Details of [Baren Exchange #24]
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Participation: You
must be an active member of [Baren] in order to participate
in this exchange. The mailing list that makes up [Baren]
is open to everyone to join,
and the membership is thus made up of a mix of 'lurkers'
and active participants in the forum. Signing up for
an Exchange obliges your active participation in [Baren]
discussions... If you remain a 'mystery' name, it leaves
everyone feeling quite uncomfortable.
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Medium: woodblock print
(hand rubbed or pulled on a press, B&W or colour,
any pigments, any paper). Note: The
Baren Exchange is a program for forum members to create,
exchange and display editions of woodblock prints. Relief
prints pulled from wood substitutes and wood-like materials,
including linoleum, corian, MDF, resingrave, and similar
are acceptable as are collagraphs. Coordinators are
obligated to reject prints whose primary method of production
is by other means. For example: monotype, intaglio,
stencil, lithography, ink jet, laser, photocopy, etc
are to be rejected by the coordinator.
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Theme: none.
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Image size: no restriction.
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Paper size: O-Tanzaku
yoko -- a sheet oriented horizontally
measuring 6.6 high by 15 inches wide (16.75 x 38 cm).
The traditional size of printmaking paper in old Japan
was O-bosho -- the size of two O-ban sheets... The O-bosho
sheet can be cut to make three O-tanzaku. Note:
coordinators are obligated to reject prints which exceed
7 x 15.5 inches (17.75 x 39.4 cm).
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Paper type: no restriction
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Registration period:
One month starting January
1 , 2005 (or until 30 participants are
enrolled)
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Drop-out deadline:
April 1st, 2005
If you must drop out of the exchange, please do so as
early as possible in order to give people on the waiting
list time to complete and submit their prints. If you
drop out after this date then a penalty
may be imposed.
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Delivery deadline for finished
prints: May
1st, 2005 -- if
you do not deliver acceptable prints by this date then
a penalty may be imposed. You
must deliver 31 prints, a self-addressed
mailing label, and sufficient return
postage (in the coordinator's native currency
or postage). If you do not know the
exact amount of return postage, please send more than
you think will be required, for example $10 for USA
to USA delivery, $20 for international delivery. The
coordinator is a volunteer and is not obligated to return
your prints unless you enclose enough postage. Coordinators
are volunteers, and cannot be expected to pay your expenses.
If you order one of our beautiful
storage cases you may package your prints as you
prefer. Otherwise please deliver your prints in a package
that can easily be reused for shipping the collated
suite back to you.
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Collated exchange mailing deadline:
June 1st, 2005. The coordinator is required
to complete mailing the collated prints on or before
this date.
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Collophon information:
Please fill out and submit the print
information form to send your print details for
the colophon page the coordinator will prepare as soon
as possible after your prints are mailed.
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Rejected prints: If your prints
do not conform to the above specifications for Medium,
Image size, Paper size, Paper type, and/or
Delivery deadline then the coordinator should
promptly reject them, notify you by email, and (if you
enclosed sufficient postage) promptly return them. You
may repair and/or replace the prints prior to the delivery
deadline or drop out of the exchange prior to the drop-out
deadline without penalty, otherwise a penalty
may be imposed.
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Communications: It
is essential that the coordinator be in close and timely
communication with you. You must respond promptly to
e-mails sent from the coordinator and must notify the
coordinator of any change in e-mail address. If you
become 'lost' and do not respond to communications from
the coordinator, you may be dropped from the exchange
without further notice. If this occurs after the Drop-out
deadline, a penalty may imposed.
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Penalty: The
[Baren] Exchange Manager will promptly notify you by
email if it is determined that you may be subject to
penalty. After serious deliberation while keeping in
mind these specifications, the mission of [Baren], the
circumstances, and any explanation you provide, the
[Baren] Exchange Manager will decide whether to impose
any penalty and will promptly notify you of that decision.
Any such penalty will be limited to removing your name
from any active exchange sign-up and exchange participants
lists for a period not to exceed one year.
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Delivery
information: You must enclose 31 prints,
a self-addressed mailing label, and
sufficient return postage (in the coordinator's
native currency or postage). If you
do not know the exact amount of return postage, please
send more than you think will be required, for example
$10 for USA to USA delivery, $20 for international delivery.
The coordinator is a volunteer and is not obligated
to return your prints unless you enclose enough postage.
Coordinators are volunteers, and cannot be expected
to pay your expenses. If you order one of our beautiful
storage cases you may package your prints as you
prefer. Otherwise please deliver your prints in a package
that can easily be reused for shipping the collated
suite back to you. See USPS.com
for precise rate information. In the USA, the best way
to send the prints is Priority Mail -- the post office
will even provide the box! It is $3.95 to $5.75 for
up to 2 lbs depending on distance. For Global Priority
Mail (outside the US), enclose $11 to Canada, $13 to
Mexico, $15 to Europe, $16 to Australia, Japan, New
Zealand.
Address to which Exchange #24
prints should be shipped:
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