[6959] in APO Printshop
Re: Letter Press
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benazeer Noorani)
Sun Jan 22 23:35:32 2017
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From: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:35:27 -0500
To: Joseph Kesselman <keshlam.cat.nospam@verizon.net>
Cc: apo-printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
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Using a horsetail brush to apply ink and a baren to impress the paper is
still how hanga prints are done in Japan today. I'm by no means an expert,
but when I took a class with master printer Richard Steiner, he didn't
require much in the way of jigs. Just a firm backstop to slide your woodcut
against.
--Benazeer
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Joseph Kesselman <
keshlam.cat.nospam@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 1/22/2017 6:39 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
>
>> Hi Elizabeth,
>>
> > [...]
>
> Question: Is the hand press functional these days? I'm told we used to use
> it for public demos/recruiting at activities midway (before my time), and
> it would be a lower-risk tool for running a class as well as avoiding
> back-office crowding. And it may be closer to what Franklin would have been
> using, though I seem to remember that there were some watermill-powered
> presses before steam.
>
> Of course one can print with nothing more than type tied into a tray (or a
> wood/linoleum cut), using a brayer to apply ink and a pad to impress paper
> against it. Harder to get a clean impression without some additional jigs,
> but it's quite traditional for proofs, woodcuts, etc.
>
> So with more advance planning, I think an intro-to-printing IAP class
> could be doable. It's not completely undoable now if someone had the free
> time and energy to pull it together.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Using a horsetail brush to apply ink and a baren to impres=
s the paper is still how hanga prints are done in Japan today. I'm by n=
o means an expert, but when I took a class with master printer Richard Stei=
ner, he didn't require much in the way of jigs. Just a firm backstop to=
slide your woodcut against.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>--Benazeer<br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at =
7:28 PM, Joseph Kesselman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:keshlam.c=
at.nospam@verizon.net" target=3D"_blank">keshlam.cat.nospam@verizon.net</a>=
></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 1/22/2017 6:39 PM, =
Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Elizabeth,<br>
</blockquote>
> [...]<br>
<br>
Question: Is the hand press functional these days? I'm told we used to =
use it for public demos/recruiting at activities midway (before my time), a=
nd it would be a lower-risk tool for running a class as well as avoiding ba=
ck-office crowding. And it may be closer to what Franklin would have been u=
sing, though I seem to remember that there were some watermill-powered pres=
ses before steam.<br>
<br>
Of course one can print with nothing more than type tied into a tray (or a =
wood/linoleum cut), using a brayer to apply ink and a pad to impress paper =
against it. Harder to get a clean impression without some additional jigs, =
but it's quite traditional for proofs, woodcuts, etc.<br>
<br>
So with more advance planning, I think an intro-to-printing IAP class could=
be doable. It's not completely undoable now if someone had the free ti=
me and energy to pull it together.<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
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