[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Wednesday, 5 August 1998 Volume 04 : Number 236 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Haydee Landing" Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 00:29:15 -0400 Subject: [Baren 1307] Re: the exchange update I'm interest in the exchange portfolio. It will be excellent idea to see works from differents parts of the world. Haydee ------------------------------ From: jimandkatemundie@juno.com (James G Mundie) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:43:44 -0400 Subject: [Baren 1308] the exchange continuing update 64,67-69,74-77 As you all have seen, the plummeting Canadian "duller" has caused Graham to increase his posts by a full fifty percent in order to add his two cents! Well, thanks for saving me the trouble, Mr. Scholes. It appears that as of today, a healthly number of replies has brought participation for the first [Baren] exchange to fifteen. Phil, Jeanne, Julio, John and Andrea all hopped on board today. There is still room for more! *** I received this post pertaining to the exchange from Sheryl today, so I will now post it here so that all of you can read it: Sheryl wrote: >Thanks for following up on this. IMO uniform paper size *is* important. >With so many papers and styles, it's the only thing that will hold the >collection together. Also, a bunch of different sizes rattling around in >a box means more possiblity for damage. >Not saying we have to go with the same thing, but in case nobody else >comes up with a starting point, I'm including some sample ground rules: >For the exchanges at school, they usually go for an 11x14 in. paper sizewith >the image up to 8" in any direction, centered 3 inches from the top of >the page (held portrait direction). Square images to be oriented portrait- >wise. Smaller images mounted on 11x14 OK and doesn't have to be same >paper as the image. >The school exchanges usually take up $25 each for the boxes, which can >be purchased ready made for standard paper sizes. Although I love >handmade boxes I don't know if everyone is going to want to spring for >$100 for the box. - -- The idea of boxes keeps being brought up. Personally, I'm all for a lovely case to hold the prints, but I don't presently have the funds for it. I suspect many are in a similar fix. It's a nicety, but not essential to the project. I think that for this first time, everyone should take care of a box on their own if that is what they want to hold their prints (I for one know that I could always make my own). Richard also sent me a post saying that it is usual in Japan for exchanges of these type to be bound with a simple Japanese sewn binding. Interesting, but that wouldn't allow people to remove a particular print for inspection or display. The logistics of making sure everyone left enough room on one margin for binding would also prove difficult. *** NEW DEADLINE SUGGESTION: How does this sound? Commitment deadline... 1 September 1998 Completion deadline... 1 February 1999 Not too far into the new year, but giving everyone five full months (six if you start now) in which to work. I would set 15 August as the commitment deadline, but I will be out of town that week and away from the computer, unable to to tabulate the final numbers. As everyone seems to be looking to me to make these decisions, it may be that I will just declare these dates to be written in stone after a few days... bow down before my righteous will, ye woodcutters! *** Andrea wondered if a black and white print would be acceptable. Any and all prints-- regardless of medium or technique-- are welcome, so long as the image comes from a block of wood. I will most likely be doing a black and white print myself (and as I am Mr. Monochrome over here, I could hardly think you were "cheating" by doing it that way, too). Mise le meas, James Mundie, Philadelphia USA ------------------------------ From: Jean Eger Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:59:16 -0700 Subject: [Baren 1309] Re: Baren Digest V4 #235 Hello all, Regarding the FIrst annual Baren print club exchange print: James' idea of oban size is good. I figured it out the other day, now I forgot what it is. Oban size is a standard size. It's in the Encyclopedia under paper. You can translate cm to inches at http://www.ProcessAssociates.com/process/convert/cf_all.htm I told James I could not afford to buy a fancy box, but I plan to make one for the prints, so it would be nice to have the size the same. The image size could be anything that would fit on the paper, including a full bleed print. For those who don't know that printer's term, it means a print that goes all the way out to the edge of the paper. Andrea: I was agonizing over what image to make that would be "good enough." Then I told myself, hello, you know you can make a black and white print, so why not just do one in B&W and work into color from there. So thanks for suggesting that, Andrea. Since you are a real pro, I now feel more confident with that idea. I put a piece of fluff on my web site for you to download if you desire. http://users.lanminds.com/~jeaneger/nasturtium.dir Once you have downloaded it, rename it to nasturtium.exe and play it. This little animation illuminates the fact that woodcuts can be inked in different colors once the blocks have been cut. I hope this works, sorry if you wasted time and it doesn't work. Please let me know if it works. Now you know that I have been playing hookey, learning Director instead of seriously working at my prints. I also agree that communications on Baren should be mostly public. A lot of off list communications will dissipate the energy of the list and that's not fair to Dave. Discussions about a print exchange are invaluable for students and newbies. ------------------------------ From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:56:10 -0400 Subject: [Baren 1310] Re: Baren Digest V4 #235 Andrea wrote: > I could however create a black and white print for the exchange. I don't know if > that sounds fair to you all. If it's acceptable then I'm in. Andrea, black and white is what I do, and so does James. I think our exchange should have different expressions. It will be interesting that way. I would want to see some black and whites among the color. It can take a lot of time planning a design that works in black and white. It's a challenge even if people don't think it looks like it because you are working on only one block. Gayle Wohlken ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V4 #236 ***************************