[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Thursday, 5 November 1998 Volume 05 : Number 332 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 08:51:28 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2000] Re: Baren Digest V5 #331 This is for David Stones who described his own order of printing blocks (by printing some of the colors first, then a black outline keyblock, then if I understand right, more blocks on tops of that?) What do you achieve by doing it this way, David? Does something different happen? Gayle Wohlken ------------------------------ From: mmflavio Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 21:58:39 +0000 Subject: [Baren 2001] Re: Quotes and Questions Thank you for the answer, David. Marco Flavio ------------------------------ From: "David Stones" Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:15:31 +0900 Subject: [Baren 2002] Re: Baren Digest V5 #331 charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Gayle, You've reached the millenium. [Baren 2000] and the rest of the World has to wait... To answer your question as to whether anything different happens when the colour/block order is changed I would have to say that, for me, there seems almost limitless possibilities. This is also the same for other printing processes but, when using water-based Japanese pigments on wooden blocks, the actually printed colours are "transparent" in as much as the colours (stress on the plural - why can't e-mail words be underlined?!!) under the presently printed colour come through - depending on your water/pigment values. If you use different types of wood for your blocks with different textures you can again create interesting differences. Also, when the colours (I use) are finally let to dry - as, as Dave B wrote, the paper is kept constantly wet throughout the process - they again come out "different" and this is where prior proofing and a knowledge of what goes well over what is invaluable - this can be only found really discovered by experimentation. If you then add to this the alteration of the block order or whatever, you have such a range that might blow the mind. In machine (commercial) printing the black comes last for a number of reasons (one is that the bulk of the text is usually printed at the same time) and that the black plate contains most of the main details - similar but NOT the same as a keyblock. At present, I prefer a sharper outline image but, as the outline goes over quite a few other colours, I lose the more delicate lines that come with "traditional" work. There's always a trade off though and, at present, I'm still trying to get "that print" - maybe it will be the next one (206) but maybe not. It's an endless, interesting project! Print on... Dave S ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V5 #332 ***************************