Today's postings
- [Baren 28414] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)
- [Baren 28415] Viscosity Prints ("Ellen Shipley")
- [Baren 28416] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V32 #3136 (Jul 26, 2005) (juan Guerrero)
- [Baren 28417] Questions about inking inconsistency (Charles Coates)
- [Baren 28418] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency (Wanda Robertson)
- [Baren 28419] Ned Lud and the Luddites ("Harry French")
- [Baren 28420] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V32 #3136 (Jul 26, 2005) ("DIANE CUTTER")
- [Baren 28421] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency (ArtfulCarol # aol.com)
- [Baren 28422] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency ("DIANE CUTTER")
Message 1
From: Blog Manager
Date: 26 Jul 2005 22:55:01 -0000
Subject: [Baren 28414] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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This is an automatic update message being sent to [Baren] by the forum blog software.
The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (7 sites checked, just before midnight Eastern time)
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Site Name: BarenForum Group Weblog
Item: The first of the Rodeo Bulls...
http://barenforum.org/blog/archives/2005/07/the_first_of_th.html
Item: Woodblock Webcam - Mystery Guest!
http://barenforum.org/blog/archives/2005/07/woodblock_webca.html
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The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (7 sites checked, just before midnight Eastern time)
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Item: The first of the Rodeo Bulls...
http://barenforum.org/blog/archives/2005/07/the_first_of_th.html
Item: Woodblock Webcam - Mystery Guest!
http://barenforum.org/blog/archives/2005/07/woodblock_webca.html
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Message 2
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:53:45 -0700
Subject: [Baren 28415] Viscosity Prints
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Oops. Meant to send this to the list.
>Beautiful bird! Can you say briefly what a viscosity print is? Annie B<
Sure. Basically you have a number of inks with different viscosities (I don't know if that means thickness or thinness, but it amounts to the same thing). You add a dab of miracle gel to one ink to make it slipperier, a
drop or two of burnt plate oil to another, and you leave the third alone.
This allows the inks to lay on top of each other w/o smearing.
You make your lightest color ink the thinnest generally, tho I guess that
isn't a hard and fast rule. If you roll from thin to thick, the thinner
inks will repel the thicker ones. This allows you to wipe off areas where
you want the next color to lay down.
If you roll thick to thin, then they mingle -- blue followed by red will
make purple -- unless you wipe away some of the blue first, in which case
you'll get red. It's a little tricky and fun to play with.
I did a monotype print of a tree and moon where I first dabbed on the thin
yellow with my finger for the moon, then rolled the plate in the thickest
blue. The blue was repelled by the yellow so my moon stood out brightly. I
then pulled off ink where I wanted my tree and rolled on the untouched red.
Yellow still repelled the red, which filled in the tree form on a now purple
sky. You get the idea. 8-] Lots of room for experimentation.
You can go to this link to see a variety of phoenix viscosity prints:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/album?.dir=c7e6&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
Hope that helps.
Ellen Shipley, CA
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
>Beautiful bird! Can you say briefly what a viscosity print is? Annie B<
Sure. Basically you have a number of inks with different viscosities (I don't know if that means thickness or thinness, but it amounts to the same thing). You add a dab of miracle gel to one ink to make it slipperier, a
drop or two of burnt plate oil to another, and you leave the third alone.
This allows the inks to lay on top of each other w/o smearing.
You make your lightest color ink the thinnest generally, tho I guess that
isn't a hard and fast rule. If you roll from thin to thick, the thinner
inks will repel the thicker ones. This allows you to wipe off areas where
you want the next color to lay down.
If you roll thick to thin, then they mingle -- blue followed by red will
make purple -- unless you wipe away some of the blue first, in which case
you'll get red. It's a little tricky and fun to play with.
I did a monotype print of a tree and moon where I first dabbed on the thin
yellow with my finger for the moon, then rolled the plate in the thickest
blue. The blue was repelled by the yellow so my moon stood out brightly. I
then pulled off ink where I wanted my tree and rolled on the untouched red.
Yellow still repelled the red, which filled in the tree form on a now purple
sky. You get the idea. 8-] Lots of room for experimentation.
You can go to this link to see a variety of phoenix viscosity prints:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/album?.dir=c7e6&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
Hope that helps.
