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Baren Digest              Monday, 7 February 2000      Volume 10 : Number 895


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From: amoss@mindspring.com (John Amoss)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 05:49:30 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Baren 8277] re:keyblock 

Maria has brought up the same hanga question I have had:

>I'm supposed to glob a bit of pigment and glob a bit of
>paste on the block...but WHERE? none of these lines are thick enough to
>glob anything on them, I don't have any black areas that will hold a
>glob, not even a tiny one--

When I don't have a large enough area on the block to plop a dab of pigment
and paste on the printing area, I apply the ink and paste directly to the
brush instead.

Before you listen to me, I'd like to ask the veterans: Is this a bad idea?

Thanks!
- -John A.

PS- Glad to hear you are trying out this hanga stuff, Maria!


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From: David Bull <davebull@w.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 20:20:54 +0900
Subject: [Baren 8278] Re:keyblock 

Maria wrote:
> >I'm supposed to glob a bit of pigment and glob a bit of
> >paste on the block...but WHERE? none of these lines are thick enough to
> >glob anything on them, I don't have any black areas that will hold a
> >glob, not even a tiny one--

As Graham has already mentioned, you're not 'aiming' at the top of the
lines - you just put a splash of pigment bang anywhere, and then a dab
of paste.  The brush mixes it all up and then smooths it out.  To me
this all seems so natural that I'm always amazed that when people watch
me do it, they are surprised - "Eh? The whole surface of the block is
covered with pigment!  That won't work!" 

Well, work it does ... I can assure you.

There's a photo of this brushing taking place on the page at:
http://w.com/surimono/process/process_3.html

There you can see - the pigment is on top of the carved areas, and it's
also smeared all around them too ...  Make sure you're not thinking of
'painting' the pigment onto the carved areas, you're just 'brushing' it
over the surface.


John added:
> When I don't have a large enough area on the block to plop a dab of pigment
> and paste on the printing area, I apply the ink and paste directly to the
> brush instead.

Nothing wrong with that at all - it's a common technique when you only
want a small touch of pigment, and you're afraid that if you dab with
the tokibo, it will release too much fluid onto the wood.  

This technique is also used when you're just starting out on a printing
run and the block is still quite dry.  Swabbing pigment onto a dryish
block can cause it to be quickly soaked up into the wood surface in only
that swabbed location, and the mark that results will be difficult to
brush out.  Applying the pigment directly to the brush, and then the
brush to the wood can make this easier to control.

Dave


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From: "John Ryrie" <johnry@hotkey.net.au>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 23:31:17 +1100
Subject: [Baren 8279] munakata charset="iso-8859-1" 

Greetings all
            I'm back from my exhibition in the country.  The opening wasn't
attended as well as it could have been dew to the hot weather but there
should be a lot of people through the gallery over the next few weeks.
Anyway I'll get my photographs developed and write something about it for
the magazine.
        I've just got through the 140 emails that were waiting for me,
welcome to the new members.
        I just found the web site for the Munakata Shiko Museum, most of the
info is in Japanese but there are quite a few woodcuts to see.
http://www.lantecweb.com/shikokan/index.html

John
http://www.geocities.com/laddertree


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