Baren Digest Sunday, 28 April 2002 Volume 19 : Number 1812 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:00:04 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17976] transfer paper Morning everyone, I still think the easiest way to register is to print your key block wirh black ink on Sumi paper or some other thin paper that you are sure will not change size when it meets wet ink and glue the paper to the second block. It is pretty fail safe. Rice paste or gum arabic both work well to glue it down, just wait for the print to dry a bit before you glue it. Water based ink dries fast. You see every single little mark on the key block. You can color it after it is transferred to get your colors in the right place with a magic marker so you do not carve away the wrong images. Obviously this coloring process works best for less intricate work. My own work is fairly loose, so it is fine for me to do this. If the coloring were intricate you might want a color xerox. Be sure to let the glued block dry before you carve, or you will be in a mess, I say this from frustrating personal experience. I am very impatient by nature, how could I be a printmaker??? Dave's method of using the color xerox is good but a bit more labor intensive. Be sure the machine you are using gives you consistent pages, hold them up to the window or use a light table to make sure they are the same. Some machines vary from print to print. See Dave's process here http://barenforum.org/encyclopedia/topics/019/019.html Dave would say at this point "if something is good, what does it matter if it takes a long time?" Am I right? I am sure Dave's blocks are so expensive he wants to make positive everything is perfect....Perfect is a long way off for me, but I am tenacious! I know there is another spot that shows this process but I couldn't find it in the encyclopedia. It shows the separate color pages Dave uses for each block, aha! I found it. http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/000_09/000_09_frame.html The transfer paper I have used in the past is called "graphite" paper and you can buy it almost anywhere, most art or hobby stores have it and all tole painting places. Fabric stores sometimes have it in their hobby section. The stuff made for sewing is a lot heavier weight than the graphite paper.Graphite paper is almost the weight of cooking parchment. You can use it for months, I like the white, it just never seems to wear out. Also it will not rub off easily, but will eventually. I think it is very like the saral paper, just a different name. Sorry for this long post, to all our new members, if you have not read the one point lessons in the encyclopedia, it is a great place to start. See http://barenforum.org/encyclopedia/topics/018/018_frame.html this is a crash course in woodblock printmaking. Best to all, Barbara ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V19 #1812 *****************************