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Baren Digest                Friday, 18 June 1999        Volume 07 : Number 600

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From: kim and paul <topcogs@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 06:57:38 +0000
Subject: [Baren 4673] Re: Baren Digest V7 #599 

Self-Portrait exchange of all the members?  Sounds like a great idea.  A 
request, though.  Since the member count has recently increased a bit, 
can we place a few limits on the print?  How about a small size and only 
one color, maybe black.  
Comments?

Kim Kaschimer-Medina
Tucson, AZ

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:40:38 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4674] Re: Baren Digest V7 #599 

 Morning Kim,

The number of persons participating has been set at 30.  On this basis
there is no increase in members on any given exchange.   Size has been
.... about 10 x 15 .... however participants have made the image
smaller.....you just can't make it bigger.
As far as colour.....well this is an individual choice.  If you can do it
in no colours and call it "The Shadow Knows", then so be it.

Graham

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From: "Jeanne N. Chase" <studiojnc@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:15:18 -0400
Subject: [Baren 4675] Re: Baren Digest V7 #599 

Dear Kim

You can make it smaller and then affix it to the required size with a strip
of PH adhesive.
Several printmakers in the group prefer black and white and there is nothing
as dramatic as a good black and white. So your choice is yours.
A Self Portrait is a great idea.

Can I do a Self Portrait of myself as Marilyn Monroe?
In a red dress? Huh, Graham?

Jeanne

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From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:37:51 -0500
Subject: [Baren 4676] Re: an idea for discussion 

Yes, I like the idea of a self-portrait.  By the quick responses I can see that
this could turn out to be a popular exchange !!!!

Nice idea Maria A.

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From: "Jean Eger" <jeaneger@LanMinds.Com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:31:34 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4677] Re:   Baren Digest V7 #599 

I, too, think a self-portrait would be a good idea for the next print
exchange.  I like to do a self portrait every so often just to check up on
who I am that year.
Jean in CA

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From: "frame.shoppe" <frame.shoppe@cwix.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:47:01 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4678] Re: Edinburgh etc 

The Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop is a beautiful facility and looking at it
from the "front" entrance, I would never have guessed that it was so large!!
They are equipped to do water-based screen-printing, intaglio, lithography
and relief.  I think that there are facilities for doing photo-screen
printing as well.  They have a decent library of stones and have several
litho presses and at least 2 (I think!!) intaglio presses.  There is a nice
roomy entrance area, kitchen/lunchroom area and a spacious gallery space
upstairs with windows that look out onto the printmaking shop so that
patrons/interested persons can view the artists working w/o actually going
into the studio.  They also have a small frame shop to do work for the
studio.  It's a nice set-up, but this is based on my observations of about 5
years ago(I can only suppose that things have just gotten better).  I
understand that Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen also have printmakers
workshops.  I wish that I had seen them!!

Cyndy Wilson

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From: baren_member@woodblock.com (Gregory Robison)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:57:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Baren 4679] workshop; sofia 

Message posted by: Gregory Robison

Seattle, 17 June 1999

I had an interesting visit with Afarat El-Naim in Sofia. 
On Monday of this  week he took me to an exhibit of
Bulgarian printmakers at the National Palace of Culture,
including work of his professors, dean of the Art Academy,
etc.  Very interesting.  He has some plans he wants to
discuss with me before presenting them to Baren, so I will
maintain the silence to which I have been sworn,  until
the proper moment.

Graham: I understand that John may already be in Canada,
but that some of the other participants in the workshop
(Barbara?  Wanda?) may be driving up to Seattle to take
the ferry or hydrofoil or whatever to Victoria.  How's
Marco arriving?  If any of you other participants are
monitoring this channel, may I propose that we meet in
Seattle and take the ferry together?  This way we can all
be picked up at the pier together in Victoria.  Also, if
you need a secure place to leave the car, you can park it
behind the wall at my parents' house  on Capitol Hill in
Seattle, and we can get a lift down to the waterfront. 
Come  to think of it, why not cocktails dans le jardin of
the family seat before  boarding the ship, to fortify
ourselves for the sea voyage and the week of work ahead?
There is a sweeping view of the Cascades and Lake
Washington from there, and I can show you the presses of
my childhood (Vandercook SP-15; 1890's C&P platten press,
etc.) before we bannish all such technology from our
minds, fold our ankles up over our knees, and learn to
chant whatever mantra the Master  assigns us.

