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Baren Digest              Tuesday, 17 August 1999      Volume 08 : Number 663

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From: Maria Arango <Maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:48:38 -0700
Subject: [Baren 5289] Re: seals, ink containers 

Re: seals
I cut rubber erasers with an x-acto knife for seals. I used them in
school and they give a great impression and you can screw up a bunch of
them with no fear (they're cheap!). For ink, I use diluted sumi ink on a
standard ink pad from office supplies. I did not find "empty" pads, so I
wasted the contents of a refillable pad by applying the entire pad to
scrap paper many many times until dry.
Even if you use standard ink-pad ink, I have my grandfather's passport,
yellowed and cracking, but with bright red seals from the Cuban
government still present in all their glory.
RE: ink containers
I racked my brain trying to find tiny ink containers for those little
globs that are too big to throw away and too small to put in a tube...
so I came up with a Crayola kiddie set of non-toxic poster paints that
come in tiny sealable plastic containers, all for a whopping $1.89. My
local art supply store had some similar ones for $2.45 each! I used to
use film canisters, but the ink dried out after a while and they were
too big for some of my globs.
I don't know where Amanda Yopp is vacationing, but her work is online on
the Invited Artist spot in my web site. Her work is alive and fresh.
Check it out!

Health to all,
Maria

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From: Bella1yopp@aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:50:01 EDT
Subject: [Baren 5290] Amanda Yopp is online 

hello Baren members,
Thanks to Maria Arango a few of my pieces can be seen on line at 
http://www.mariarango.com 
Then just click on my name from there.
Please let me know what you think, honestly.  
I have not seen the web site because of computer problems
and I probabaly won't see it for another week.  But don't let that stop you.
- -Amanda Yopp

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