[5852] in APO Printshop
Re: Stock for thank-you cards?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Riggle)
Thu Oct 8 23:53:36 2009
Cc: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
From: Kevin Riggle <kevinr@free-dissociation.com>
To: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@mit.edu>
In-reply-to: <9c92c16e0910062237w151bf180ic7bd93a3aba6fd45@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:53:22 -0400
Excerpts from Kristin Kuhn's message of Wed Oct 07 01:37:05 -0400 2009:
> There are trays of linocuts to the right of the Sample Box, and to the left
> of all the empty trays.
> There are also some smaller dingbats directly across from the empty trays,
> up on top of some type trays.
> Some of the unsorted type near the Dropsafe has some interesting stuff as
> well, though it's more of a pain to look through...
I spent an hour or so poking at it today. I found some stuff, but nothing
quite like what I wanted. I think I may do some text to start and then see
about doing my own linocut stuff later.
>
> I know less about where to get paper... Cat was about to order a bunch,
> iirc?
Cat's on top of it. We should have some of the stuff I want on its way.
If I'm doing stuff for public consumption, is there a "made in the APO print
shop" byline/maker's mark we put on stuff so people know where to come for
more? If not, what should one contain?
- Kevin
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Kevin Riggle
> <kevinr@free-dissociation.com>wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of doing a run of thank-you card-type pieces, not sure yet
> > whether
> > with just text or a design or some combination. I wanted these for myself
> > first, but I only need a few tens and the press is suited to hundreds. I
> > thought the extra might sell well to the general public, the same way we
> > sell
> > t-shirts etc., and other people in the chapter seem to agree, so my
> > tentative
> > deadline is "in time for UMOC", which gives me a month or so.
> >
> > A couple questions:
> >
> > * I looked at our stock for wedding invitations, but it all seems very,
> > very
> > nice heavy paper, nicer than I want for the note I dash off to my
> > grandmother
> > to thank her for the $20 she gave me for my birthday. Do we have other
> > stock
> > of similar size but lighter and preferably not paneled on hand? If not,
> > anybody know of a good place to get some? I'm looking at eg. the 5
> > 1/2-bar/A2
> > cards from the Paper Works, but at 110lb it's way heftier than I want, I
> > think.
> >
> >
> > http://www.paperworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=KC5
> > 5CRC&Category_Code=Announcements&Product_Count=39<http://www.paperworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=KC5%0A5CRC&Category_Code=Announcements&Product_Count=39>
> >
> > * Where in the press shop should I look for trays of linocuts / designs /
> > dingbats / interesting symbols to print?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Kevin
> > --
> > Kevin Riggle (kevinr@free-dissociation.com)
> > http://free-dissociation.com
> >
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