[6571] in APO Printshop
Re: great letterpress video!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph Kesselman)
Tue Jul 24 08:43:44 2012
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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:43:31 -0400
From: Joseph Kesselman <keshlam.cat.nospam@verizon.net>
Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu
In-reply-to: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1207232033340.14322@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
On 7/23/2012 8:37 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> great letterpress video:
> http://vimeo.com/35688592#
Main things I'd point out from it:
1) The trick of using one case to support the one above it, as an
alternative to lifting the case up to the top of the cabinet. Hadn't
seen that one before; makes lots of sense when the height is reasonable
and space permits.
2) Proofs by inking with roller. They've got a proof/short-run press,
admittedly... but we may want to think about whether we can make this
convenient; it enables runs too short to be really worth inking up the
press, or setting up even the hand-press. I find myself wondering how
hard it would be to rig something small that would just hold the paper
stable enough to get a non-smeared impression by running a roller across
the back or putting a padded backing block on top of it and giving it a
few light whaps... I'm sure some hobbyist somewhere who doesn't have a
real press has invented an elegant kluge.
--
Joe Kesselman,
http://www.love-song-productions.com/people/keshlam/index.html
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