[Imc-africa] screen print

[John Bwakali]

Hi Janmaat,
  As per my understanding, there is funding to cater for food and accomodation. So if you can make it to Nairobi, these two shouldn't be a problem. Concerning screenprinting, I think it is useful even though I am not familiar at all with it. But I think it is a creative and economical way of communicating in kind. I imagine it will be possible for you to do your workshop in the same space that other workshops will be held?
   
  Ciao,
  John 

janmaat <janmaat at so36.net> wrote:
  hey c.t.,
my fundraising for this project was not very successfull yet
and i am having doubts weather or not to go to nairobi at all;
i can afford the flight, but that is it. so i need to know:
is there a serious interest to do the screen printing workshop,
is anyone up for doing it, and can we get some minimum finance
for that? is someone in nairobi who could assure that we get
a space to do the screen printing in?
janmaat 



C.T. Lawrence Butler writes: 

> 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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