Ellen Shipley, CA
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
Message 3
From: juan Guerrero
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:57:06 -0500
Subject: [Baren 28416] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V32 #3136 (Jul 26, 2005)
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DIANNE CUTTER:
I tried to send you some Emails to your address but there is a "firewall" o
something that refuses them. I just want to know if you have received my
prints for Exchange No. 25.
Best wishes to all,
Juan Guerrero
Alternative e-mail:
2ojos#ozu.es
www.juanguerrero.tk
I tried to send you some Emails to your address but there is a "firewall" o
something that refuses them. I just want to know if you have received my
prints for Exchange No. 25.
Best wishes to all,
Juan Guerrero
Alternative e-mail:
2ojos#ozu.es
www.juanguerrero.tk
Message 4
From: Charles Coates
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:07:34 -0400
Subject: [Baren 28417] Questions about inking inconsistency
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First, a big thanks for everyone who replied to my register frame
question. I am currently experiencing problems inking my woodblock. I
have provided a link w/ photos for clarification. When my print is
pulled, the ink is washy and spotty in parts, while over inked in
some. I had done two proofs before inking the print shown in the
photos. When I spread the ink out on the glass, it appears to be
slightly runny, but when I roll the soft rubber brayer, there seems
to be an appropriate viscous tact. There are no additives in the Akua
Intaglio ink used. The Shino woodblock also seems to be inked well
before printing, and even after inking the block a second time, the
print still remains spotty in the same areas.
I live in Jacksonville, Florida, but I try to print at a cool
temperature, around 73 degrees. A plastic baren is used for printing.
The paper is the white Washi. Any help or advice would be greatly
appreciated! Link for photos: http://homepage.mac.com/charlescoates/
PhotoAlbum6.html
Thanks!
-Charles
question. I am currently experiencing problems inking my woodblock. I
have provided a link w/ photos for clarification. When my print is
pulled, the ink is washy and spotty in parts, while over inked in
some. I had done two proofs before inking the print shown in the
photos. When I spread the ink out on the glass, it appears to be
slightly runny, but when I roll the soft rubber brayer, there seems
to be an appropriate viscous tact. There are no additives in the Akua
Intaglio ink used. The Shino woodblock also seems to be inked well
before printing, and even after inking the block a second time, the
print still remains spotty in the same areas.
I live in Jacksonville, Florida, but I try to print at a cool
temperature, around 73 degrees. A plastic baren is used for printing.
The paper is the white Washi. Any help or advice would be greatly
appreciated! Link for photos: http://homepage.mac.com/charlescoates/
PhotoAlbum6.html
Thanks!
-Charles
Message 5
From: Wanda Robertson
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:43:15 -0700
Subject: [Baren 28418] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency
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Hmmm.....looks pretty darned good to me! What are you aiming for?
Water-based hardly ever looks like oil-based prints (IMHO anyway).
And "washi" just means 'paper' doesn't it? Lovely print, Charles!
Wanda
Water-based hardly ever looks like oil-based prints (IMHO anyway).
And "washi" just means 'paper' doesn't it? Lovely print, Charles!
Wanda
Message 6
From: "Harry French"
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:10:20 +0100
Subject: [Baren 28419] Ned Lud and the Luddites
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Ellen,
In the Rosendale Valley, Lancashire (mid 18c) hand weaving was a major industry. John Kay invented a 'flying' shuttle that returned across the cloth speeding up the process and soon after other mechanical inventions made in nearby villages and towns brought about the Industrial Revolution. Skilled craftsworkers from Nottingham and other northern areas of England became worried about the new machines because they could cause mass unemployment and the price of lace and cloth could drop causing poverty.
"Somebody" started smashing the machines in the new "factories" and it spread causing havoc amongst the factory owners...everyone seemed to blame Ned Lud, but he couldn't possibly have done all the damage throughout the North. The Luddites when caught either rioting or smashing machines were dealt with severely and the word Luddite became part of our language as someone who reacts against new ideas or technologies.
I'm often called one because I use letterpress printing techniques instead of computers, but there is another equation in that argument..tactile satisfaction.
See you all after the Hols.
