[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Thursday, 26 November 1998 Volume 05 : Number 355 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Bull Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:05:41 +0900 Subject: [Baren 2204] Teaching aids ... Gayle wrote: >Dave, regarding your misprinted and smudged prints; >why can't you use those prints as teaching aids. This is very much under consideration. I'll be pulling out a number of those rejects, and taking close-ups of them for an Encyclopedia section on 'How not to do it ...' The earlier prints in that drawer are full of examples that should be quite useful to learners. If I show pictures of the results of using 'too much paste', 'too much water', 'dry block', etc., and make a kind of troubleshooting guide, I think it could be a valuable resource. If I do that, than at least those prints won't have 'died' in vain ... Dave ------------------------------ From: Don Furst Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:46:43 -0500 Subject: [Baren 2205] Re: Teaching aids ... Gayle wrote: >>why can't you use those prints as teaching aids. Dave wrote: >If I show pictures of the results of using >'too much paste', 'too much water', 'dry block', etc., and make a kind >of troubleshooting guide, I think it could be a valuable resource. Excellent advice, both Gayle and Dave. Another teaching use of flawed prints is to be able to show the progressive proofs of a reduction color process or multi-block process. Odds are that at least one of the progressive impressions at each step is a "factory second" suitable for teaching purposes. A second use of flawed impressions: cut them up and use as postcards. A third use: tear them up and toss the fragments into a box full of such image extracts from many projects. Shake the box and pull out a few scraps. Ponder the new image possibilities suggested by your random combination. A fourth use: draw on top of the flawed impressions, sending the image in a new direction using a different medium. A fifth use (probably needs a Western paper like BFK or Stonehenge): let the bad print dry for a few weeks, then use the reverse side of the paper for rough proofing. Conclusion: Nothing is wasted and nothing is lost (except, perhaps, time.) ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V5 #355 ***************************