Baren Digest Monday, 1 January 2001 Volume 14 : Number 1266 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Claude Villeneuve Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:01:25 -0500 Subject: [Baren 12716] Re: Baren Digest v14 #1263 Sharri Where can one purchase Green drop inks? Do they have a website? Thanks Claude Aimˇe Villeneuve Montreal ------------------------------ From: Lovelace Lee III Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 08:22:44 -0800 Subject: [Baren 12717] Re: Coordination# 9 <200012310618.PAA44436@ml.asahi-net.or.jp> Hi Bea, I'm in Los Angeles, too. Do you print with a press? Do you know somewhere I could take my woodblocks to have them printed for a fee? I'm sure I'll only be three or fewer colors. Suggestions? Lovelace Lee III Los Angeles ------------------------------ From: "Bea Gold" Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:41:35 -0800 Subject: [Baren 12718] Re: Coordination# 9 Hi georga, You'll find it on http://barenforum.org/exchange/index.html . = Should be fun. Bea how soon will a theme be decided?=20 georga ------------------------------ From: Wanda Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:41:55 -0700 Subject: [Baren 12719] Re: Baren Digest v14 #1262 Mike Lyon wrote: > thinning with alcohol makes it easier to keep coating thin) to seal before > carving only -- I like the carved areas to remain very absorbant. Areas > which are not well sanded hold more pigment than well sanded areas and > print 'darker' in a blotchy way I find unaesthetic. I sand to a worn 400 Hi Mike - nice post, by the way! I do have a question about this part - why would you want the carved areas to be more absorbent? Given that the pigment will be sitting up on the uncarved parts of the block & you are carving away the part that won't print. Seems as though the sealer/shellac/varnish should only be used on the carved out parts- to keep the pigment from sticking to those places & the surface itself should be sanded to hold the pigment. What do you think? This is not in any way a criticism of anyone's working methods, as we surely all have our own way of working and the result is the important part of the whole process. I am just curious about this aspect of woodblock printing. Seems as though everyone has a different method. Wanda ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:01:27 -0600 Subject: [Baren 12720] Re: more snakes...... 12/31/2000 03:07:21 PM A few more slithering creatures have made their way to my humble snake pit.... thanks to all who sent.... http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/snakes/ The bad weather and record snow here in the midwest must have something to do with the small number making their way to our den....perhaps January will bring better weather.. Cheers and a Happy Holiday to All........Julio ------------------------------ From: Jim Bryant Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:24:47 -0700 Subject: [Baren 12721] Re: Baren Digest v14 #1263 http://www.safeink.com/ The above URL is for Green Drop Ink co. jim- >Sharri > >Where can one purchase Green drop inks? Do they have a website? > >Thanks > >Claude Aim=E9e Villeneuve Montreal ------------------------------ From: "Charles and Gail Sheffield" Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:51:15 -0600 Subject: [none] Ah, yes, here I sit on New Year's Eve, reluctant to go to any parties = because I can't stay up that late! (Old age is hell.) I'm the newbie = who asked about the woodcut/linocut comparison. It generated some = interesting responses and it is probably healthy to get all of you to = ponder these profound things. My impression, from the implied as well = as explicit responses, was that woodblock prints have some sort of = cachet, are somehow classier and more desirable than linoleum block = prints. So I have put aside, temporarily, my stack of linoleum pieces = and am experimenting with wood--so far, pine planks, luan, and some kind = of pretty smooth plywood. Damn hard to make decent cuts; decent tools = would probably help. Incidentally, since there is no magazine for relief printing as there is = for other art media, I hope that members will post the information for = any workshops they hear about. A question suggested by some of the = recent posts. Gail Sheffield Covington, LA=20 ------------------------------ From: "Bea Gold" Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:58:11 -0800 Subject: [Baren 12723] Re: Hi Gail, Happy New Year - have you looked at the http://barenforum.org/ = ? All kinds of information is available on the site - including an = encyclopedia. Happy cutting and printing in 2001 - many members of the = Baren do both linocuts and woodcuts. By the way your message came on my = email address not on the forum. Don't know why. =20 Bea Gold bnj50@earthlink.net http://www.beagold.com/ Los Angeles, California ------------------------------ From: Sunnffunn@aol.com Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 20:49:19 EST Subject: [Baren 12724] Re: Postcard Exhibits - new sites Hmm, unless your a wood engraver or really into your woods (ie: tasmainian myrtle, pear, turkish box, english box, ironwood...) for cutting then I would say that lino is classier than wood. each to their own however. Happy new millennium. Lawrence End of Baren Digest v14 #1266 *****************************