Harry
In the Rosendale Valley, Lancashire (mid 18c) hand weaving was a major industry. John Kay invented a 'flying' shuttle that returned across the cloth speeding up the process and soon after other mechanical inventions made in nearby villages and towns brought about the Industrial Revolution. Skilled craftsworkers from Nottingham and other northern areas of England became worried about the new machines because they could cause mass unemployment and the price of lace and cloth could drop causing poverty.
"Somebody" started smashing the machines in the new "factories" and it spread causing havoc amongst the factory owners...everyone seemed to blame Ned Lud, but he couldn't possibly have done all the damage throughout the North. The Luddites when caught either rioting or smashing machines were dealt with severely and the word Luddite became part of our language as someone who reacts against new ideas or technologies.
I'm often called one because I use letterpress printing techniques instead of computers, but there is another equation in that argument..tactile satisfaction.
See you all after the Hols.
Harry
Message 7
From: "DIANE CUTTER"
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:39:00 -0400
Subject: [Baren 28420] Re: New Baren Digest (Text) V32 #3136 (Jul 26, 2005)
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Yes, Juan...
Your prints arrived safely and are quite lovely...
In case others have had a problem communicating with me, the following prints have arrived:
Dale Phelps
Juan Guerrero
Marilynn Smith
Gillyin Gatto
I've have gotten collophon info on the following (with notification that prints are in the mail):
Maria Arango
Jean Womack
Sharri LaPierre
Chris Blank
Connie Lambert
I know the rest of you are working hard either finishing up your prints or developing guilty consciences. I would greatly appreciate receiving the collophon information and approximate date of shipping so I can be on the look-out...
Have a creative day,
Diane
www.dianecutter.com
Your prints arrived safely and are quite lovely...
In case others have had a problem communicating with me, the following prints have arrived:
Dale Phelps
Juan Guerrero
Marilynn Smith
Gillyin Gatto
I've have gotten collophon info on the following (with notification that prints are in the mail):
Maria Arango
Jean Womack
Sharri LaPierre
Chris Blank
Connie Lambert
I know the rest of you are working hard either finishing up your prints or developing guilty consciences. I would greatly appreciate receiving the collophon information and approximate date of shipping so I can be on the look-out...
Have a creative day,
Diane
www.dianecutter.com
Message 8
From: ArtfulCarol # aol.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:12:28 EDT
Subject: [Baren 28421] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency
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>http://homepage.mac.com/charlescoates/
Looks good to me---I can't see the spotty effects you refer to . I would
try using brushes instead of the rubber brayer you're using. With water-based
I've never been able to use the brayer.
I especially got a kick out of True Love Kiss.
Carol L
Irvington, NY
Looks good to me---I can't see the spotty effects you refer to . I would
try using brushes instead of the rubber brayer you're using. With water-based
I've never been able to use the brayer.
I especially got a kick out of True Love Kiss.
Carol L
Irvington, NY
Message 9
From: "DIANE CUTTER"
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:32:03 -0400
Subject: [Baren 28422] Re: Questions about inking inconsistency
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Good morning, Charles...
I use the Akua inks too. Are you using tack thickener with it? When you put the ink on the rolling surface, add a drop or two of TT. Make sure it is mixed in well while rolling out the ink. You will find that the Akua then works much more like an oil-based ink with that lovely 'velcro swish' sound...
... But you mention the spottiness is in the same area each time. So my thought is.... Akua can have a great 'resist' quality at times. There might be something in the wood itself that is resisting the inking. Never having done a woodcut, much less an inked one, I'm not sure what to recommend. Sanding the problem area? Someone with more wood experience please jump in here...
Diane
www.dianecutter.com
I use the Akua inks too. Are you using tack thickener with it? When you put the ink on the rolling surface, add a drop or two of TT. Make sure it is mixed in well while rolling out the ink. You will find that the Akua then works much more like an oil-based ink with that lovely 'velcro swish' sound...
... But you mention the spottiness is in the same area each time. So my thought is.... Akua can have a great 'resist' quality at times. There might be something in the wood itself that is resisting the inking. Never having done a woodcut, much less an inked one, I'm not sure what to recommend. Sanding the problem area? Someone with more wood experience please jump in here...
Diane
www.dianecutter.com