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Baren Digest               Tuesday, 2 March 1999       Volume 06 : Number 468

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From: agatha <agatha@uswest.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:23:16 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3312] Re: Collage 

Elizabeth Atwood wrote:
> Has anyone in the group ever experimented in collaging with a woodblock
> print?? And, if so, what have they learned about the kinds of paper that
> are most successful??.

kitikata paper is nice.  i probably didn't spell that right, but get yerself
some a dat kitikata and some yes paste thinned with water, and you are good to
go.

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From: amoss@mindspring.com (John Amoss)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 07:42:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Baren 3313] wood prep 

Hello all-

In light of the sandpaper vs. planing issue of preparing boards:

I was wondering if anyone uses scrapers to give their blocks a nice finish?
I've just prepared six small double-sized basswood blocks and the process
seems to have worked great- only took me about an hour and there was a LOT
less dust than sanding, and much less frustration than hand-planing.

In case you aren't familiar with them, scrapers (I'm using a Sanvik brand)
are simply a rectangular pieces of spring sheet metal that have a 5=B0-10=B0
hook burnished on an edge. You bend the corners up and either push or pull
it at an angle. Therefore, only the middle part makes contact with the wood
and leaves a very shallow tapered depression. The boards come out with a
wonderful sheen.

I'd like to hear what you woodworking vets have to say on the issue...

Thanks for the brush sanding info and pics Dave!

- -John

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