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Baren Digest               Saturday, 6 March 1999       Volume 06 : Number 475

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From: "Bea Gold" <bnjgold@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:46:11 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3386] Exchange prints

April wrote:
>Well, I was one of the quick Fedex ones, so I got it! 

Oh - I'm so jealous!  Sounds just wonderful.  Bea

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From: April Vollmer/John Yamaguchi <jy6@columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:44:29 -0400
Subject: [Baren 3388] Local Color 

Greg, please don't keep all the snake storys just for BA5, we workaholics
enjoy some local color, too! Life sounds very interesting in Kampala. I was
just reading the same story as Julio...terrible! The New Yorker had good
coverage of that civil war where so many Africans died, too.

And Julio, thank you for mentioning the list of contributors. I identified
my oil base bleed printers as Karla Hakenmiller...bet a dollar you studied
with Karen Kunc, Karla! Very nice print. One block, printed twice? What
kind of wood? Nice sharp cutting.

The other was Roxanne. Great print! Love the wallpaper-like layers of
background color. And the strong black contrast, floating in front. And
crowns of thorns, repeated decoratively...very mysterious!

Has anyone checked out this website for Japanese paper?
http://www.interlog.com/~washi/

April Vollmer

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:00:18 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3389] Re: Local Color 

April wrote....
>Has anyone checked out this website for Japanese paper?
>http://www.interlog.com/~washi/

Yes I know of these people.  Nancy Jacobi has a piece of my work.  She
helped me get on the right path when starting with this sport.  I was
shocked when they stated a price for the paper I now use at 59.00 per
sheet.  The yen/dollar was poor then and to buy one sheet that was the
price. I have not investigated since.  I wonder.!!!!

I do know that at the time she was knowledgeable about Noboru Sawai and her
recommendations were to by from him as she could not come close to his
prices.  Been there eversince.

Regards,

Graham

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From: Ruth Leaf <leafr@ecom.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 13:58:43 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3390] Paper 

I/m under the impression that because people who do the hanga prints
deal with wet paper that woodcut artists using oil wet paper also.  I
print color woodcuts with  two or more blocks on  dry torinoko paper
with no registration problems. I also use an etching press.  If anyone
is interested I will explain the process  of printing woodcuts with an
etching press.  

Ruth Leaf

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From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 17:19:10 -0600
Subject: [Baren 3391] Re: Looky Looky...Yes! 

Yes....well...no!. I could not turn all the lights out as I was viewing the
prints at night time. I did use a source of indirect light from the side and at
a distance to simulate the glow of a warm fireplace....sorry Dave, that's the
best I could do under the circumstances....

A few comments.....the oil prints vs the water prints really are strikingly
different, even more that I could have imagined...
(I am not a collector, not an experienced printmaker, and don't own a lot of
prints........).

     - The oil prints smell like.......oil paint (yipes....what else could they
smell like ???)
     - And in the oil prints the pigment floats on top of the paper while in the
water prints is "into" the paper, except for...
     - Those that used presses and oil.....wow....those colors are really packed
in there!
     - I found myself liking both styles and imagining what each print would
look like if printed "in the other style".

I guess we had talked about these details/things before....but you really have
to experience a large folio like this to understand the differences....

Back to printing........hoping to finish and upload a new print tonight!

JULIO  {:-)

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:57:05 -0800
Subject: [Baren 3392] Re: Paper 

Ruth wrote....
>I/m under the impression that because people who do the hanga prints
>deal with wet paper that woodcut artists using oil wet paper
>I also use an etching press.  If anyone is interested I will explain the
>process of printing woodcuts with an  etching press.  Ruth Leaf

Ha ha a newbie with experience..... welcome aboard.....

Sure lets hear all about it.

Graham

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From: "Daniel Kelly" <daniel@vowel.or.jp>
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 18:54:47 +0900
Subject: [Baren 3393] Re: Paper 

Ruth Leaf,
Deleting  through 118 messages that arrived in four days I was most
impressed to see your name. I am certainly interested in your ideas of using
the etching press and any others you have regarding this relief process. By
the way your book has made its strong impression here in the land of the
wood block print.

Daniel

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