Mimeographs galore
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temporaryrealityIn case my few readers here have not been keeping up with the ecosophia site's open post comments, here's a copy of what I posted this week (my invitation extends to everyone here, too):
We frequently talk about the necessity of finding something we each feel is worth saving and passing on through the times and I've been casting about for a while for something I could do. Considering my proclivities, I recognized that printing technologies were where I ought to turn. My letterpress daydream is impractical for me for several reasons and so I turned to the various duplicating methods that are smaller if not portable, cheaper, and more flexible. Yep, I'm talking about mimeographs (stencil duplicators), hectographs, and dittos (spirit duplicators).
I would like to invite anyone who is interested in such things (or at least in their potential output) to visit my new website that is up and running with the first part of a two-stage project: https://www.mimeographrevival.com. As I state in the introduction, as a site to collect and disseminate as much information about mimeographs (etc.) to whoever wants it, "Mimeograph Revival exists to aid in the rescue and restoration of our dwindling stock of mimeograph machines, to collect resources for their repair, to explore their historical importance, to make room in the collective imagination for their continued use, and to encourage inventors and tinkerers to add to the knowledge pool so that much-needed supplies and parts can once again be made available."
I've got two machines in nearly-ready condition that I'll be learning on and using and I am planning to have a catalog of items that (I hope) might be of interest to Ecosophia readers (and I'll be putting out calls for submissions for some of the ideas I've already got). I'd love to hear ideas that anyone here might have as well, whether in this month's post, by email (gmail account using my user name here), or at Mimeograph Revival itself. The ideas bouncing around include an Amateur Press Association-style mailer/bundle (thanks Justin Patrick Moore for that tip!), serialized or short public domain works that should see print/circulation, homeschool resources, occult works and correspondence-course-type things, collections of art/poetry/stories, newsletters, and zines ... really, there are lots of options.
I'm new though, and this is early days, but I'm excited to take this step and to invite you along with me.
***If I might step into my new role for a moment, I'd like to ask if any of Ecosophia's Indian readers would be interested in helping me research whether or not a critical mimeograph tool is still manufactured in India (something I've not been able to ascertain). I would be extremely grateful for help.***
We frequently talk about the necessity of finding something we each feel is worth saving and passing on through the times and I've been casting about for a while for something I could do. Considering my proclivities, I recognized that printing technologies were where I ought to turn. My letterpress daydream is impractical for me for several reasons and so I turned to the various duplicating methods that are smaller if not portable, cheaper, and more flexible. Yep, I'm talking about mimeographs (stencil duplicators), hectographs, and dittos (spirit duplicators).
I would like to invite anyone who is interested in such things (or at least in their potential output) to visit my new website that is up and running with the first part of a two-stage project: https://www.mimeographrevival.com. As I state in the introduction, as a site to collect and disseminate as much information about mimeographs (etc.) to whoever wants it, "Mimeograph Revival exists to aid in the rescue and restoration of our dwindling stock of mimeograph machines, to collect resources for their repair, to explore their historical importance, to make room in the collective imagination for their continued use, and to encourage inventors and tinkerers to add to the knowledge pool so that much-needed supplies and parts can once again be made available."
I've got two machines in nearly-ready condition that I'll be learning on and using and I am planning to have a catalog of items that (I hope) might be of interest to Ecosophia readers (and I'll be putting out calls for submissions for some of the ideas I've already got). I'd love to hear ideas that anyone here might have as well, whether in this month's post, by email (gmail account using my user name here), or at Mimeograph Revival itself. The ideas bouncing around include an Amateur Press Association-style mailer/bundle (thanks Justin Patrick Moore for that tip!), serialized or short public domain works that should see print/circulation, homeschool resources, occult works and correspondence-course-type things, collections of art/poetry/stories, newsletters, and zines ... really, there are lots of options.
I'm new though, and this is early days, but I'm excited to take this step and to invite you along with me.
***If I might step into my new role for a moment, I'd like to ask if any of Ecosophia's Indian readers would be interested in helping me research whether or not a critical mimeograph tool is still manufactured in India (something I've not been able to ascertain). I would be extremely grateful for help.***
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