[6956] in APO Printshop
Re: Letter Press
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Sun Jan 22 18:39:56 2017
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:39:51 -0500 (EST)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Elizabeth Cavicchi <ecavicch@mit.edu>
cc: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
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Hi Elizabeth,
* How long have you been teaching "EC/050, Recreate Historical
Experiments"?
How long have you been teaching at MIT?
How long have you been at MIT?
Do you know how to letterpress?
* I wish it was otherwise, but at this time, training of & access for
those not in APO is not possible. If that changes, I'll try to
remember to let you know. You are welcome to ask once a year or so.
* I might arrange a tour just for you & Jim Bales Space is tight in
the Letterpress Shop & having more than two people back there at a
time doesn't work. Very tight with three.
* I'm MIT '71.
I was the SAA's instructor for its "Intro to Letterpress" course.
One student the first term. None the next two. The SAA told me to
find another home for it, wanting to use the space for courses &
studio space for students doing other art forms.
APO was willing. { At the time, I'm was a student brother of APO.
Now an alumni brother. }
* Before the SAA, the Hobby Shop had it for decades. It was moved
from the Hobby Shop's old home in building 2's basement to the its
current home in the basement of the Armory.
But only APO brothers were using it, so the Hobby Shop found the SAA
as a place it would be used more.
best -len
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:36:51 -0500
From: Elizabeth Cavicchi <ecavicch@mit.edu>
To: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
Cc: Elizabeth Cavicchi <ecavicch@mit.edu>
Subject: Letter Press
HI APO,
I am an instructor at MIT in the Edgerton Center.=A0 During IAP, I am te=
aching a seminar
[EC/050, Recreate Historical Experiments], where the students and I are =
investigating the
life, experiments and technology of the time of Ben Franklin.=A0 Frankli=
n was a printer who set
his own type and printed documents, almanacs, books and other works.
My students are curious about the manual process of typesetting and prin=
ting.=A0 We observed a
demonstration of this process, and the students became fascinated.
Thery Mislick, instructor at MIT Student Art Association (SAA) and MIT E=
dgerton Center,
informs me that APO has a press and type in the APO office.=A0 Historica=
lly, years ago, the
press was part of SAA, where she used it.
We would like to know if there is a way for interested students, such as=
those in my academic
course, could get access to the press at APO, and do printing projects w=
ith it?
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Cavicchi
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