[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Sunday, 16 April 2000 Volume 11 : Number 973 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:44:27 -0400 Subject: [Baren 9308] Re: Baren Digest V11 #972 varnishing Graham, here's a question for you. We varnish our board before we cut. Then we cut, but we know there will be more cutting, but we need to do a proof. Do we varnish again, knowing we will be going back to cut more? Do we keep varnishing every time we make some changes? Or do we do that second varnishing after all proofing is done and we are ready to start printing? Gayle (Burton Ohio, USA) ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 23:55:45 -0700 Subject: [Baren 9309] Update site. I am gradually getting back from the Land of Exhibitions and attending to the important stuff in life....... the Baren. I just finished two exhibitions and 5 months of intense work to get caught up on the lighthouse series.... Just 6 more to do now. I will be posting some in the next few weeks. But in the meantime it is time for funner stuff..... I have update my woodblock information site http://members.home.net/woodblocks/ and put the pages in a much needed assemblence of order. To save you digging through material you quite possibly have already browsed, here are the lastest additions to the site. For those that have not been there it is worth a boo..... I had a little info about preparing the Maru Bake (Inking Brushes). The site is much more comprehensive with the addition of power discs to fine tune the brushes. It works like a tin whistle. http://members.home.net/woodblocks/Inkbrush.html The other site has to do with the carving tools. http://members.home.net/woodblocks/Carvingtools.html There has been some postings regarding the making of tools and the use of others that may or may not be OK for our sport. When you see the amount of ware on the traditional Japanese carving tools I rather suspect that others may pale by comparison. These tools are made of damask steel, so are tough and withstand the rigours of much carving with minimum sharpening. Generally I only hone my tools prior to cutting a set (6 or 8} plates. With the amount of ware shown in the illustrations you can understand that they will last me my lifetime (big deal) and probably my sons. Regards Graham/Victoria BC An Island in the Pacific ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V11 #973 ****************************