Baren Digest Friday, 8 September 2000 Volume 12 : Number 1138 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gayle Wohlken Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 09:44:43 -0400 Subject: [Baren 11231] Re: Baren Digest V12 #1137 Nice to know we haven't lost Greg R. in the vast seas. Greg, I have a photo of Subject:Skull to send to you. I may email it too so you can see it sooner. I envy you your new home--my ancestral country. Stay out of Ryrie's bar if you know what's good for you. I hear the clans are still active. Congratulations to the winners of the Silly Season posts. Ruth, I'm so envious of those who can attend your opening. Congratulations to you on your upcoming show. Bea! Walking again! Wonderful news. One thing I can say about your cast, Bea; you wore it well. I'm not kidding, either. You looked romantic that way even though you felt penned in--for an artist that's not a happy feeling. I can't even imagine how free you must feel now! Thanks, Eli, for the URL for downloading books from Project Gutenberg. Will check it out. Gayle, (Captain of Exchange #6, still waiting) ------------------------------ From: Wanda Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 09:45:34 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11232] Re: The search ends We knew you were in the pub - waiting for your printmaking supplies to arrive, of course. If you find out why John's ancestors left - please inquire why my grand-mama Queen Victoria came to the states. No kidding, that was her given name, I don't know what they called her: "Queenie" "Vicki" ? Probably "Mama"! Glad to hear from you Greg! Oh, did you get your pigments O.K.? Wanda ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:53:58 -0500 Subject: [Baren 11233] brush on....brush off..... I have a silly question for those of you on the traditional water side that are using the little shoe-polish brushes...(the japanese name escapes right now...)........these are the brushes used to smear the pigment and paste unto the woodblock itself. The question is........what do you do afterwards.....do you clean them ? how much.....just a bit to get the top color off....or a lot to get down deep into the brush ?......can these guys get wet ?....I mean the wood part...w/o falling apart....the eason I ask is that the build up of pigment in the brush plays such an important part on getting good results...I wonder wether I am suppose to let the color build up... Probably those of you that do this all the time have a brush for each color....so there's no need to clean all the way thru.... but I have only three.........(looking to buy a few more....real soon !).........the one for black only is used for black...but the other two are being used one for warm colors...and one for cool colors..... I told you it was a silly question.............Julio ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:35:15 +0900 Subject: [Baren 11234] Re: brush on....brush off..... Julio wrote, re brushes: > The question is........what do you do afterwards.....do you clean them ? Here at 8:35, and maybe just enough time to answer this before it's time to get on the bike and head over to the pool for this morning's swim ... Although you may hear differently from other workers (I can hear David Stones getting ready to fire off a post here), most traditional printers here believe that the brushes should be washed well. You can't wash them well enough to remove all traces of pigment, so as you mentioned, you should use a brush only for one particular colour (or closely related colour). But it _is_ important to get the pasty gunk out of there. Opposed to this is the fact that getting the brush constantly wet will definitely shorten its life - both from the expansion and contraction of the wood, and from potential rotting of the hair down in the base of the clumps. I wash the brush facing down, with the wooden part held out of the water and the water stream headed across the hair. I rub with the other hand until the water runs generally clear. Shake out as much loose water as possible, then use a towel to blot out most of the rest. Lay it on its side, out of the direct sunlight, but in a place with good air circulation, turning it occasionally. Don't put it away back on its shelf (never in closed drawers) until it is thoroughly dry. > the build up of pigment in the brush plays such > an important part on getting good results... > I wonder wether I am suppose to let > the color build up... You simply make sure that you get a good build-up each time you start using it. Brush enough pigment/paste on the block to get the build-up in place before you start pulling prints. > the little shoe-polish brushes...(the japanese name > escapes right now...) 'Maru-bake' ... (bah-kay) Dave ------------------------------ From: "john ryrie" Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:44:58 +1000 Subject: [Baren 11235] Ryrie's pub charset="iso-8859-1" Gregor McRob said: > I now live about a block from Ryrie's Pub (established 1862), within > whose dark, wood-panneled recesses I am sure to learn the real reason > for our John's ancestors' flight (or deportation?) from the > Motherland... Don't believe anything they tell you, as he explained to the police at the time, his kilt was blown off by the wind. John ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V12 #1138 *****************************