Baren Digest Monday, 25 June 2001 Volume 15 : Number 1470 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "pjonpjon" Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:17:27 -0800 Subject: [Baren 14957] woodblock intaglio Hi everyone, Just wondering if any of you have ever tried to print woodblock as intaglio. What I like about intaglio is the embossment that I get in the print. It looks more like a collograph except for the lines from the woodgrain. I ink and print the woodblock very similar to how I print an etching plate. I usually stick to either etching ink or perf. palette (Graphic Chemical). Asbjorn Hollerud ------------------------------ From: "pjonpjon" Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:29:55 -0800 Subject: [Baren 14958] Introduction (Asbjorn Hollerud) Hi again, I forgot to introduce myself :-) My name is Asbjorn Hollerud and my passport claims I'm a Norwegian. Personally I feel like I'm something more as I have lived 11 (out of my 25 years) in Japan and I've studied art and graphic design for three years in Minnesota. I am moving back to Norway on July 11th. I do not have a portfolio web page but I'm working on it. I'll let you all know when it's finished :-) Asbjorn Hollerud - who wants to move back to Japan ------------------------------ From: "Bill and/or Lynda Ritchie" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 08:41:33 -0700 Subject: [Baren 14959] Bill's mistake charset="iso-8859-1" I'm stuck in Bellevue and can't fix the error until I'm back in Seattle. I sent a message earlier that mydemo in Bellevue would be on the Web. It's not at ArtsPort! I defaulted, put it instead at Sorry. It happens. ------------------------------ From: GWohlken Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 11:48:33 -0400 Subject: [Baren 14960] Re: Baren Digest V15 #1469 What a great group of Midwestern Bareners we have! Don and Sharen Linder as well as Dean and Susan Clark and Julio showed all of us out of towners (Sue Salsbury, her daughter-in-law Laurie, Jim and me) the beautiful face of Chicago. Sarah's whole room of work at the Woman Made Gallery (housed in a lovely old mansion) surprised us as some of their large sizes were unexpected. Talking to her about hanga reassured us that the rules that seem so rigid when reading them in books can also be bent a little to allow for some creativity and playfulness. And people, you will not believe how big the Skokie Library is and how impressive everyone's prints look in their frames. Our Show & Tell session at the library showed us a John Center whose work you have to see with your eyes to appreciate what this man can do with a few carving tools. Julio showed us the handsome hanga prints he recently acquired from eBay and it was good to take a magnifying glass and look at some of the delicate fineline carving that went into the printed result. Sharen also showed us her set of the Salon de Refuse' prints--wow! One thing we discovered is that any of our prints seen online do not show the real beauty of them, nor do photos show the depth of a person. I hope more and more Baren get togethers will bring us into the three dimensional world where we all really live. Gayle Ohio, USA ------------------------------ From: "April Vollmer" Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 12:04:58 -0400 Subject: [Baren 14961] Print Bi-annual charset="iso-8859-1" Thank you all for the reports on Portland and Chicago meetings! Great when Baren brings people together. I hope to hear more about these events, (especially Sarah's opening). Maybe an article in the Newsletter? My art news is that I went to the Brooklyn Museum's print show opening. Marilyn Kushner has finally revived the bi-annual print show. However, her criteria this time was that a computer was involved in the process somewhere. Her definition was very loose, and the prints ranged from a few straight Iris prints* to pulp paper printed through a digital stencil, to Willy Cole's iron prints, David Sandlin's silkscreen, Juan Sanchez's torn paper and silkscreen, Gloria Garfinkel, James Turrel, Mel Bochner, prints from Dieu Donne, Pace, Lower East Side Printshop, Anchor Graphics, I can't remember all the artists, shops and techniques. The overall impression was incredible variety, and that digital technology has given printmaking a new significance because it can incorporate these changes. *[can we please say Iris instead of giclee? it means prints printed on an Iris printer] ------------------------------ From: Greg Carter Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:35:50 -0400 Subject: [Baren 14962] Re: woodblock intaglio Dear Asbjorn, I have printed a number of different traditional relief blocks including wood in the intaglio manner. The first time I did it with a lino block I learned the importance of dryer considering how long it took to dry. Beyond the embosment, I really love the thick lines of ink and how they dry along with the wood grain. It is interesting to not even cut the block but wet sand it and print the grain in a multy color print. I also use Graphic ink along with some Dan smith. I know of a number of mixed media printmakers who do this and combine it with different printing processes. Greg Carter >Hi everyone, > >Just wondering if any of you have ever tried to print woodblock as intaglio. >What I like about intaglio is the embossment that I get in the print. It >looks more like a collograph except for the lines from the woodgrain. I ink >and print the woodblock very similar to how I print an etching plate. I >usually stick to either etching ink or perf. palette (Graphic Chemical). > >Asbjorn Hollerud ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:31:55 EDT Subject: [Baren 14963] Chicago Hi all, I just returned from Chicago and thank