John: If your e-mail has followed you, I also have a
question for you: I have been carrying my Exchange Prints
with me, from Africa to Romania, Bulgaria, Chicago and now
to Seattle.  Do you want me to deliver them to you by
manual tradition in Victoria, or would you prefer that I
mail them after I return  from the workshop, so as not to
have to hassel with carrying them around yourself?

Gregory Robison

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From: Aqua4tis@aol.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:37:32 EDT
Subject: [Baren 4680] Re: Edinburgh etc 

i dont know much about the glasgow print shop but they did  an artist 
exchange about two years ago with Self-Help Graphics here in Los Angeles      
   they sent several of their artists here and we sent several of our artists 
there       anyway the work was great             we had scottish pipers here 
for Day of the Dead!!!!  
                                                        georga

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From: judy mensch <mensch@interport.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:12:38 -0500
Subject: [Baren 4681] Re: Baren Digest V7 #599 

I love the self portrait idea, but let's not limit the number of
colors.  Maybe just the size of the print. Judy

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:27:18 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4682] Re: workshop; sofia 

Greg,

John is in Canada and will be here with his wife tomorrow (Friday)
I will ask him about the Exchange prints and he will e-mail to morrow re
the this.

Wanda and Barbara are driving and plan to bring their car on the ferry.
The arrive in Victoria aboard the Princess Margauriette from Seattle on the
19th. Leaves Seattle 1:00 arrives Victoria 5.30 pm and then plan a little
din din down town before coming here.  I sure they will be reading all this
and answer you directly.

Keep us informed if you need a pickup.   Phone 655 0600

Regards,

Graham

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From: April Vollmer/John Yamaguchi <jy6@columbia.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:18:18 -0400
Subject: [Baren 4683] Need Baren! 

I am having a baren emergency! Does anyone know where I can order one of
the white plastic barens that Daniel Smith sells for $36? He is out of
stock, and I am teaching a class next week!

I find this a pretty good beginner baren, good for small work, and you
don't have to worry about recovering it.

Thanks for your help.

April Vollmer

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From: arafat alnaim <ar_alnaim@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:39:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 4684] Re: Edinburgh etc 

Dear georga,
Glasgow Print Studio is based in the heart of Glasgow, providing a
range of services to artists and the public in the West of Scotland.
These include a custom-built printmakers workshop, a gallery exhibiting
local and international artists and a retail outlet: The Original Print
Shop.

The Glasgow Print Studio is a unique organisation with charitable
status which exists to encourage and promote the art of printmaking in
the West of Scotland. Founded in 1972, Glasgow Print Studio has grown
in both reputation and size to offer world class facilities and a wide
range of services to the public and artists alike.

Glasgow Print Studio is the largest publisher of original prints in the
UK. Every year leading artists are invited to collaborate with our
master printmakers to produce original prints of the highest quality.
These publications can be seen in The Original Print Shop and are also
available by mail order. All are illustrated in the Glasgow Print
Studio Publications Catalogue.
they are on http://www.gpsart.co.uk/.
hope this useful
Arafat

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From: Bea Gold <bnj50@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:29:42 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4685] a"Converso" 

David - and all you hanga enthusiasts - I want to thank you for convincing
me to try despite my feeling that everything about that method of printing
seemed way too complicated to be necessary.  I just completed my first hanga
print and am truly converted. For one who loved cutting but hated printing I
now am sleepless waiting for morning and the next block to print!  I even
figured out why the need paste, sizing, damp papers, for the surikomi bake
and the maru bake, etc., etc., etc. - no more rollers and oily ink for me.
Thanks again. David, Graham, April, Matt, Jean, Sarah, John and anyone I
can't remember,  Bea

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:24:58 +0900
Subject: [Baren 4686] Re: getting it together ... 

