekend, hosted by the Cariboo Arts Society, where I taught an introductory relief printmaking workshop.

Williams Lake Workshop Sept 09
We started the weekend with a discussion of materials and tools used. For this workshop, I had insisted that everyone use the soft carving materials, like Safety Kut or Speedy Cut, for their blocks, because I find that most people are able to carve those materials fairly easily, especially if they don't have great strength in their hands. I showed them different tools to carve with, and of course discussed safety and sharpening (not that I'm the best instructor for sharpening!).

(C) Sylvia Pare 2009(C) Sylvia Pare

I'd asked everyone to bring some source material, and to choose something to work on that would just be black and white. I demonstrated how I transfer an image from my sketchbook or a photo by tracing onto onion skin tracing paper, then flipping that paper and rubbing the image onto the soft carving block. That automatically reverses your image so that the printed version will come out in the same orientation as your original drawing. . . .
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