{"id":218,"date":"2011-01-31T11:48:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watkinson.wp.trincoll.edu\/?p=218"},"modified":"2015-08-12T15:23:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:23:23","slug":"an-invitation-to-our-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2011\/01\/31\/an-invitation-to-our-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"An invitation to our Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In my final letterpress class on Saturday I set and printed (with the help of my compatriots) 160 invitations to our open house, which will be sent to “local” members of our Associates.\u00a0\u00a0I invite\u00a0anyone on campus to come by on Friday, February 11 from 10am to 2pm for cookies, cider, and other light refreshments to see some of our new acquisitions in the cases and talk with me about some of the things we are looking forward to at the Watkinson.<\/p>\n

Here is the printed invite:<\/p>\n

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Of the valuable lessons I learned during the setting of this piece (which took about an hour–at least 20 times slower than a 19thC typesetter!):\u00a0 the relevance of the old saw “mind your p’s and q’s,”\u00a0as well as\u00a0a caution about working with old (worn), and\u00a0possibly mixed\u00a0type.\u00a0 Several of the letters most used (“e” and “r in this case) needed to be switched out because they were not achieving type-height, and so were not printing.\u00a0 Justification is another activity that will take a lot of time to get a handle on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On another level, I had occasion to think about the care and feeding of a printshop, and the materials one chooses to use.\u00a0 If you are a “green” shop and use vegetable oil to clean ink off the\u00a0type, it sticks together if not properly dried.\u00a0 In general, frankly, it is best to run a tight shop, so to speak, and make sure everything is clean and in order when you leave, if possible.\u00a0 It makes such a difference.\u00a0 Here is a short video of me\u00a0printing the invitation:<\/p>\n

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