[Imc-africa] hardware / print / logo

[C.T. Lawrence Butler]

Hi all,

I have about a decades worth of experience with an activist 
silk-screening collective about 10 BC (that's, Before Computers, in the 
80s). Our four color press was hand built and manually run. To build a 
press, you would need:
1	turn-table
16'	L shape aluminum
16	hinges
16	springs
16	clamps
	some plywood
	some bolts and screws

For the screens,
1	staple gun
	silkscreen
	photosensitive emulsion
	1"x1" wood for frames
1	300w light
4	squeeges
	assorted inks for paper and textiles

I think we can get all this stuff in Nairobi. The inks and the emulsion 
might be expensive but might not. I think we could build a four color 
press for under $300 USD.

Look forward to meeting everyone.

C.T. Butler
"There is nothing more unequal than
the equal treatment of unequals."


On Wednesday, December 20, 2006, at 12:32  PM, janmaat wrote:

> Hi,
> as the printing is concerned, indeed a logo would be a great thing,
> and if i come down and the screen print will happen, we can print
> it on all sorts of things - screen print on shirts, computers,
> whatever...  So if you get one, let me know!
> Janmaat
>
>
>
> Anna writes:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> some practical questions:
>>
>> (nobody contacted me yet about steffi in berlin, so i assume this
>> information is not valid anymore?)
>>
>> - i understand that there is a lack of hardware. i'm thinking about
>> trying to 'find' some and ask people to take it along to nairobi.
>>
>>   + what exactly is needed?
>>   + is there any experience with taking computers or parts as a normal
>> flight passenger? i'm looking for very practical tips on how to pack
>> them, are there extra cost to be expected..?
>>   + how do customs react?
>>
>> of course i can't promise anything, we don't happen to have this pile 
>> of
>> unused computers to take from ;), also i have no idea how people will
>> react if i ask them to take these 15" monitors along, but i want to 
>> try
>> anyway.
>>
>>
>> - is anyone working yet on concrete steps of how to do the print
>> editions / newsletters? i was thinking that it may be helpful to 
>> prepare
>> templates in advance that then 'only' have to be filled with content.
>> i'm not a good graphic designer myself, but unless people object i 
>> could
>> ask some others.
>>
>>   + any ideas how long these newsletter should be?
>>   + do we have talented designers for a header?
>>
>> - do we have a logo, or banners yet? i was thinking to start promoting
>> the imc in nairobi more, for all different kids of things like
>> translations, donations... and a banner would be nice. do you know
>> whether anyone has thought about that yet?
>>
>> - last but not least: i'm sure we all collect different sorts of
>> information on the wsf. i'd like to propose to do this collectively -
>> either on the wiki or on a website. sorry for my ignorance, but.. 
>> which
>> website will we be using for the coverage of the wsf - 
>> kenya.indymedia.org?
>>
>>
>> greetz from cold and rainy berlin
>> Anna
>>
>>
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