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[Baren 31942] BAREN MALL hanshita/kyogo paper ("April Vollmer")
[Baren 31943] Re: hanshita/kyogo paper (Dave Bull)
[Baren 31944] Re: sizing paper (Keiji Shinohara)
[Baren 31945] Re: hanshita (David Harrison)
[Baren 31946] Re: hanshita (Charles Morgan)
[Baren 31947] Re: hanshita (David Harrison)
[Baren 31948] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification (Blog Manager)

Message 2
From: "April Vollmer"
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:58:35 -0400
Subject: [Baren 31942] BAREN MALL hanshita/kyogo paper
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I just taught a great class at New Hope for Art in New Hope PA. I mean my
teaching was great (natch!), but the class was great, and the location was
great too, a B&B with the studio a renovated stone barn. We viewed prints in
the old hayloft! Seven great students from DC, Philadelphia and NY.

ANYWAY, what makes this relevant to the thread of image transfer is that I
used the BAREN MALL hanshita paper. I recommend you to have some around for
general use. You can draw on it with ink, and paste it face down, but when
it comes in REALLY useful is when you already have a block, or two or three,
already cut, and need to transfer that image to a third or forth block.
Instead of printing the kento as you would initially, you can fit the
hanshita paper into the kento to make a print with as many blocks as already
carved, then glue it face down on the next block. The paper needs to be damp
to de-laminate, but the resulting thin print is quite transparent. It can be
oiled for even more transparency.

I just had to thank David Bull again for giving us options! McClain's is
still my primary source, but Baren Mall has some great stuff!

Thank you!!!

April
www.aprilvollmer.com

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Message 3
From: Dave Bull
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:13:19 +0900
Subject: [Baren 31943] Re: hanshita/kyogo paper
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April wrote:
> ANYWAY, what makes this relevant to the thread of image transfer is
> that I
> used the BAREN MALL hanshita paper. I recommend you to have some
> around for
> general use.

To help illustrate what April is talking about ... here are some photos
and description:
http://woodblock.com/scroll/progress/05_04.html
Then follow on to the next page at:
http://woodblock.com/scroll/progress/05_06.html

> I just had to thank David Bull again for giving us options! McClain's
> is
> still my primary source, but Baren Mall has some great stuff!

Very little of my work goes into the Mall these days April - all the
day-to-day flow of the operation is handled by Barbara - Bridget -
Sadako - Matsumura-san ...

Dave

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Message 1
From: Keiji Shinohara
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:43:54 -0400
Subject: [Baren 31944] Re: sizing paper
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Hi all,

About the the role of Alum in the sizing process. Alum stabilizes
the sizing-- without it, when the paper is dry the sizing looks fine,
but if you moisten it, it makes it weaker. So Alum locks the fibers
into place.

Keiji

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Message 2
From: David Harrison
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:29:46 +0100
Subject: [Baren 31945] Re: hanshita
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I just found a page with a recipe for 'transfer ink'. Here's the link:

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/recipe1.html

Wonder if it's of any use to anyone here?

David H

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Message 3
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:50:17 -0700
Subject: [Baren 31946] Re: hanshita
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Interesting set of recipes. Thanks for passing them along. Pity they
suggest "turpentine", which is a known carcinogen. Suggest so-called
"odorless" paint thinner would be considerably less toxic.

The recipe for 'transfer ink' looks like it is designed to transfer
material printed with oil based ink. I doubt it would work for xerox
or laser print, since neither soap nor "turpentine" is likely to melt
the plastic; but by all means do not take my speculation as the final
word ... it is always worth while to experiment.

Cheers ..... Charles

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Message 4
From: David Harrison
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:10:36 +0100
Subject: [Baren 31947] Re: hanshita
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All things considered, I'm probably going to stick with carbon paper or
rubbing a soft-pencil sketch for the time being... they don't transfer
originals accurately, but the joy's in the cutting, not the copying!

Now to figure out how to make a glycerine-based ink. Who's first up to
bat with ideas?

cheers,

Dave

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Message 5
From: Blog Manager
Date: 30 Sep 2006 03:55:09 -0000
Subject: [Baren 31948] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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