Date: Thu, 19 Jun 86 12:35:20 edt
From: Ramesh Harjani <harjani@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU>
Message-Id: <8606191635.AA00663@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU>
To: bovik@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU
Subject: bamboo and rice paper


I had asked people for sources for bamboo and rice paper and also orintal
knick-knacks, furniture etc.

Here is the mail I got:

Date: 18 Jun 86 16:24:21 EDT
From: Richard.Wallstein@A.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Re: bamboo
To: Ramesh.Harjani@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU

I don't know if there is an oriental art store in Pittsburgh, but there is
an oriental art stor e that does mail order in Chicago. THe name of the place
is Aiko's Art Material Import and you could get the phone number from directory
assistance ( Ibelieve the store is on Wabash). At
any rate they have beautiful rice papers and all sorts of japanese
art things.

Richard


Date: Wednesday, 18 June 1986 17:45:16 EDT
Sender: Jacques.Benkoski@ohm.ECE.CMU.EDU
From: Jacques.Benkoski@ohm.ece.cmu.edu
To: harjani@faraday.ece.cmu.edu
Subject: bamboo

Hi Ramesh,
There is a Pier Import store in Monroeville (if you need to know exactly
where, stop by my office) that sells a lot of oriental stuff. I am quite
sure I saw rice paper but I don't know about bamboo. You certainly can
check them. There is also an Oriental Import store in Wilkinsburgh (again
I can tell you where) but I never went in.
Hope I helped.

				Jacques

Date: Thu 19 Jun 86 09:28:18-EDT
From: Nicole.Vecchi@C.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: paper
To: harjani@FARADAY.ECE.CMU.EDU


Any art store carries rice paper and/or parchment (there is a difference).
I know the CMU art store carries parchment as well as three or four different
types of rice paper.  Cappy's downtown should have it as well but since CMU
uses Cappy's as a supplier, they're both about the same price.

I believe it comes in 36x24 or something like that; CMU carries it because
it's very popular for silk screening, wood cuts, and various other print
making techniques.

I suggest you check them out before you start driving all over creation.

Nicole
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Date: 19 Jun 1986 10:08-EDT 
From: Rob.Woodbury@cad.cs.cmu.edu
To: Ramesh.Harjani@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU
Subject: Re: bamboo

Try Pier 1 imports (in various places around the city) or Cargo
Unlimited (?) in a North Hills Mall right beside KUHN's grocery store.

-rob-

Date: 19 Jun 1986 11:20-EDT 
From: Gregg.Podnar@rover.ri.cmu.edu
To: Ramesh.Harjani@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU
Subject: Re: bamboo

Bamboo: I think your best bet would be Pier 1 Imports (a chain with
many stores around the country, even here).  They might have the
paper too.

Rice paper can be bought at many art supply stores in rolls suitable
for brush and ink work.  Depending on what you are doing though, this
paper is not very strong.  Start by trying CMU's art store in Skibo.
They often have had rolls of this.  Else, try A&B Smith halfway to
Monroeville, or Cappy's downtown.			Gregg