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Baren Digest             Thursday, 9 December 1999     Volume 09 : Number 815

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From: Josephine Severn <severn@acay.com.au>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 20:13:34 +1100
Subject: [Baren 7075] Wintergreen oil 

John
have replied off list re books list. I have heard about, but not had an
opportunity to use wintergreen oil to do transfers.

Can you describe the process for me. It sells for about $11-15 a 25ml
bottle. Therefore I have been reluctant to just have a go. Do you, or
can you dilute it when you use it? Do you need to use a press or can you
hand rub it? Much more information please. Everytime I have tried
photocopy transfer it was not very successful, bloody awful in fact. At
uni they used to say ot depended on which photocopier you used on
campus. Maybe I just never found the right one.

Have finished my dreamline and am scanning it plus some paper samples.
Hope to have them all on-line later today.

Josephine

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From: Josephine Severn <severn@acay.com.au>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 23:32:01 +1100
Subject: [Baren 7077] Handmade paper 

Just to inspire you all to have a go. Look at the new handmade paper
page at
http//www.acay.com.au/~severn/handmade.htm

Josephine

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From: Wanda <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 16:54:22 -0800
Subject: [Baren 7078] Re: About McClains 

Hi folks,

I talked to George Chandler on the phone today & asked him outright if
they were selling the business or going out of business and he said
"No".  He seemed to be surprised that we (Baren) have this huge network
of printers & that his & Elaine's business has been recommended so
highly. When I told him that I had heard (from several people) that they
wanted to sell the business - he compared it to that old game of
"telephone" where you tell one person & that person tells the next, etc.
Now, granted, George is a retired salesman & heck, he doesn't have to
tell me *anything* but he sounded pretty sure about all this stuff. He
did say they have a couple of  inquiries about buying the business every
so often, but that nothing had developed from those inquiries.

He went on to say that it was a small business & they mostly stay in
business to help out us printmakers. His response to putting the
business on the internet was lukewarm. They really don't want the
business to become huge & unwieldy and they like the personal contact
with us artists. George asked me if I had seen Elaine's studio. I
replied "No, but I've heard it's a really nice studio" and he laughed.

These are such nice people to do business with - I, for one, hope they
stick around for a lot longer.

They are going to be closed from December 22, 1999 until after the New
Year. They have family coming and they are taking the Holidays off to
spend time with them. "And to miss the Y2K stuff", George laughingly
said. He also said they had a rise in orders in November & December -
maybe the rumor had caused that. I told him it might, but we have lots
of new woodblock artists coming on all the time. 

So, keep those orders going into McClains!

Wanda

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From: baren_member@woodblock.com (dimitris grammatikopulos)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 20:39:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Baren 7080] Of dragons and things... 

Message posted by: dimitris grammatikopulos

Dear bareners,
 since i've watching all your discussions and enjoying all
the little infos that fly around them , i feel obliged to
share my part of knowledge on Asian Zodiac dragons. I the
Asian system there are 5 elements:
water(black),fire(red),earth(yellow),metal(white) and
wood(blue). You may know all the 12
signs:mouse,bull(buffalo),tiger,cat(rabbit),dragon,snake,ho
se,goat,monkey,rooster(chicken),dog and pig(boar). This
way they get a 60-year circle.The 2000 dragon is
metal(white).Heavy or thrash , we shall see!Besides that
Venus is the metal planet,West the metal direction and
Autumn the season.I believe this should add to your rich
fantasy and creativity. I've attached a small work of
mine: linocut,hand-made paper,8x11 cm , hand-pulled.Next
month i must have launched my site and i will be glad to
hear your comments. 

Best regards, Dimitris Grammatikopulos

http://woodblock.com/temporary/virgo.jpg

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