Baren Digest             Tuesday, 31 December 2002     Volume 21 : Number 2079


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From: ArtfulCarol#aol.com
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:05:49 EST
Subject: [Baren 20250] Re: Baren Digest V21 #2078 

A student in a hanga class I was taking a few years ago at the  Conn Grapphic 
Arts Center was doing beautiful works, hand printing, waterbased ink,  using 
paper from the  Dolphin Co.. I do think she dampened the paper . Gum arabic 
was added to the ink and a dab of rice paste was put on the wood then mixed 
with the ink. That was standard practice.

Right now I am using Monotype colors from Createx, nothing added. That seems 
to  be good  and I like to use the simplest method that works.

I say what Carolyn Ramsey said: "Dive in and experiment"

When I first started  I decided , being an experimenter, that I wouldn't 
spend more than $1 per paper. Cut up into several pieces, that allowed me to 
try many things and not worry about throwing away, which I did with abandon. 
(No one sees your garbage)

Happy New Year
"Risk-It!"
Carol Lyons

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From: FurryPressII#aol.com
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:59:22 EST
Subject: [Baren 20251] Re:  New Year Cards 

herd of old goats?      am sending out   a herd of old goats (2) and a 
herdlet of "lost old goats"     happy new (year) of the goat   to all

john center

ps  after this i will not be able to hide    as a few of you will know what 
this old goat looks like

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From: Charles Morgan <cmorgan#uvic.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:31:14 -0800
Subject: [Baren 20252] water based inks 

GOAL: I would like to be able to mix my own water based inks from pigments 
or pigment dispersions. The ink should be re-wettable, so acrylic medium is 
not acceptable. The ink should be applicable with a rubber brayer (roller) 
and not just ball up on the roller. The ink should be smoothly spreadable 
on metal plates, as well as wood. Basically I want to be able to make my 
own water based ink that works like oil based inks.

Speedball makes water based block printing ink that seems to work just 
fine, but the pigments are not great. What is the medium they use? The 
Speedball inks are rewettable.

Graphic Chemical and Ink has a line of water based block printing inks. 
What is the medium they use? Their inks are not rewettable.

I have tried using traditional Japanese rice paste and paste made from 
wheat flour ... no good. I have tried adding photo-flow to the paste and it 
still just balls up on a roller and on metal plates. I have tried adding 
glycerine, and it still does not work.

Any suggestions greatly received ........

Cheers ....... Charles



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