June 09, 2008

Ten years ago on Barenforum.org

Posted by Julio

The way it was..... June 9th 1998

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From Dave Bull:

"Hien Pham, the friend who made the suggestion about the Vietnamese
prints the other day, dropped me another line this afternoon. He
suggested a new section in the 'Exhibitions' section of the Encyclopedia - a section on traditional woodblock prints from various countries.

This is obviously a good idea, and I'll start work on it right away ... but _what_ countries have such a tradition? I've seen woodblocks from China, Taiwan, Tibet/Nepal ... and now Vietnam.

Anybody else know of any others? Please let me know if you do, and if you know of any images that we might be able to use for such a page ..."

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From James Mundie:
Excerpt of correspondence with Max Yela (Head, Special Collections Golda Meir Library,UW-Milwaukee. WI) on response to a James Mundie inquiry:

"Thanks for your note about american artist Danny Pierce. I'm pleased you
enjoyed the exhibit; it was certainly fun putting it together and a
pleasure to work with the artist. Now in his mid-70s, Danny is still very active, creating about one complete book a year, each with a dozen or more of his expressive, multi-color wood block prints. His most recent book is called The Trek (1996), and deals poetically with the subject of North American caribou migration.

There is a book artist in Philadelphia whose woodblocks and linocuts I
admire, Claire Owen. Do you know her?"

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May 13, 2008

Traditional Japanese Printmaking

Posted by Julio

For more info into the artist check this website:
http://bs.doshisha.ac.jp/kakushin/shokunin_e/int/int_harada.html

or for the list of shokunin:
http://bs.doshisha.ac.jp/kakushin/shokunin_e/index.html

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October 24, 2007

Don Black Woodcut Engraving video

Posted by Julio

Here is an excellent video by Don Black in Toronto explaining and demonstrating the art of woodcut engraving.If you are not familiar with Don Black he runs a company that caters in old presses, refurbished letterpress equipment, type and just about everything else to do with printmaking. Please check out additional YouTube videos ( 19 at this time !) at DonBlackLetterpress:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DonBlackLetterpress

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October 15, 2007

Andy English - Preparing the woodblock

Posted by Julio

Here is a clip from YouTube showing barener Andy English preparing a
block of lemonwood for engraving. Make sure to checkout Andy's other videos.

Andy printing on a 1865 Albion Press:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9Q9n1-EiQ

Repairing a damaged block:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv-LwtaJYB8

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September 06, 2007

Introduction

Posted by Wimberley Burton

My name is Wimberley and I have been a lurker on the Baren Blog for over a year. I have previously taken classes with Mike Lyon and April Vollmer. Both were terrific teachers. I am interested in the next year or so in taking a class in Japan. Does anyone have a suggestion as to where, when, how long, etc. I look forward to participating more in the Baren Blog.

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July 09, 2007

Yoshitoshi at the Asian Art Museum

Posted by Nathalie Roland

The San Francisco Asian Art Museum is having a wonderful exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). The show runs through September 2, 2007.

Posted on July 09, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Aloha Bareners

Posted by Nathalie Roland

Hello from San Francisco.
I've been following the forum for many years and I have just posted my first entry here. I've been printmaking since 1992 and have been focused on woodblock printing since 1997. I have a website called headphonerecord. Thank you all for being the fantastic community and resource you are.
Peace, love and woodchips,
nathalie

Posted on July 09, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Cervidae Arboreous

Posted by Nathalie Roland

New woodcut reduction from Nathalie Roland

I printed these for the Tree Show at Giant Robot SF which opens this Saturday July 14th.
Image is 12" x 17.5" varied edition of 14
carved on scrap wood from my friend's candy shop construction.

Continue reading "Cervidae Arboreous"

Posted on July 09, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3)