[5314] in APO Printshop
Re: Getting blocks made for the press
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Fri Dec 14 17:43:59 2007
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:43:03 -0500 (EST)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: Kate Mahoney <kate_mahoney@alum.MIT.EDU>
cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <F3D12763-0C9A-47C1-92CE-988738E5FC78@alum.MIT.EDU>
hi kate,
* the shop used Central Engraving in Chelsea in the past. i tried all
three phone numbers i could dig up, and two were disconnected and
the third sounded like a home.
* http://members.aol.com/aapa96/lpress.html#engravers lists known
letterpress engravers. some have web sights and eddresses. the
nearest is in Holyoke, MA. i've just asked the LETPRESS list for
recommendations and will pass them on to you. i suspect at least
one of them could turn around your engraving by mid-January.
* both paper yellow pages have a number of companies listed under
several "Engravers" categories. you might phone them, and see if
they do engravings for letterpress printing including mounting on
wood blocks to be type high. would save the shipping both ways, and
probably much time.
* i left an engraving you could show around locally on the lockup
stone in the Shop in the back APOffice (the shop would like it
back!). Though if they don't know what you want on the phone, they
probably aren't worth dealing with
please let us know anything useful you find out. the APOster
Letterpress Shop really should have this info!
apologies for not being able to help you out sooner or do more to help
you out, but i travel to nyc 3 times, fl twice, and oh and nj once
each from 20 nov to 1 jan...
yiLFS -len
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:19:55 -0500
From: Kate Mahoney <kate_mahoney@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Getting blocks made for the press
I am all set for someone to let me into the office now, thanks!
On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Jennifer Tu wrote:
> I don't know the answer about blocks, but I suspect Alan, Mitch, or Len
> would know.
>
> I might be able to be around on Thursday the 20th, though I need to
> doublecheck my evening commitments for that day first (I should know by
> this Thursday).
>
> --Jennifer
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Kathleen Mahoney wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got a couple of questions:
> >
> > First, does the chapter still have information somewhere on getting
> > blocks made for the press?
> >
> > Second, I'm an alum trained as a press op, and I'd like to do a printing
> > job in mid January. I'd like to get into the office to scope out the ink
> > colors & fonts before 12/22, but work far off campus. Is there any
> > chance I could meet someone this Sat or Sunday afternoon to be let in?
> > (Or 6:30-7p on Thurs 12/20 or Fri 12/21?)
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give,
> > Kate
