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Message 1
From: Jan Telfer
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 23:36:10 +0800
Subject: [Baren 24788] Re: JC's Postcard exchange
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Dear Patsy,

Patsy wrote:

>Nick Bantock's Griffin & Sabine book trilogy, or the magazine,
>"Somerset
>Studios". A postcard would be a great way to weave in rubber stamps
>with more traditional processes.

He apparently lives on an island off Vancouver Is in British Columbia
somewhere, so I have been told. I have several of his postcards here
as several of my travelling friends are Nick Bantock Postcard Stampers,
but on Granville Is in Vancouver "they didn't want to know"!!! "Been
there done that!" was one comment I got!!

I do lots of postcard exchanges and I'd love to do another Baren
one.... like our annual New Year ones.... Being a Baren Exchange they
should have a woodblock print among other things though, I think.

What about a travel theme?

Sign me up please John.

Just my two cents worth!
Jan
Perth, W Aust

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Message 2
From: "Matt Laine"
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:13:29 -0500
Subject: [Baren 24789] Re: JC's Postcard exchange
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I'm a novice -- so I'd like to know the details of a "postcard exchange" ie
exactly how it works.

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Message 3
From: "marilynn smih"
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 08:41:38 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24790] summit
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Has anyone thought further on another summit gathering? Not that the
peninsula where I live could house us, but???? Our last one was really
special.
Marilynn

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Message 4
From: Bette Norcross Wappner
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:54:25 -0500
Subject: [Baren 24791] Re: warped plank
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while at Summit I think John Center had a warped plank that had been
carved. John correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dave suggest that you
place that warped plank between damp towels overnite? all i remember
is that the warp was corrected.

bette.

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Message 5
From: "carol wagner"
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:58:27 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24792] re Baren print display of calendars and Puzzle print
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Julio and All fellow Bareners,

This is to let you know that a very special display of the Great Puzzle
Print project and three of our Baren calendars (the Landscape and the
Postcard A and B) are now installed in the window of the last family owned
and run Art Supply shop in Sacramento, on J street, in Midtown, where they
are creating quite a buzz!

I have posted signage giving the source of the prints and directing viewers
to baren forum.org. Because the window faces north, the exhibit is safe from
sunlight. The installation will remain front and center for a good month,
and has already caused many viewers who stop, view and then come in, to ask
if any of it is for sale. I'm sorry that I couldn't afford the other two
calendars or they too would have been in the display. Most of the inquiries
have been for the calendars, but a very well known Chinese painter from the
Bay area ,who has now located to the rustic area of Locke (on the Sacramento
river) was greatly taken with the puzzle print and asked if it was for sale.

Maria,

The puzzle print is generating a great deal of excitement here in
Sacramento, and is really awesome, being visible clear across the street!
Considering that prints were originally intended for the edification of the
common people, I really like the idea that this print reads so well
from a public viewing venue, even if its content is slightly esoteric to
that same audience.( Gosh! don't we live in such an era of contradiction?) I
for one am looking forward to the next Great Puzzle project, and await the
announcement for same with great expectations, Until then, I remain,

Carol in Sacramento

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Message 6
From: Aqua4tis # aol.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:25:27 EST
Subject: [Baren 24793] Re: re Baren print display of calendars and Puzzle print
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carol
this is wonderful news did you frame the puzzle print? has anyone
framed it? im looking for suggestions on ways to frame it
georga

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Message 7
From: Barebonesart # comcast.net
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:14:13 +0000
Subject: [Baren 24794] Re: New Baren Digest (HTML) V27 #2608 (Apr 3, 2004)
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Patsy,

I have the Griffin and Sabine books and they are wonderful. When you just need to sit and relax they are truly terrific little numbers that can take you away better than any Culligan man.
Sharri

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Message 8
From: FurryPressII # aol.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 17:34:02 EST
Subject: [Baren 24795] warped block at summit and mail art
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the block was not warped until it was printed Japanese method and to take out
the warp we just wet the reverse side.

the mail art is just that anything mailed it is nicer to have the post
marks etc,
john center
PObox 59288
Chicago, il
60659-0288

if you mail something to me i will mail something back.
rather informal not a themed exchange
john center

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Message 9
From: David Bull
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 08:06:10 +0900
Subject: [Baren 24796] Re: warped plank
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Bette wrote:
> while at Summit I think John Center had a warped plank that had been
> carved. John correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dave suggest that you
> place that warped plank between damp towels overnite? all i remember
> is that the warp was corrected.

Richard wrote:
>> Last summer I got a cherry plank that is 12" X 36" X
>> 3/4". Tonight I pulled it out to make a 9" X 14" plate
>> only to find that it now twists a little over 1/3"
>> along its 36" length. I would be most appreciative for
>> any suggestions about how I might minimize or
>> eliminate this?

Bette, the two situations were quite different - John's block was
_already carved_ ... we were just trying to find a way to get it
temporarily flat so we could print it. Wetting the 'inner' face of a
cupped plank can sometimes get it flat enough to work with. (I didn't
put it _between_ damp towels, as that would have wet both sides, and
done nothing ...)

Richard's blocks is warped _before_ carving, and for this case,
temporarily fixing the warp in some way is not what you want to do. That
wood is 'telling you' where it wants to be, and if you try to fight it,
you're in for nothing but trouble all the way along.

The only way to handle this is to first wait until it's finished
wandering; lean it up against a wall away from any direct sunlight or
draughts, and leave it alone for 'a while'. Then, once it seems stable,
look at it carefully and see if there is any way to cut any flat
straight pieces from the larger slab. Shimano-san (the now passed-away
block craftsman who supplied my wood for all the poets' prints) did this
all the time, and that's the reason he started off with 3cm slabs when
the requirement was for 2cm wood. He would take a (stable) cupped piece
and run it repeatedly over a jointer with the cupped side down until
that face was flat, then through a planer to bring the arched top
surface down to the required thickness.

Richard's plank is quite a bit larger than his required block, so maybe
he can 'find' the block hidden in the plank somewhere; it all depends
how badly it is warped ...

Dave

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Message 10
From: Bette Norcross Wappner
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:37:58 -0500
Subject: [Baren 24797] Re: warped plank
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aah yes, thank you for explaining the different situations and their
remedies. very valuable information indeed.

i have a relative within 2 miles from where i live who has a planer and
joiner and works in cherry and other woods. he gives me his scrap
cherry planks which gives me a smile on my face.

thank you dave,
bette


haiku for you...

flowering pear
a place where the stars play
when moon sleeps

b'oki.

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Message 11
From: Lynita Shimizu
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 20:38:11 -0500
Subject: [Baren 24798] New Webpage
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My son, Gen, has just completed a new webpage for me at:
http://wave.prohosting.com/woodcuts/

If you would like to have your website added as a link, please e-mail
me your URL off-list. (shimizu.nai@rcn.com) Thanks.
The links probably won't be added for several months because, in a few
days, Gen is off to hike the Appalachian Trail ... alone, from Georgia
to Maine, or until his money runs out. (I'm preparing to focus really
intently on woodcut during the day and then stay awake worrying all
night.)

Best wishes to all,
Lynita

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Message 12
From: "cjpiers"
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:24:51 -0800
Subject: [Baren 24799] Re: New Webpage
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Oooooh! That's a beautiful website with even more beautiful prints!
Connie

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Message 13
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 20:24:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Baren 24800] New Webpage
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Lynita,
This is lovely work! Congratulations on getting the site up and looking so good. You put the rest of us to shame!
Best to you,
Barbara

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