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Message 1
From: "claudiacoonen"
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:41:15 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37511] Re: exchange #39
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I have been on the wait list quite frequently and every time I have gotten to participate. even at #4, so it's never a waste.....
claudia g. coonen
www.surface-designs.com

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Message 2
From: Graham Scholes
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:09:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37512] Re: knife handedness
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Laurence Phelps wrote:
>
> “The flat side of the knife should always be against the line to be
> cut.” (Ross/Romano/Ross, The complete printmaker)
>
> “The hangito is held almost upright with just the tip in the wood,
> and the bevel side facing the area to be retained for
> printing.” (Rebecca Salter, Japanese Woodblock Printing)
>
> I would be interested in the opinions of some of you more
> experienced printers as to which is preferable in the long run.

This is really all a matter of personal preference.... and on who you
study with.
The Japanese master I took from always used the bevel side facing the
relief printing area.

It seems it boils down to different strokes for different folks.

I have found no difference in the end results.... fat or thin
lines.... which may very well have to do with ones dexterity.

Graham

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Message 3
From: "Maria Arango"
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:42:12 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37513] Re: hanshita paper from the Baren Mall
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Hi Robert, thanks for the tip. Interesting, I bought some t-shirt transfer
paper just the other day just to try it, must have read about it someplace.
Do you just iron on the design on the block after printing?

Maria

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> Maria,
>
> Have you tried using a t-shirt transfer to put your designs on your
> blocks? I started doing this recently, and it has worked very well for
> me. I just scan in my design and then print it out with my ink-jet
> printer. Not only does it take much less time than physically re-
> drawing the design with tracing paper, but I am able to get much finer
> detail.

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Message 4
From: "rsimola # netzero.net"
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:27:29 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37514] Using t-shirt transfers
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>I bought some t-shirt transfer paper just the other day
>just to try it, must have read about it someplace. Do you just iron >on the design on the block after printing?

Yes. I first coat the block with a very thin coat of white acrylic so the image comes out more clearly. Then I leave about three-quarters of an inch of extra on two opposing sides and tape the extra on the back and/or sides of the block so it won't slide around. I have also found that when I am transfering onto wood instead of onto a t-shirt I have to keep the heat on for longer than it says in the directions, but I don't know if that is because of the brand of transfer I am using. When I pull off the backing paper, the transfer itself seems like it is only about 1/100th of an inch thick, and when carving I don't notice any resistance to it at all. I am using cherry wood for my blocks, and I don't know if the use of other types of wood will act differently. If you would like to see how the use of transfers has worked for me, there are examples on my blog at


Robert Simola, Ph.D.
Chaucer collector, craftsman, gardener, grape grower,
. . . and retired teacher

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Message 5
From: Blog Manager
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:54:27 GMT
Subject: [Baren 37515] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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