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Baren Digest                Friday, 29 May 1998        Volume 03 : Number 167

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 08:46:33 -0400
Subject: [Baren 822] Re: Introduction 


Sheryl
In my welcome I forgot to warn you about Graham.  He is a great printmaker
but watch out for the jokes.  

Cheers

Ray Esposito

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 08:48:46 -0400
Subject: [Baren 823] Re: Welcome Sheryl 

Gary wrote:
>Welcome to the forum Sheryl.  I am another of the "lurkers" who sit back in
>the second row to watch the goings on, and jump into the ring every ...
> once in a while, 

Only every "once in a while"

>and of course what they lack in brevity 

Now Gary, whoooo could you possibly be talking about....:>)

Ray Esposito

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From: Blueman <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:35:05 -0400
Subject: [Baren 824] Re: Baren Digest V3 #166 

> My name is Sheryl Coppenger. 

Sheryl, I have just visited your website and have enjoyed
every bit of your work.  I am new at hanga style printing
myself and have found the Baren a good place to learn
everything one ever wanted to know about the subject.  
I know you will enjoy being here.  

By the way, I like the explanations you give about 
the different processesin your artwork.  Some things 
I knew already but I alsolearned some things.  
For instance, I didn't know you coulduse watercolor
for a monoprint!

Your linoleum cuts are nice.  They have a quality 
that usually I get from wood and I was impressed.

Gayle Wohlken

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 07:34:43 -0700
Subject: [Baren 825] Re: Welcome Sheryl 

 Sheryl.

>Gary Luedtke wrote
>and of course what they lack in brevity is made up for
>with levity.

He got most of this right.
Some of them even border on hilarity

Graham

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 07:40:14 -0700
Subject: [Baren 826] Re: Introduction 

Ray Esposito wrote,

>In my welcome I forgot to warn you about Graham.  He is a great printmaker
>but watch out for the jokes.

He got most of this right.   Should read,

He is a great Joker
and watch out for the printmaking.

Graham

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From: Dan Wasserman <dwasser@slam.org>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 09:59:58 -0500
Subject: [Baren 827] Woodblock and Litho 

Dear Baren:

Dave will have to confirm this, but according to my wife who as an art historian
focussing on Edo Period prints is often asked by American collectors to look at
their prints, earlier this century some prints were reproduced by inking up
woodblocks and transferring the various blocks to litho stones... the lithographs
pulled from these stones may on examination appear to have been drawn from actual
woodblocks but the pigment infiltration through to the back of the print will be
absent.  I would have to ask her if oil inks were used or if the less common
process of printing from litho stones with watercolors ways used... Seinfelder,
the originator of the lithographic process, describes printing in full or in part
using watercolors as an excellent method of producing lithographs in multiple
colors...

Regards -dan w-


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From: sheryl@seas.gwu.edu (Sheryl Coppenger)
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:20:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Baren 828] Re: Woodblock and Litho 

That's very interesting.  However, I don't see how it would be possible to
use water-based inks on litho stones.  The process is based entirely on
the principle that oil and water don't mix and the printer is continually
sponging the stone so the oil-based ink will only stick to the right areas.  
Are you sure that they didn't just hand-color outline lithographs with 
watercolor?  Stencils also were used to color prints earlier in the century.
I'll try to remember to check the Tamarind book when I get home.  If you
can, please provide a specific reference in the Senenfelder book.

Sheryl Coppenger    

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:45:22 -0700
Subject: [Baren 829] Re: Woodblock and Litho 

Sheryl wrote
>That's very interesting.  However, I don't see how it would be possible to
>use water-based inks on litho stones.  The process is based entirely on
>the principle that oil and water don't mix and the printer is continually
>sponging the stone so the oil-based ink will only stick to the right areas.

Yes that is right.
You know that..... I know that ...... the guy that is going to teach a
workshop this summer at University of Victoria says differently.
I will be attending this to find our all about it.  The coarse is called
Waterless Lithography where they use waterbase pigments.
Hmmmmm.

I will let you know about it after July 15th. when the workshop ends.

Graham

Is a person standing in the fog mystified?

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