Baren Digest                Sunday, 1 June 2003        Volume 23 : Number 2245


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From: "marilynn smih" <marilynnsmih#hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 10:59:29 -0700
Subject: [Baren 21668] Re: Baren Digest V23 #2244 

Colleen, I am carving on that plate for the card exchange.  I too think it 
would be marvelous to have a deck of cards we could really use.
Marilynn Smith


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From: Wanda <robertson#canby.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 11:20:13 -0700
Subject: [Baren 21669] message from Julianne 

The server seems to have forgotten some of our members - so here is a
message from Julianne:

Thanks to all who replied to my 'creased paper' question. An assignment
& exam have kept me from replying earlier, but finally here is the long
and scary story of what I chose to do... you may want to close your
ears. 

Step 1:  It all began with an idea to lay an inked up shape over an
inked up background and print it all in one. I'm not sure exactly how
big the sheet of paper was, 72 x 107cm or something, too big for my
press. However, hand rubbing the back of the paper with a roller & baren
didn't provide enough pressure for the 'shape' to print successfully,
although the background went OK. Back to the drawing board...

Step 2:  I cut 2 sheets of paper in half & printed 4 of the 'shapes.'
Of the 2 better ones, my favourite one was creased. Back to the drawing
board...

Step 3:  (some of you may find this part horrifying) As the crease was
not on the image (which was not square/rectangle) I cut it out and
collaged it onto the original biggee one. This looked pretty good (to
me), even though it buckled a little, and as I didn't have time to
flatten it properly, I sent it off like that, rolled up in a pvc tube -
didn't have to mount or frame it. hmmm, yes I'm not quite a professional
yet, but there you have it. May-be when it is returned unsold I will be
able to flatten it out then.

Whatever happens, I had a lot of fun
Julianne Kershaw


john center wrote:
    easy if the crese in not in the image area   turn it into a
"bleed      print" lol   cut off all the useless paper and just show the
image      and say you intended to have a "bleed print"


To which Myron Turner wrote:
   Don't listen to this ridiculous advice.  If you are ambitious
enough    to submit to print competitions, then you should be as true
as          possible to your aesthetic intention--which seems to be
your            instinct, otherwise you wouldn't have asked the question
to begin       with.
   How is the print to be submitted? Perhaps you can cover some or
much    of the creasing with a mat.


Jan Telfer wrote:
   If in No 1 the creases are not in the actual print area, are you
able    to wet the paper in that area or all over - you didn't mention
oil or 
   waterbased - and iron the paper and print carefully or put it between
   clean paper and weigh it down for a day or so (watch for mould)?
   I'd try this and go for No 1


Barbara Mason wrote:
   Unfortunately you are right...creased paper is bad. Can you dampen
it    and run it through the press again and then dry it under blotters
and    weight? I think you  could flatten the crease with effort.




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From: barebonesart <barebonesart#attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 12:12:04 -0700
Subject: [Baren 21670] Re: Baren Digest V23 #2244 

Sharen,
Thanks for forwarding the info about the book cover.  I've sent an image and
we'll see what happens.

Sharri



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From: "Jean Womack" <jeaneger#jeaneger.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 04:03:45 -0700
Subject: [Baren 21671] Re:   Baren Digest V23 #2244 

Dear Friends,
I started printing the Exchange 17 print, using some sumi ink that I
purchased in San Francisco Chinatown a few years ago.  It has Chinese
characters on the box and Made in China stickers on it. It is very strong
and produces a strong clear black.  However, when I opened the bottle I
could smell a very strong odor.  It was unpleasant at first so I turned on a
fan, but I got used to it after awhile and started to like it.  Not like
some chemicals which, after you have been around them for awhile, you don't
smell them anymore (like the major chemical company my father worked in, in
Charlotte, where they used acetic acid, he said).  I could still smell it
after I went into the kitchen and then went back to the studio.  Does anyone
know what that sumi ink smell is from?  Of course, all this stuff has smells
to it, and one of the more intriguing smells is latex for mold-making.  But
you know, we get used to smells like turpentine, whereas my husband was
totally alarmed one day when I was using turp for printmaking.  I told him I
can't be an artist without using turpentine once in awhile.  And I brought
the fan in and turned it on and opened the door.  Of course, they don't use
turp in the public schools, except I did visit one high school that
specialized in art, where they taught oil painting.  Sorry, I guess I am
rambling, but what is that sumi ink smell all about?

Thanks,

Jean


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