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Baren Digest               Friday, 28 August 1998       Volume 04 : Number 257

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From: Matthew.W.Brown@VALLEY.NET (Matthew W Brown)
Date: 27 Aug 98 10:02:40 EDT
Subject: [Baren 1450] Freezing  

On freezing paper:
 It would seem to make sense that freezing might soften paper sizing. I have
not done much freezing of the handmade kozo papers. Mostly I have 'frozen' the
mold-made Rives which is cotton and internally sized, and haven't noticed too
much difference after freezing. Certanly not as noticeable a difference as I
noticed when I didn't freeze:  . . . pink, grey and purple spots all over the
sheets!  (With little kids and etc. and etc. in my life I can't always schedule
my printing as I (or my papers) would like!)
	Depending on my blocks I frequently use an ategami sheet, so perhaps
haven't picked up on a little softening that has been going on. 

Dave,
you wrote: >-- we can forget it for bamboo skins this year.  What few skins did
come
off the plant in good condition, rotted as fast as they fell.  We're
going to have to depend on Chinese and Taiwan imports again this
winter.  Not to be nationalistic about this, but the stuff they send
isn't really suitable for printmaker's needs<
  
	Can you speak a bit about the difference here that you refer to, in the
Japanese versus imported bamboo skins?

Matt

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From: jimandkatemundie@juno.com (James G Mundie)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:11:01 -0400
Subject: [Baren 1451] Re: Baren Digest V4 #256 (exchange update) 

Julio wrote:
>Can we have an updated list of confirmed participants posted asap to 
>ensure that all of us who think we are in, can confirm. 

and Karla said:
>I had written earlier to secure my spot in the portfolio and have 
>moved since then.  Could you email me to let me know if my message came
>through or not?

You are both 'in' (Karla, I sent you a reply but you must have moved
before getting it).  I won't post the complete list now (I'm saving that
little typing task until 1 September, but suffice to say that confirmed
participation for the first [Baren] exchange now stands at twenty-three
(with three or four people still undecided), with Patsy Wilson and Elisa
Flynn having been the most recent to say, "Me, too!"

If there is anyone out there who, like Julio, isn't quite sure whether
they are officially on the list of participants, please write to me
personally for confirmation.  The participation deadline is ticking away
(less than a week now), but as Dave said yesterday, all are welcome to
join in (including lurkers).

Mise le meas,
James Mundie, Philadelphia USA

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