Baren Digest               Sunday, 15 April 2001       Volume 15 : Number 1389


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From: "Garth Hammond" <Garthart@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 06:38:56 -0600
Subject: [Baren 14171] Show notice 

Hi everyone,

Just a note to let you know that in Lawrence Kansas there is a show at the
Spenser Museum called 150 years of farm life. It is through June 6,
university of kansas.

Sounds boring? well Wrong!  It is a collection of etchings, woodcuts and
linocuts from the midwest.  Carter, Hull, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood,
grace albee,charles capp(wow)benton spruance etc. the museum itself was a
delight some nice things, plus the ususal suspects, rembrant etc. (sp) and
some very fine medieval carvings. iam always amazed that show titles do not
reflect what is going on.

Keep chipping!

Garth

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From: "Gillyin Gatto" <gillying@Maineline.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:44:32 -0700
Subject: [Baren 14172] arithmatic and mat board 

  Math was never my forte'  !   it was 9 days- not 13- for my packet to get
to LA  ,   but whatever  ...priority is NOT  three days,   if it starts in
downeast Maine!
a different take on the mat board discussion- i used to use only white-the
"old school"  of thought about prints  .my favorite was SANDSTONE  from
Crescent -a warm white-   but  after years and years of white white white, i
guess i just got pretty bored with white mat board .   now i used  what ever
color s  i can get from  my Machias gallery- which is a frame shop too.  the
owner  sells  all the middle pieces of varying sizes that are left over from
framing jobs, very  cheaply .  i've always loved how mat board begats
matboard !  this way i have been able to try alot of different colors  and
have found three i like alot  -green/black core,  red/black core   and  a
grey /black core-i order whole sheets from United Manufactures -its all acid
free stuff and the black core gives you a double mat/offset  look without
the workor expense of another whole piece of board -
for frames--  once again, i went the formal route - for years-- buying from
the Graphic Dimensions catalog ,  relatively expensive " shadow box"   metal
frames     which  literally   separate the glass from the mat   this was
important while i was on the art show circuit    and the work would be
sitting in my van or hanging in damp tents over nite     condensation could
form inside the frame and then evaporate   and never ruin the mat     but
now , i unabashedly  go to Ames Dept store    and buy plain wooden VERY
cheap/ but well made frames     which are almost always on sale   no
difference in my sales,  except maybe for the better-- i think people like
the cheaper frames better ,  they definetly like the colored mats
better-Gillyin

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From: "Jeanne Norman Chase" <studiojnc@prodigy.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:54:39 -0400
Subject: [Baren 14173] Re: exchange #9, salon de refuse', and wayward print packets 

Gillyin

I believe it was the great artist (printmaker and painter) Odelon Redon who
said something like "black is the most beautiful color of all".
I, too, feel most comfortable using black and white or sepia and white. I
love the contrast. Most of the gorgeous etchings of the past were all black
and white. Most dramatic of all is a black and white woodblock print.
 You should do what you are most inclined to do for your soul.

When you have your show at the Moose (?) Gallery, hopefully you can send us
via the Show and Tell, some pictures of the exhibition.

Everytime I use color in my printing, it seems to fall short. Just does not
have the same strength. That is why I love to draw. Only a pencil and do not
have to worry about what color to put where.

Will be anxious to see your prints as I , too, am in both exchanges.

My exchange for Bea looked pretty good until I put color on it. Now, I am
not so sure. The one for Dan will be black and white, hooray!

Happy Printing

Jeanne N.

ps. Are there any printmakers out there who actually take their work to a
professional framer?  I try not to, but I am such a lousy mat cutter. It
takes me longer to cut and frame than do the print. Maybe I just do not have
the correct tools.

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From: Lynita Shimizu <shimizu@mail1.nai.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:05:17 -0400
Subject: [Baren 14174] Exchange 10 

Exchange 10 has started and the woodchips are flying!  If anyone in the exchange did
not receive e-mail from me, kindly let me know and I will correct my records.

Kim Medina,
Please contact me as your mail is being bounced back and I need to correct your
address. Thanks!

Best wishes,
Lynita

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From: "Jean Eger" <jeaneger@LanMinds.Com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 19:50:44 -0700
Subject: [Baren 14175] Salon de Refuses 

Speaking of the salon de refuses, has anyone volunteered to do it for
Exchange #10?
Jean
http://www.jeaneger.com

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