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Message 1
From: aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:45:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41946] Re: Baren forum: re. Barbara Patera
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dear barbara
im so sorry to hear about your illness. ive always loved your work and when i met you at the summit in oregon i grew to love you. you are so witty and fun to be around. i cherise the prints i have from you
with love and prayers
georga

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Message 2
From: aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:54:29 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41947] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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dear barbara
im so sorry to hear about your illness. ive always loved your work and when i met you at the summit in oregon i grew to love you. you are so witty and fun to be around. i cherise the prints i have from you
with love and prayers
georga

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Message 3
From: aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:58:38 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41948] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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dear barbara
im so sorry to hear about your illness. ive always loved your work and when i met you at the summit in oregon i grew to love you. you are so witty and fun to be around. i cherise the prints i have from you
with love and prayers
georga

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Message 4
From: Louise Cass
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:34:23 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41949] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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Dear Barbara - I, too remember meeting and working beside you at the West
Coast summit - I cherish your prints received in baren exchanges and wish
you well again! Louise Cass

On Wed 15/09/10 1:23 AM , "Bea Gold" bnj50@att.net sent:
Dear Barbara, Your daughter Kate told us about your illness and I want
you
to know how sorry I am. Oh, I am so sad. I love you and your work and
wish
you the best. Bea Gold

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>>

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Message 5
From: Annie Bissett
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:52:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41950] Re: April's Photos, Barbara P
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Wonderful photos, April. Thank you. Very interesting too to see the
demo by Carol Summers. I had read that he uses solvents to soften the
colors and enhance bleed-through, so I enjoyed seeing him in action.

Sending my heartfelt best wishes to Barbara and all her family.
Thanks to Kate for letting us know.

best to all,

Annie

. . . . .

Annie Bissett

portfolio: http://www.anniebissett.com
blog: http://woodblockdreams.blogspot.com
my new book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1566703

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Message 6
From: "Maria Arango Diener"
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:49 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41951] RE: Barbara Patera
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Dear Barbara,



I have long enjoyed your works and comments on Baren. I agree your prints of
women are powerful and your craftsmanship and artistic eye are the best. We
should all take note and comment on each other's works more often, give each
other encouragement and support.

Best wishes to you, peace and love from the heart.



Maria



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www.1000woodcuts.com

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Message 7
From: Darrell Madis
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:01:57 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41952] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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So sorry to hear of Barbara's illness.  I treasure her prints from the Baren exchanges I have, they are some of the best.

Darrell


Madis Arts

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Message 8
From: Bette Wappner
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:43:48 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41953] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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Dear Barbara Patera,
I'm glad your wonderful daughter Kate has contacted the Baren Forum.
I joined Baren around 2002 and have always enjoyed your woodcut
prints. I've found images of your other excellent works online, too--
such as digital print, pottery, drawings. You are very talented and
all of your art reveals a very keen eye and heart and energy to the
depth of human and nature. One of my favorite woodcut prints of
yours is perhaps "Shaman" -- http://artibase.com/html/work/
I1248729301776/shaman.

May you find strength and peace in your challenges. You are a blessing!

Some links to your works:

Spencer Museum:
http://empweb.nhm.ku.edu/eMuseumPlus?
service=ExternalInterface&siteId=1&module=artist&objectId=19008&viewType
=detailView&lang=en&actionListenerClassName=ch.zetcom.mp.presentation.ta
pestry.util.customCode.ActivateDetailTabPos2ActionListener

http://artibase.com/html/artist/I1265395632226/Barbara%20Patera
http://charlieovershoe.tripod.com/artetc/index.html
http://hollandart.tripod.com/BP-index.html
http://digitalartmuseum.com/december/patera/
http://digitalartmuseum.com/december/patera/index.html
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/projects/iraqexchange/gallery.html
http://www.printstudio.org.au/pri/psafe2.html
http://www.barenforum.org/encyclopedia/entries/017_01/patera.html

love and peace,
Bette Norcross Wappner

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Message 9
From: Renee
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:51:54 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41954] Barbara Patera
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Barbara, I have enjoyed your work and your comments on Baren. The print "Leaving Czechoslovakia" is wonderful, as my great grandparents also left their little town near Pilsen, when it was still the Austrian-Hungarian Empire (1902). Wishing you the best, Renee

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Message 10
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41955] Re: Barb Patera Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5369 (Sep 14, 2010)
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Kate...

Thank you for letting us know about your mother. She has been one of my
printmaking heroes, a wonderful artist with a unique vision, a kind and funny
personality full of life. I have always been especially pleased when I know her
work would be in a Baren exchange and I thoroughly enjoyed working and laughing
along side her at the Baren Summit a couple of years ago.

Please pass on to her that she is in my prayers and I wish her strength, peace,
and love in this very difficult time.


Diane

www.DianeCutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com

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Message 11
From: April Vollmer
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:30:04 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41956] RE: New Baren Digest (Text) V52 #5370 (Sep 15, 2010)
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I met Hugo Amaya and Jim Hibbard both, as well as enjoying a great demo by Carol Summers. Hugo is a great cook as well as a great teacher!

