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Baren Digest              Tuesday, 2 December 1997      Volume 01 : Number 005

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From: David Bull <davebull@asahi-net.email.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 20:56:13 +0900
Subject: [Baren 30] Scrambled line lengths ...

As you have all no doubt noticed by now, I made a bit of a mess-up of
Matt's two postings yesterday, and they became very difficult to read
because of strange line lengths.

They are OK in the digest copy that is stored on the [Baren] home page.
Go to:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xs3d-bull/baren/default.html
follow the General Information Message, and look in the archives
section.

Sorry about that Matt ...  This mail list server has a lot of
'features', and it's taking me a bit of time to get used to it ...

Dave

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From: Oilcolors@aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:59:28 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Baren 31] Re:  The Baren

In a message dated 12/1/97 3:45:08 AM, Matt wrote:

>    I ran into troubles with bamboo barens. The bamboo skin covers wear out
> and I couldn't find new bamboo sheathing (let alone figure out how to tie it ).
> Then about 3 years ago Daniel Smith began carrying a plastic baren that ...

I enjoyed your thoughts on the baren... poetic. I have used dried corn husks
as over padded tomato sauce jar lids as a baren making exercise with
students.  Dick Blick Art Supplies and some other companies carry these
teflon coated barens which are extremely nice.  I've started rubbing often
with just my hands lately I don't know why but it works out okay since I've
never run an *edition* of more than five in my life --do I get kicked off the
list now? :-)

My interest in RIT dyes is that I get e-mail to my website sometimes from
impoverished backwoods artists (seriously) with little money or access to
supplies.  I've even sent out *care packages* of supplies and readings from
time to time...

Daniel

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