Baren Digest Tuesday, 23 September 2003 Volume 24 : Number 2381 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Maria Arango" Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:16:10 -0700 Subject: [Baren 22848] LAST PUZZLED CALL! LAST CALL for the following people to email me back. After Friday this week I will cut new blocks and distribute. The locust curses will go out Saturday. Please specify: A. "I quit, sorry" B. "my block is on its way back, uncarved" C. "I'm carving as fast as life will let me" The alleged missing in action: Dan Dew Brenda Everett Linda Hornberger Patsy Giclas Agda Synnergren Thank you, Maria PS I have enough new volunteers and I will carve a block myself. Thanks to all that offered. <||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||> Maria Arango maria#mariarango.com Las Vegas Nevada USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com <||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||> ------------------------------ From: Daniel Dew Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:53:17 -0400 Subject: [Baren 22849] Re: LAST PUZZLED CALL! C: I'm carving like crazy, I forgot the deadline! Block will be out in a day or so, promise. d. dew >...C. "I'm carving as fast as life will let me" >The alleged missing in action: >Dan Dew >Brenda Everett >Linda Hornberger >Patsy Giclas >Agda Synnergren > >Thank you, >Maria > >PS I have enough new volunteers and I will carve a block myself. Thanks to >all that offered. > ><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||> >Maria Arango >maria#mariarango.com >Las Vegas Nevada USA >http://www.1000woodcuts.com ><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||><||> ------------------------------ From: "marilynn smih" Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:08:55 -0700 Subject: [Baren 22850] Re: Baren Digest V24 #2380 Hmm at the moment I am not using stonehenge, but magnani pescia. I am not printing waterbased hanga but rather oil based western style. So a good western paper should be fine and this one is lovely. I happen to like stonehenge however. I would not say I have excessive problems with printing, I am learning. I have printed quite a bit with lino and very little with wood. The woodblock is different than the lino to ink. I would also say that every block has its specific quirks and needs warming up and working with to get the best impressions. I was sharing my learning as I go, that was all. I hoped that for others out there just learning this woodblock stuff my comments might help or at the very least let them know that you will make mistakes and at first loose more prints than those with more experience. Also my admiration for the experience printer grows each time i do a new plate, there is a lot to know and learn. I come from a painting background and while painters get a lot of attention this printmaking stuff is much more technical. Charles, I was amazed at the time and work you put into that little sheep print. I was not that persistent, just carved something and mailed it off, I did have a good time with it tho. Your work and the persistance you gave it made me think I could have done better! So next time I will do better! We do learn from each other and I have to say the work I am doing is better because of the work i see everyone else doing. You are an inspiration. Marilynn ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII#aol.com Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:22:42 EDT Subject: [Baren 22851] tools arived Wonderful little toys. Smallest "v" & "u" i have any smaller any it would take a mag. glass just to see them. They work very well in cherry, we will see about the maple, worried that the maple is to hard and strong. It is alway fun to get new toys and new prints. Can you have too many? The check will be in the mail today. japanese tools in chicago cost twice as much as they do on the west coast and the selection is not as good eather and baren is even cheaper. john "tool man & furry press" center ------------------------------ From: Bette Wappner Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:19:01 -0400 Subject: [Baren 22852] Re: tools arived John, Im finding that my tools aren't small enough. How small are these that you are talking about and where did you get them? I'm ready for some micro tools. I love your intricate work and after finding that fine detail doesn't work on shina plywood, I'll be a cherry girl from here on out. Any good suggestions on where to buy cherry at a decent price in a metro. area. We have Woodcraft and another specialty woods store that carvers use that is probably pricey. What about cabinet makers? etc... Bette. ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie#aol.com Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:40:42 -0400 Subject: [Baren 22853] Ruth Leaf Ruth, finally had a chance to look at your prints, they look beautiful!! As for hand-coloring, I have done this on woodcuts as well as on etchings, as the image dictates. I don't think one should make very strict rules about should, shouldn't, as long as it works! I like some of the ones that are partly black and white and partly colored, makes for interesting contrasts. thanks for sharing these with us. best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: Charles Morgan Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:01:53 -0700 Subject: [Baren 22854] Re: tools arived Check out Lee Valley tools for some really small chisels. Just got some myself. Cheers .... Charles At 06:19 PM 9/22/03 -0400, you wrote: John, Im finding that my tools aren't small enough. How small are these that you are talking about and where did you get them? I'm ready for some micro tools. ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII#aol.com Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:11:26 EDT Subject: [Baren 22855] Re: tools arived size 1 mm & 1.5 mm "u" & "v" gouges smaller than that and you might as well be doing wood engraving some wood engraving tools will work with the grain on plank wood but none will work agaist the grain. I buy my wood at a lumber yard that specialzes in hard wood for furnature makers. Prints in the baren exchanges are small enough that you can get cut offs usually at a discount. Chicago has 4 hard wood lumber yards most metro areas have at least one saw nice ones in both Kansas city, Mo and Seattle, Wa. Rember anytime they sell wood as an art supply the cost is generally high. With wood from a lumber yard you will have to sand and finish it. john center -- ------------------------------ From: Barbara Mason Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Baren 22856] Baren Mall update Dear Printmakers.... The Baren Mall has had a price increase...the dollar is dropping in value compared to the yen and we cannot sell stuff for less than we pay for it. Since our profit margin is only 5% we have little room for error here. Dave has instituted a new system that allows the mall to calculate the price at the time of the order...so daily the price may change. If you paid 23.13 today, you could pay 23.97 tomorrow. Or it could go the other way and drop down a bit. This should protect the mall a bit, we hope. After a month or two, we will know if it is working well and if we are not losing money....hard to stay in business if you are losing money. On a brighter note we have filed for out non-profit status with the State of Oregon and the US Treasury (IRS) so it is only a matter of time before we receive it. After that all donations to the baren will be little tax deductions! What a deal. I say this so casually, it only took four tries with paperwork and finally having a CPA do it for us to get the right stuff to the government. In this case the 4th time was the charm. Best to all, Barbara Mason, Mall Manager ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V24 #2381 *****************************