I feel very lucky to have been able to go on this great trip organized by Renee Covalucci of Boston Printmakers. I should have known that Baren-ers from Portland would know Jim and Hugo.

Best,

April
www.aprilvollmer.com

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Message 12
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:32:49 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41957] Re: Barb Patera
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Dear Barb,

I am so sorry for your illness. I love your work and loved meeting you at
the Oregon retreat. You worked so hard to help make it a memorable
experience for your fellow bareners. I wish you all the best in the warmth
of family and friends.

Ellen Shipley


>
>> Dear Baren Friends,
>> I am writing to let you know about long time member (also my mother) Barb
>> Patera’s health. Some of you may know that she has dealt with cancer in
>> the past. It has come back and seems to have the upper hand this time.
>> She started hospice about five weeks ago. I know that she enjoys the
>> people who make up the Baren community as well as the printmaking. I am
>> sure that she would not mind hearing from some of you.
>> Warm regards,
>> Kate Patera
>>
>>
>>

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Message 13
From: Andrew Stone
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:08:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41958] press beds again: sources
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I looked through the forums and this topic came up a few times but I'll ask again anyway. I'm looking for a local source of a replacement bed for my etching press.
I'll be printing all my woodcuts by hand with the baren but this press is for bigger things that I'd have trouble printing by hand:(etchings/montoprints/collographs/etc.)

I went to a cabinet maker that gave me the name of his supplier and said he can probably get me whatever I need if I tell him the name.
Can I get away with 1/2 inch Corian from the cabinet supply folks? Is there a better/cheaper alternative? What material should I ask for if they cut a piece for me? There are a few posts that mention phenolic resin beds; where would I find a supplier?
I know Graphic Chemical can provide beds but I'm looking for a local supplier to avoid having to deal with shipping such a big thing.

I'm looking to get a 28" X 60 or 70" length in some composite.

The previous owner did large scale woodcuts. He used (and gave me with the press) a solid-core door with a tympan to print them off of that is already 28"X70" long. He affixed steel sides to this to fit between the bearings of his bed; If I use this as a base, can I put a thinner layer on top than I'd need if I wanted a self supporting bed? I want something that wont crack/break from being cantilevered out over the end of the bed.

Thanks,

Andrew Stone
andrewstone1@me.com
rospobio.blogspot.com

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Message 14
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:34:35 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41959] Re: press beds again: sources
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Andrew
The problem with the bed you have is it will crush eventually since it is wood,
even though solid. Maybe put a piece of steel over the top of it. This would
work. Even a piece of plexiglas the size of the bed will work for awhile. Long
term you need something stronger than wood. Corian that long will probably get a
wow in it and you will have to turn it over constantly since it is not supported
on the ends. I suggest you find some way to support the bed when it is
extended.

I had an old wooden roller press years ago and I used a piece of UHMW for the
bed. This is ultra high molecular weight Polyethylene. you can buy it in sheets
and have it cut to your size. I have forgotten if it is more expensive than
Corian, the good news it did not stain and held up well. I used a milk crate to
support it, with a piece of wood to get it the exact height when extended. A
very home made deal. It will not crush easily, the use it for the crossings of
railroad tracks. It will not melt, it is compressed together under huge
pressure.

Phenolic is the best bed and used commercially for this, but you want the
domestic, not the import as the import sometimes has a tendency to warp when
they cut it. Look in the yellow pages or online to see if there is a plastic
distributor near you. Port Plastics is a national distributor and they have ian
office in San Jose. The problem is Phenolic comes in larger sheets and you need
to convince them they have a use for the rest of the sheet so you do not have to
buy the whole thing.

In the end it might be just as cheap to order it from Graphic. I have a bed I
ordered from them 20 years ago and it is still perfect...so sometimes you get
what you pay for and by the time you fiddle around and try three or four things
that don't work...you might save yourself the stress. Both Griffin and Etan
presses are in California but probably not really made there. Cheaper shipping
up and down the coast.
My best
Barbara

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Message 15
From: "DePry Clan"
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:50:43 GMT
Subject: [Baren 41960] Re: press beds again: sources
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Andrew,
I replaced my steel press bed with a high density poly... the product is called Servalite and is essentially a cutting board; I'm in Las Vegas. I got the 1" thick and they cut my pressbed size of 28"x48". It comes in 48"x 96" sheets varying in thickness so I didn't have to buy a sheet ~$250. It has memory, a subtle texture, solvent resistant, and is crush proof. I paid about 100 bones for it. The upside too was I could pick it up and place it in the press. Where the original steel bed required a 1 ton hoist, crowbar, and a buddy.
Hope that helps; its significantly cheaper than the pheno-board and of course a steel or aluminum bed. I tried plywood (least expensive alternative pressbed) but it isn't uniformly flat, but works in a pinch. If you use plywood be sure it is cabinet grade (no voids) - sand and seal it.
Double D

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