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Baren Digest             Wednesday, 19 August 1998     Volume 04 : Number 249

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 09:37:18 -0400
Subject: [Baren 1392] Re: Baren Digest V4 #248 

Dave said, regarding the folio to go with the print exchange:
> I'm not much into the
> 'artspeak' stuff though, so it will be something fairly simple and
> straightforward.  I think this folio will turn out to be not quite so
> formal ... perhaps even a bit 'homey' ...

Since I'm the one who'll be setting the type, the simpler the better
for my first attempts at typesetting.  Also I like the way you write,
Dave.  I don't like stuffy, academic approaches to art.  Art is a 
right-brained activity and there are no words that can say it like
it says it itself.  (Just my opinion, folks)

Dave wrote, regarding his successful newsletter:
> She put together a plan, approached one of the networks, and
> sold it to them.  It's to be a one-hour prime-time documentary on me, my
> family, and my work.

Are we going to get to see this documentary, Dave?????  Wouldn't we
love it!  Maybe a copy could be made that could be passed around.  Maybe
we could all contribute to having one made?  Or would that be too
difficult?

Gayle Wohlken

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From: Patsy Wilson <patsy@scc.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:57:45 -0500
Subject: [Baren 1393] Re: Baren Digest V4 #242 

Gayle Wohlken wrote:
> By the way, I want to let you know I do have a Vandercook
> Proofing Press in my basement.

oooh!  cool, I haven't used one of those in about 7 years...I made some
broadsheets of a poem that my namesake Aunt wrote, I also included some
soft monoprinting for the background.   What types (excuse the pun) of
fonts do you have?  I have a generous full set of your standard gothic
(in all pts.) so if you run low on letters, just let me know.  Lead is a
heavy one to send <g>, so I wouldn't be able to loan you the whole set
(plus, they're all in their cute big drawers in all the right little
compartments -- I'm also a beader, so I know the pains of
redistributing!).

also, James, I noticed that my name is not on the *oficial* list of
participants, so please include me, as I greatly look forward to the
exchange!  Patsy Wilson

btw, I understand that this is a woodblock group and these are all going
to be woodblock prints, but how do all of you feel about a little mixed
media in the form of hand stitching &/or intaglio with the woodblock?
if that is not an option, I am in no way going to feel troubled, as I
know that the pure tradition of woodblock printing deserves it's space,
and this forum is, indeed, one of it's most sacred spaces!   :)

Walk Brightly!
Patsy Wilson
Guardian of Reckless Perfectionism

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From: Jack Reisland <jreis@ptinet.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:52:03 -0700
Subject: [Baren 1394] Re: Various points ... 

Hi David,

    interesting letter, I wonder about...

David Bull wrote:
>...She put together a plan, approached one of the networks, and
>sold it to them.  It's to be a one-hour prime-time documentary on me, 
>my family, and my work.


    ....do you know if this is to be on one of the regular documentary
shows, or when it might air? I have access to American re-broadcasts
networks of Japanese television out of Hawaii, and if I know what to look
for, and it is one of the programs that they re-broadcast, I can make a few
copies of it with English subtitles to send around. Also..

>A few years ago, I did a rough calculation on just how many hours I
>spend in any given month on making the print.  It worked out to about 
>80 hours - from hanshita preparation, through carving, and finally
>printing.  Of course prints that have a more complex design will take 
>a bit longer, but that's counterbalanced by the simple ones.

 ...is that 80 hours for the entire issue of a single print?  That seems
 very fast. How many prints do you do in an edition anyway?

 Jack Reisland

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