[6123] in APO Printshop
Re: Letterpress printing?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Person)
Mon Sep 20 16:43:31 2010
From: Michael Person <mjperson@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <64E6EEC0B310504E9221AA9658121D0903212B1B3A@EXPO11.exchange.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:43:28 -0400
Cc: Michael Person <mjperson@mit.edu>,
"apo-printshop@mit.edu" <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
To: Amaranth Borsuk <amaranth@mit.edu>
Amaranth,
I need to go to the APO office to break some type
on Wednesday afternoon, so would be happy to give you a=20
tour of the press then. However, it's my understanding=20
that use of the press is restricted to trained members of=20
the fraternity. Others on this list might be able to=20
provide you with pointers to other available presses.
Regards,
-Michael Person
mjperson@mit.edu
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Michael J Person, PhD
MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory and
George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory
MIT Bldg 54-418
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Office: 617-452-2304
Email: mjperson@mit.edu
On Sep 20, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Amaranth Borsuk wrote:
> Hello,
> =20
> I am a book artist and poet new to the MIT campus. I heard you operate =
a printing press and wondered whether I might come by to see your =
workshop.
> =20
> I have a background in letterpress printing, which informs my current =
intermedia work. I'd love to get involved if there is any kind of =
letterpress community on campus. I'm also looking for access to a press =
to print a second edition of my artist's book Between Page and Screen, =
www.betweenpageandscreen.com. If that might be possible, or if you have =
any resources to suggest, please let me know!
> =20
> Sincere thanks,
> Amaranth
> =20
> Amaranth Borsuk
> Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> amaranth@mit.edu
> 617-253-4532