Jeanne wrote:
> Dave
> You mean after all of these years you have'nt gotten yourself together yet?

I seem to have got myself into a situation where I'm so busy making and
sending out prints, that I don't have time to spend building a proper
working environment to _make_ prints!  It's sort of like a road
construction project that has to be completed without disturbing any of
the traffic ...

***

It seems like there is a fair amount of interest in the idea of setting
a 'self-portrait' theme for Exchange #4.  

As there are still eleven spots available for #3 though, it's a bit
premature to be opening up the registration for #4 just yet ...

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April asked:
> Does anyone know where I can order one of
> the white plastic barens

I guess you probably want someplace a bit closer to home ... but
Matsumura-san here in Tokyo has them.  See the 'Supplier' section in the
Encyclopedia for details.

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The message from Greg Robison earlier this morning was actually a
'bounced' message.  He is travelling, so sent it in from a different
email address, and the list server thus thought he was a 'stranger',
and rejected him.  I had to make the posting on his behalf ...

Another one came in from Jake ...

> From: Jacob Roquet <roquet@coastalnet.com>
> Subject: Re: an idea for discussion
> 
> I am interested in portrait theme as well.
> 
> Jake

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email.

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Dave

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From: Barbara Mason <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:22:12 -0700
Subject: [Baren 4688] Re: an idea for discussion 

Syl,
I know the American Print Alliance puts out a phamplet on workshops and studios
in the US, but I do not have their address. I promise to look it up for you as
soon as I get back from Graham's workshop if no one else sent it to you by that
time. There are a lot of presses here, but that won't help you much in NY.
Barbara

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From: Aqua4tis@aol.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:31:59 EDT
Subject: [Baren 4689] Re: Edinburgh etc 

arafat
   thank you  so much for that information   i hope to visit their studio one 
day     in the mean time   ill keep going to Self-Help Graphics  here in los 
angeles    i wonder if any of you have heard of it?  its a wonderful place 
with great art...     woodcuts etchings    monoprints    and serigraphs    
and its run on grant money    there is no cost to the artists    except that 
if you do an edition of say 10 prints they ask you to donate 2-4 prints       
 they give you all the suppleis and equipment and space you need        they 
are having a fund raiser on sunday june 27  and its a wonderful time to buy 
from them   you can get really nice pieces for great prices
                                      thanks again,
                                                     georga

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From: Kat Pukas <toyinblood@netscape.net>
Date: 18 Jun 99 00:12:19 MST
Subject: [Baren 4690] Re: X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (M3.2.0.17) 

Sylvia,
I don't think I really miss South Dakota.  Boy, it got cold there . . .

)#(

Julio, (who "would like to see new members like Horacio, Arafat , Kat, Lezle 
& others join our exchange group"),
I don't know if printing an edition of thirty with a spoon is quite feasible
for me at home right now (I've never done a large edition of a big
[dimension-wise] print).  If the Baren print exchange didn't have a set
dimension, I might be better able to particpate immediately; however, there is
a very specific dimension this time around, and I do not feel that I have
adequate experience with spooning large pieces, plus I have no access to a
pritning press until at least spring 2000.  I hope to participate sometime in
the future, though.  Thanks for thinking of me.  :)

)#(

Lezle,
more on the u of a that you might want to know . . .  the printroom is
positioned on the third floor in such a way that it has a wall of small
windows overlooking Speedway (a major, six+-lane, busy street in the middle of
Tucson).  i had the fortune of visiting the printroom of the university of
california at santa cruz and was stunned by the contrast:  clean vs. dirty,
trees vs. cars, skylights vs. stained tile ceilings, etc. :) wow, i got a
letter in the mail from the u of a art department; it said that i was one of
22 (out of 844) art students who earned a place on the dean's honor list with
distinction; i thought this was funny because they told me in the latter that
my gpa was really good for the scholarship process they have there (which i
applied to before and didn't get)--and i swear there are more than 22
scholarships offered.  :)  i like my life.

love <3 & lint * !
kat

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