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Message 1
From: Guadalupe Victorica
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:32:02 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44973] RE: New Baren Digest (HTML) Maciej and Exchange 50
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Wellcome Maciej.
Gayle, I received my beautifull box of prints in Monterrey Mexico. The prints are great and the box is amazing.
Do any of you know where I can find layout instruction for more design of boxes?.

The collection is great and I would like to exhibit it sometime.
I do not own a gallery but several institutions lend us their gallery for exhibit. I wish I had more time to do exhibits.
I am planning a solo exhibit of printmaking for 2013 I have not done one since 2008.

Thank you all and gayle for the hard work. Saludos, Guadalupe

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Message 2
From: "bobcatpath # 207me.com"
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:04:24 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44974] PAPER BIRCH TREES
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that is very true
the warning about taking bark
it is very easy to kill a tree by doing it wrong

one can usually gather bags of bark strips in a forest that has WHITE BIRCH
the bark peels itself off in good sized strips
the temptation is to take too much
but better to only take a little
come back when you need more

besides its uses for paper , baskets and boxes
it is a great fire starter for your kindling

most of our big old PAPER BIRCHES are gone
artists i know mostly get their bark off
white birch logs already cut for firewood
then you can get MANY layers to work with
which if you took it off a live tree would kill it
i think that some of these very thin brown layers
might be quite interesting to print
perhaps i will try it

our local white birch now has a blight that causes
large back scabs to mar the bark
then it dies early or simply does not thrive-


thank you-Betty for your kind comment

Gilyin

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Message 3
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:01:44 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44975] Boxes and Wraps book/Exchange #50 prints
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I'm happy to hear some of the last of Exchange #50 packages are finally arriving, though there are 6 people whom I believe have not received theirs yet.

Guadalupe, the name of the book I used (which featured the design for the small exchange boxes that I had made) is an out-of-print book titled "Books, Boxes, and Wraps" by Marilyn Webberley and JoAn Forsyth. I looked online for you and found there are some copies available through Amazon.com but they look to be expensive. There are some used ones for $36 and new ones for twice that much, and others even more expensive. It's a good book, but a paperback, so if I were ordering one, I wouldn't buy one of the new ones. There were about 6 used ones available.

Hoping to hear from those last few Exchange $50 participants soon. It seems they are trickling in now.

~Gayle

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Message 4
From: Gayle Wohlken
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:04:33 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44976] Correction: "Books, Boxes, and Wraps" by Marilyn Webberley
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I rechecked and there are 20 used copies of "Books, Boxes, and Wraps" at $36 (only 6 copies of the "New" books).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1886475008/sr=1-1/qid=1326137889/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1326137889&sr=1-1&seller=

~Gayle

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Message 5
From: Elizabeth Atwood
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:04:56 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44977] Re: Boxes and Wraps book/Exchange #50 prints
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Gayle..........
In a response to Gaudalupe, would it be an infringement of a patent
if you were to send a copy of the box specs? And, if you had them
made, where did you get the work done?
Obviously I am interested as well.......but only for personal use.
Eliz A.......

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Message 6
From: nancy osadchuk
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:15:56 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44978] Re: Year of the Dragon Exchange
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Bea, what a good idea about the name in the address box!

NancyO

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Message 7
From: Carole Baker
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:54:46 GMT
Subject: [Baren 44979] Year of the Dragon Exchange
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Terry,
I have taken over the Chinese Zodiac exchange. I'm using Julio's
code, just changing things when needed.

Great to hear you're working on your prints. I've just started
working on my drawing.

Syd Harper,
If you meant to be in the exchange, you need to sign up again and
leave your address.

Bea,
For earlier exchanges I have formatted the addresses so I could print
them print and will do so this time send to all the participants if
they have left their email address.

Carole Baker
Gustavus, Alaska


> Julio - how did you get your address to format correctly?
>
> And Syd signed up but didn't leave an address.
>
> I'm working on my dragon as we speak! I hope to send it out into
> the world
> closer to the actual New Year, this year.
>
> Enjoying every minute,
> Terry P
> West Seattle
>
> www.terrypeart.blogspot.com
>
>
> Greetings:
>
> The sign up page for the Year of the Dragon Exchange is still
> waiting for
> participants. 35 have signed up so far. The page will be up for
> another
> week so that those who want to get their prints in the mail before
> the year
> begins on January 23 can do so.
>

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Subject: Mystique Series #18 : Carving progress
Posted by: Dave Bull

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Subject: "Testing Gravity" Revisited

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