Baren Digest Wednesday, 9 April 2003 Volume 23 : Number 2187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Frank Trueba Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 14:56:37 -0700 Subject: [Baren 21265] paper question Hi, Has any one out there used a paper called "moriki" (the size I've found is 25" x 36") and if so your reaction to it for Japanese woodblock printing? Thanks in advance, frank ------------------------------ From: Louise Cass Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:19:25 -0400 Subject: [Baren 21266] Re: Hishiki-san's new web pages ... Hello Dave- Thanks for putting up these links - what an interesting and diverse body of work! What did Mr. Hishiki do before he retired?? and is there not a main web site to go to? thanks, Louise Cass At 05:26 PM 4/7/03 +0900, you wrote: >A couple of years back I sent over a link to a series of calendar prints >made by an acquaintance of mine over here, Mr. Hishiki, and many people >seemed to enjoy them. He has just now finished his new website, and >there are a lot more prints up for inspection. > > http://www.LCassArt.com ------------------------------ From: Myron Turner Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 17:24:26 -0500 Subject: [Baren 21267] Re: paper question It's very good--I use it for oil-based adn have used it for many years. Unfortunately it's become rather expensive. Myron ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 14:35:54 -0500 Subject: [Baren 21268] Re: mini-exchange At 07:32 AM 4/8/2003 -1000, Jack Reisland wrote: >I vote for 2 X 2 or 2 X 3. They could be each mounted on to larger >sheets so that a reasonable sized box could be made. I tend to agree with Jack that when it comes to small, smaller is better (Jack -- are you going to be a participant in this one?). But there are (at least) two components to this. Image size and paper size. An image somewhere between four and sixteen square inches seems to be reasonably 'small' without requiring microscopy. Maybe we could define the paper size (and therefore the portfolio cases) to be somewhat larger than that. For example, we could define that the image needs to be (for example) 4 square inches in area (1x4, 1.5x2.67, 2x2, etc) AND the paper must be 6" x 8" square. Or that the image needs to be 16 square inches in area (1x16, 2x8, 4x4, etc) and the paper needs to be 20" x 8". I calculated the paper sizes to allow minimum 2" margins for images with a minimum dimension of 1". Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon#mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: "Elizabeth B. Atwood" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:06:19 -0400 Subject: [Baren 21269] MiniaturePrints Mike and others........... Delighted with the idea of a miniature print exchange. The requirement we used in the International Miniature Print shows was 4 square inches, any shape.....which gives a lot of freedom......and suggestion. If we did that, the portfolio could be 6 square inches and could handle most work. ElizA ------------------------------ From: Jack Reisland Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:34:23 -1000 Subject: [Baren 21270] Re: MiniaturePrints Elizabeth, That sounds like a good size for both image and portfolio, Mike, I think that I might participate in this exchange, I have been waiting for a miniature one. Now, if I can get up in the middle of the night for the opening of sign up... Jack R. "Elizabeth B. Atwood" wrote: > Mike and others........... > > Delighted with the idea of a miniature print exchange. The requirement we > used in the International Miniature Print shows was 4 square inches, any > shape.....which gives a lot of freedom......and suggestion. > If we did that, the portfolio could be 6 square inches and could handle > most work. > > ElizA ------------------------------ From: b.patera#att.net Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 00:00:30 +0000 Subject: [Baren 21271] Re: seeing light differently Wow is right! I didn't know that anyone else's eyes saw colors differently either. My right eye sees blue light and my left eye sees the warm spectrum and together.... well I always assumed that I saw colors as they are.... hoping so anyway. By the way congratulations to both Mike and Robert. Barbara P > My hands are still very steady and I have good motor > > skills, but my eyes are not that great -- my right eye sees 'cooler' than > > my left, I'm nearsighted, and I need to use no. 1.75 reading glasses. > > -- Mike > > > > Wow! I didn't know that anybody else saw colors differently from one eye to > the other. My right eye sees warmer ( slightly more yellow) and the left > eye sees cooler (bluish). Interesting. > > Cyndy Wilson > ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis#aol.com Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:58:32 EDT Subject: [Baren 21272] Re: seeing light differently now youve all got me wondering i have severe astigmatism in my right eye and now i see basically shapes and light out of it thank goodness my left eye is good anyway i checked and things have almost a yellow look to them out of my right eye i guess that means the color in that eye looks a bit warmer i wonder if this is a common thing?? georga ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie#aol.com Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 21:00:27 -0400 Subject: [Baren 21273] congrats Mike etc Congrats Mike - that's the best "rejection" I ever heard of and I have to applaud the director of the Center for giving your prints the attention they deserve. I also really enjoyed the Hishiki prints... there was one that looked sort of like a cross between a bear and an owl that I particularly liked (on the third webpage listed) - thanks for sharing those with us. best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: jimandkatemundie#juno.com Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:17:44 GMT Subject: [Baren 21274] miniature print exchange I'd certainly be interested in a minitature print exchange (heck - most of my work is wee anyway). 