[Baren} the mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking Baren Digest Wednesday, 10 May 2000 Volume 11 : Number1003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: amoss@mindspring.com (John Amoss) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 09:10:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Baren 9633] re: I'm new, sort of... Bill- I'd like to second Wanda's "hello again". Are you still selling woodblock how-to videos thru artsport? I looked a while ago and couldn't access your video library... Glad to see you back! - -John Amoss ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 09:17:48 EDT Subject: [Baren 9634] Lynd Ward Thanks those who responded about Lynd Ward and I particularly liked the quote, Shireen, I'm going to have to save that one! When I started printmaking I was doing monoprints and linocuts but once I started carving wood, I was surely addicted- best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: B Mason Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 07:44:57 -0700 Subject: [Baren 9635] I'm back Hello to all, I had an amazing trip and saw all the topography possible in the Northwestern part of North America. Everything from wheat fields that looked like oceans to glaciers. What an amazing country this is. Well, actually I was in Canada most of the time but it is hard to tell the difference and our van has both miles and kilometers on the speedometer so switching over was not a problem. 2552 miles of great scenery. We went to the small town (village?) where my husband Lee was born, Elrose, Saskatchewan. Only about 400 people live in town but they have a large school so must draw kids from the surrounding farms. Most of the buildings were gone or changed but he left there 60 years ago, so it could be his memory of it also. We saw every railroad station and museum between Portland and Sask. as Lee was a telegrapher on the CP and CN railway as well as SP railway in the states until 1956. Many of the old stations were now moved and turned into homes, many had become museums. A very nolstaglic trip for Lee and great for me to see Elrose, I have been hearing family stories of it for 30 years, they had 7 kids and Lee was in the middle. Sorry to put this non printmaking stuff on the baren, but thought there might be some interest. Lake Louise was frozen solid. Lots of Snow. All who know me know my fear of driving in snow, luckily we had very little on the roads. I highly recommend this trip through the rockies, what scenery. They should charge admission. Glad to be back and hope I didn't miss too much! Can't wait to get into the studio, I have an idea for a new sceries, "Prarie Shadows" Hummmmmm. Barbara ------------------------------ From: "Bill H. Ritchie, Jr" Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:16:06 -0700 Subject: [Baren 9636] Re: I'm new, sort of... >Bill- >I'd like to second Wanda's "hello again". Hi John--The videos are still here, but I haven't promoted them. It's interesting that you ask--I was just telling some friends in Oregon the story of Phil Bivins--how he managed to get the last complete set! If you read this, Phil, I hope you don't mind my talking about you. It seems to me you've made quite a success out of learning, in part, the art and craft of hanga on-line! Maybe you're the Poster Child of online printmaking education. :) My wife and I plan to resume providing information if possible for us to do it on a shoestring, bootstrap (or whatever it takes to travel this footpath). Fore example, she has the domain name minidemo.com, hoping to provide short (I mean, like 6 seconds!) demos of techniques. Visualize the correct way to hold the hangi-to (spellcheck, please), or to hold paper when you set it in kento registration. I'm a little rusty, folks--Thanks for bringing it up, John. ------------------------------ From: "Roger A. Ball" Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 13:27:15 -0600 Subject: [Baren 9637] Lynd Ward And along comes one of my favorite topics, Lynd Ward. My Ward print is also one of my most treasured possesions... A truly prolific artist with a substantial volume of work. Yes, "Storyteller Without Words" is a great introduction to his work and contains all the "Novels without words" as well as most of his other output. I have spent a large amount of time, effort and money to acquire a huge quantity of his work. I would guess there are probably about 100 books that include illustrations by Ward. His amazing technique is often so understated that it is difficult for a non-woodcut artist to appreciate what he accomplished. His work in woodcuts rivals some of my favorite engraving artists (mostly turn-of-the-last-century banknote and stock certificate engravers) and in some ways, his methodology is similar. In his later years, he adopted lithography as his medium of choice and they, too, are under-appreciated for the most part. Bottom line, Ward to me compares to Da Vinci in what he accomplished and in the level of inspiration he provides. I can't help but marvel at his work. The mood and depth of his monochrome work astounds me. Mr. James Mundie's work in some ways reminds me of Ward, although Ward seems to create a "tension" with his typical cross-hatching whereas Jim seems to create a lovely "softness" with the downward draw of his razor... Just had to put my two cents worth in there. I'll go back to lurking again! ;o) Cheers! - -Roger West Jordan, Utah (beckorro) ------------------------------ From: "Bill H. Ritchie, Jr" Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 13:13:43 -0700 Subject: [Baren 9638] RE: I'm back >I had an amazing trip and saw all the topography possible in the >Northwestern part of North America. Everything from wheat fields that I enjoy travel stories. Imagine making a print of one of those railroad stations. It reminds me of "53 Stations of the Tokaido". Those images of Japan have stood longer than anything I can think of. Where would our legacy of woodcuts be without tourism? Makes you think. ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 20:53:31 -0100 Subject: [Baren 9639] NYC Accommodation Does anybody have knowledge of inexpensive places to stay in NY city. The reason for this enquiry is my son Doug, living in Montreal and taking his Master in Fine Art, is wanting to take a few days to visit galleries etc. He does not have a lot of money ..... raising two children and going to University pays poorly. So if you know of any place that would be just the cats meow .... not too far from the gallery hub.... if there is such a location ...... inexpensive...clean....safe that he could access I would appreciate your feed back. Thanks. Graham ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V11 #1003 *****************************