Today's postings

  1. [Baren 42331] From: jessie riley (owner-baren # ml.asahi-net.or.jp)
  2. [Baren 42332] New years Cards (Marilynn Smith)
  3. [Baren 42333] Dave Bull's gift print and a BIG thank you (Linda Beeman)
  4. [Baren 42334] Re: Dave Bull's gift print and a BIG thank you (David Bull)
  5. [Baren 42335] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
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Message 1
From: owner-baren # ml.asahi-net.or.jp
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:04:52 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42331] From: jessie riley
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Hello again,

Thanks to all for the warm welcome!

Several people mentioned the embossing on Fishers of Men - the press was set
up for intaglio and I forgot to change the pressure. Whoops. There are
also two more color plates that go with that particular print, which will
hide the worst of the textures.

Prints are indeed for sale/trade. Let me know if you want to buy/trade for
one.

I really appreciate all the feedback - it's so good to hear from people
outside the tiny sphere of my particular art department!

Finally, some more images.
Self-portrait print "I will hold on"
"initial drawing"
"One Fish Two Fish"

(I did not do all those prints in the background. They were by previous
printmaking students...)

Best wishes,
Jessie Riley
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Message 2
From: Marilynn Smith
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:46:04 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42332] New years Cards
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My apologies for not getting my New years cards in the mail. They are
done and dry. We are packing to head back to the Baja. I have not
had time get them addressed. Next spring when I return you will get
them along with the card for the next season. Sorry sorry sorry.

Thank you thank you Kristine Alder for sending along the colophon for
the map exchange. It is beautiful.

Marilynn
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Message 3
From: Linda Beeman
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:59:02 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42333] Dave Bull's gift print and a BIG thank you
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I decided this year for my birthday to treat myself to Dave Bull's gift print, "Floating Carp".  It came today.  There's no other way to say it: It is exquisite.  My first thought upon opening the package is that I am not worthy to call myself a moku hanga artist.  But then Dave, you've got about 20 years or more experience on me so I won't kick myself too hard! I have something to strive for!

I don't know what kind of tiny tools you use but I want them.  Then there is the embossing - the sumi-nagasi.  Amazing!  I just can't express what a privilege I feel to hold this in my hands, let alone own it.  Happy Birthday to ME!

Next, I want to thank Baren members for your help and support the past several months.  I undertook a huge project for a grant- 14 prints, 13 x 17 inches, most 8 blocks on average, done in 6 months.  I do not recommend it.  But it was the way I wrote the grant and that's what I had to do.  Again, I do not recommend it!
As of yesterday it is finished.  The first showing of the series is next week, Nov. 21 and I am nervously excited.  Once I have the showing under my belt I will post pictures but not until.

I have gotten to know several of you well thru emails when you offered suggestions to my posts about problems or when you commented on my blog.  I hope to meet you all someday because you are an amazing group of people.

Linda Beeman
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Message 4
From: David Bull
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:28:19 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42334] Re: Dave Bull's gift print and a BIG thank you
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Linda wrote:
> I decided this year for my birthday to treat myself to Dave Bull's
> gift print, "Floating Carp". It came today. There's no other way
> to say it: It is exquisite.

Hee-hee ... thank you! The response to this year's Gift Print has been
spectacular - it seems that once again, Hokusai has come through to
support me!

Although actually, that's not completely true this time; I very
heavily edited the image, and using 'sumi-nagashi' wasn't his idea, it
was mine!

> I don't know what kind of tiny tools you use but I want them.

No 'tiny tools' were harmed during the production of that print!
Nothing was used but what you see on this page:
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/014_01/014_01.html

I sometimes see orders going through the Baren Mall for very small
cutting knives - on the order of 2~3 mm - and I always think to
myself, "Here comes trouble ...," because almost every single time, a
few weeks later we get an email that reads, "Dear Mall Managers, The
tool I purchased from you just now is defective. It broke as soon as I
started cutting with it! Please replace it ..."

> 14 prints, 13 x 17 inches, most 8 blocks on average, done in 6 months.

Yay! Production!

Look forward to seeing them ...

Dave

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Subject: A Visit to Mokuhankan - Part Two
Posted by: Dave Bull

This thread about Mokuhankan is continued from Part One, and the series was introduced here.

Directly opposite the front entrance through which Dave and his guest had come is a wide staircase; they begin to go up. It leads to what the guest at first assumes is a mezzanine, but which opens out quite a long way back.

The workroom is very airy and spacious - skylit - and all the furnishings and structures are a light wood finish. There is greenery everywhere, with planters being 'built-in' around (and over!) many of the work areas. Music is playing - something with a light Brazilian beat. It is clear from the layout that there is a 'zone' where we are permitted to walk through the shop to observe the people at work - the workstations are set behind a low railing which defines how far we can approach. Some of the stations have a large mirror above them - just like the ones in TV cooking programs - to help us see what is going on.

Dave and his guest head over to the left side of the shop, where there are a couple of printing stations side-by-side. Each printer is seated on a slightly elevated platform, with a printing block on a slanted board in front at waist level. Mounted on the low railing between us and each of the workers is a panel with an image of the print this craftsman is working on, along . . .
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Subject: Design Stage -- Christmas Card
Posted by: Ellen Shipley


The Schuyler House Christmas card is in the design stage.  That's Tay, the office dog (or one of them, but he's there most days).  He greets everyone with the hope of getting up a game of tug or fetch.  I imagined him greeting Santa's team on the castle ramparts.*

I googled oodles of reindeer, castle crenellations, even the harness Santa prefers.  ;->  I don't know what I'd do without the internet for inspiration and research.



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