you one and all, fellow Bareners and accompanying friends, spouses, etc - it was a pleasure to meet all of you and thank you so much for coming to my opening. I'm sorry I wasn't able to spend more time chatting, but things were pretty hectic there! and Julio, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to make it to Skokie, but my time was very limited and we didn't have access to a car, etc. - sounds like you all had fun- It's always fun to meet fellow Bareners, and I'm finding out that most folks turn out to be pretty much just like they sound from their emails- best wishes all, and thanks too, Sarah ------------------------------ From: dimitris grammatikopulos Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:39:47 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Baren 14964] salon des refuse' of not participe' Dear Baren, I have thought a lot about bothering you with my problems. I've decided that since it's started to affect you I ought to let you know. 1. The money thing: I owe both lists (Baren and Australia). Whatever the amount. This academic year my boss (the local University) due to problems that "he" was unable to control and/or solve (the Ministry of Finances) paid us for the first time in May (the 25th, I think). Meaning that ever since October my family and I lived on my wife's salary. So I chose the embarassment of not paying in time. Within the next 30-45 days I believe I will be able to pay any amount I owe. I don't expect any sympathies, I'm just letting you know how it goes. 2. The size thing: In the beginning I was overlooking the fact that the dimensions given were the PAPER dimensions, while I was working on the PRINT dimensions. You may check this out, if in doubt. But in the last two prints I went out of limits just a bit, for example the 'Refugee' print is 41x29 instead of 38x28. I wouldn't call that oversized, not in any way. So it doesn't fit some cases...well, does it suit your taste? Anyway, I am trying to keep both list flags up. I've discussed an exhibition both with thw town authorities and the University. I am constantly using ALL exchanges as a living book for my students. And I am ready to stand on one foot in the corner for punishment. But except for the money thing, which I promise to fix as soon as I get money in my hands, I don't think that I've isulted any one with my choices of expression IN ART. This all may sound a bit delirious in the morning, but right now it is just as plain and simple as it gets. Thanks, Dimitris ------------------------------ From: barebonesart Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 16:25:56 -0700 Subject: [Baren 14965] Re: Baren Digest V15 #1469 Hi Bareners, I'd like to add my comments, mostly repetitious, to those of Wanda & Barbara. It was such a delightful evening at Barbara & Lee Mason's new home; wonderful dinner on the patio + getting to meet Jan Telfer, hear about some of her processes, and to meet the Kirkpatricks & hear tales of Boot Camp ;-). Lee's impromptu concert was a real delight. A monumental THANK YOU to the Masons for a fantastic evening of conversation, good food, new friends, print viewing & music listening. Some day I hope to be able to repay the hospitality. Bill R., it looks like your demo was a great success. Thanks for the web posting and sharing. I haven't experimented with DVD, I'm barely into CD-Rom, but bear with me, I'm slow, but I do get there just before the new innovation hits the market. Kate, I would add to the flattening of the prints that if a really bad crease has occured, sometimes it can be erased by using a bone (I forget what they're called, but used for bookbinding) and a piece of glassine and burnishing from the back. Depending on the paper, it may need to be dampened. Good luck, but I'll bet you can save those prints. Happy Printing, Sharri LaPierre ------------------------------ From: Ray Hudson Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:14:08 -0400 Subject: [Baren 14966] size of prints for exchange Dear Dimitris, I really admire your work whatever its size might be. As a coordinator of an exchange I was certainly not insulted when your print arrived with your note that I could trim them to fit. But, of course, I wasn't about to do that! It's not so much a matter of fitting a case, but rather of fitting the shipping container. Many of the print makers are able to send a case that can be reused. This saves the coordinator a great deal of time in having to repackage 30 prints without having to scrounge 30 new containers. So, if all the prints conform to one outer dimension, the work of these volunteer coordinators is just made very much easier. But as I say, I'm so glad that you participate in the exchanges as they are so heavily weighted by print makers from the U. S. So, hang in there & I look forward to seeing more of your work, if not in an exchange that I take part in then on the Baren gallery. All the best, Ray Hudson ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII@aol.com Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:43:01 EDT Subject: [Baren 14967] Re: woodblock intaglio i have printed wood engravings in an intaglio methiod useing paper damped like for an etching useing an vandercook press and etching blankets you get a very black line but the block will print gray and not white and you will not get as many impressions as with a traditional copper engraving before the block deteriorates. I have seen cuts printed this way by Eric Gill. Think if you printed a wood cut this way you would have too much ink unless you printed more like a calagraph John of the furry press ps shereen the wood engraving workshop you spoke about was last week ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V15 #1470 *****************************