[5722] in APO Printshop
Re: class project - pictures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christina B Hawkes)
Wed Apr 22 13:23:32 2009
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:23:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christina B Hawkes <riv@MIT.EDU>
To: Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@mit.edu>
cc: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>,
Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@mit.edu>, apo-printshop@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0904221226070.10598@grumpy-fuzzball.mit.edu>
I have gotten linoleum blocks from Artist & Craftsman (across the street
from Pearl). As far as I know, old linoleum is pretty hard to work with,
and a new block should be $5-$10 depending on the size. I can price
things out more specifically if it's useful--I work across the street from
A&C. (I've done a bit of hand-printing with linoleum in my spare time
recently.)
-riv
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Ellen Kranzer wrote:
>
> If people want to pursue linoleum block carving, the last time I looked we
> had a couple of unused blocks in the shop. They've been there a long time so
> they might be more difficult to work with than new blocks.
>
> -- Ellen
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
>
>> liz
>>
>> i know of no one on/near mit who have done wood or linoleum blocks.
>> there are alumni far away ...
>>
>> linoleum blocks also have to be .912 inches high
>>
>> yiLFS -len
>>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
>> To: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>
>> Cc: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
>> Subject: Re: class project - pictures
>>
>> liz:
>>
>> if they are pictures we have type-ready, you just use them.
>>
>> other pictures need to be photo-engraved by an outside service.
>> expensive.
>> and we have to find a new service (the old one has closed), and can
>> take @ least a week and probably several
>>
>> pictures with fine detail, half-toned or not, are hard to print well
>> in our shop
>>
>> unless you are willing to hand cut wood. or linoleum. which has some
>> expense. you have to buy the linoleum @ pearl. if they still stock
>> it. the shop have linoleum knives, care needs to be taken using them.
>> wood needs to be very square/co-planer and the right height (.912
>> inches). we do NOT have wood carving tools, the linoleum knives don't
>> work on wood. i know of no one who has done either.
>>
>> yiLFS -len
>>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:19:39 -0400
>> From: Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@MIT.EDU>
>> To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
>> Subject: Re: class project
>>
>> also, I was wondering what the process is for adding pictures. Could
>> someone
>> tell me please?
>> Liz
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Elizabeth de Regt <ederegt@mit.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey guys-
>> > I have a final project in 4.302 that would be super-cool if I could
>> use the
>> > printshop to do it. But I haven't been trained before and know
>> nothing about
>> > what is necessary. So I guess my questions are this:
>> > Is it ok for me to use the printshop for a project, not a service
>> > thing/another groups' stuff?
>> > Is there any way I could be trained in the next week or two (ie next
>> > weekend would be ideal)?
>> > How much time does a) training and b) a run of something similar to
>> > I-Banquet but fewer in number of invites take?
>> > What would it cost me to print stuff?
>> > Basically, what I'd love to do is learn how to use the printshop in
>> the
>> > next 2 weeks and use that skill to print 2 or 3 different designs,
>> depending
>> > on what's feasible, or hallmark-style cards, basically. What do you
>> think
>> > about this?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Liz
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