2x2 or 2x3 inches would seem ideal to me. >> My hands are still very steady and I have good motor >> skills, but my eyes are not that great -- my right eye sees 'cooler' >> than my left, I'm nearsighted, and I need to use no. 1.75 reading >> glasses. > > Wow! I didn't know that anybody else saw colors differently from one > eye to the other. My right eye sees warmer ( slightly more yellow) > and the left eye sees cooler (bluish). Interesting. Actually, this seems to be a fairly common trait among artists of my acquaintance. Both my wife and myself see cool colors more clearly with one eye and warm colors moreso with the other (in my case, my left eye - which is also my dominant eye - tends toward the bluish end of the spectrum, while the right seems to prefer the reddish). We both noticed this apparent oddity in ourselves as kids and thought it was a unique trait until we later discovered that we both shared it, as did other artist friends (though some thought we were mad). Actually, I suspect it may just be a peculiar feature of binocular vision, and as visual artists we're just more aware of it. Sure comes in handy for mixing color when painting. James Mundie http://www.missioncreep.com/mundie/index.html ------------------------------ From: "Jean Womack" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:25:11 -0700 Subject: [Baren 21275] Re: Baren Digest V23 #2185 charset="iso-8859-1" Minna, In reply to your question about chine colle in an exchange, I believe that all forms of relief printmaking are acceptable unless it is specified that a certain medium be used, such as all-hanga. Jean Eger Womack http://www.jeaneger.com ------------------------------ From: "Jean Womack" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:45:18 -0700 Subject: [Baren 21276] Re: Baren Digest V23 #2186 Dear friends, I used to talk about the California Society of Printmakers all the time on this forum. I am still on the board as the historian. We had a very nice annual meeting last weekend, at which a lawyer spoke about artists estates, and another fellow about selling art. This is a different focus than past meetings, which have usually featured a retired college instructor who is the recipient of an annual award from CSP. Anyway, the beat goes on, so I thought you might like to see the new CSP web site at http://www.caprintmakers.org Jean Eger Womack http://www.jeaneger.com ------------------------------ From: "carolwagner" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:46:02 -0700 Subject: [Baren 21277] Secret Ingredient ? Eli Griggs wrote: Gin...GIN!? OK, how come nobody told ME about the gin? ...whatever am I missing! Could this be the secret ingredient, the Magic elixir, that would banish my clumsiness with the To, that would transform my lack of printing expertise into something nearer to the hearts desire?... Jeanne N, I tried to access your site, but kept getting a "this page cannot be displayed" notice. I like your suggestion of everyone putting their site address at the ending of posts, but understand from digging into the archives that some members have reservations about this ,as it might mean attention from some less than scrupulous folk who then bombard them with unwanted solicitations and/or advertisements. I for one, enjoy very much seeing others websites and work, and my 'delete' button is always handy. obsessively 'cutting and printing', Carol in Sacramento P.S. If you are curious, you can check out what I'm up to when I'm not obsessing over woodcuts at www.papalotl.com. Just be aware that there are no woodcuts there yet, and the site is due for some updating. ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis#aol.com Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:29:13 EDT Subject: [Baren 21278] Re: Secret Ingredient ? In a message dated 4/8/2003 8:53:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, carolwagner#softcom.net writes: > www.papalotl.com carol your work is wonderful im very interested in your mural painting techniques can you share them? georga ------------------------------ From: Aqua4tis#aol.com Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:38:09 EDT Subject: [Baren 21280] Re: SGC conference In a message dated 4/8/2003 12:41:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shireenh#earthlink.net writes: > http://www.shireenholman.com > shireen ive enjoyed looking at your work also great stuff georga ------------------------------ From: Jack Reisland Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:32:17 -1000 Subject: [Baren 21281] Re: Secret Ingredient ? carolwagner wrote: > > > Gin...GIN!? OK, how come nobody told ME about the gin? ...whatever am I > missing! Could this be the secret ingredient, the Magic elixir, that would > banish my clumsiness with the To, that would transform my lack of printing > expertise into something nearer to the hearts desire?... ...well, gin used in the usual fashion will indeed make your printing skills - -seem- to be better (at least until you look at it the next morning), but it may make you downright dangerous with the To. :>) Jack R. ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V23 #2187 *****************************