[Bookstoprisoners] Re: BooksToPrisoners Digest, Vol 28, Issue 18

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Barbara- I would like to talk on the show.  I will be there at noon.  Thanks for reminding us.

-April

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>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:00:05 -0500 (CDT)
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>   1. Could some volunteers please volunteer to speak	out?
>      (Barbara kessel)
>   2. Re: Silkscreen Basics Workshop, Sept. 22 (Mike Lehman)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:59:10 -0500
>From: "Barbara kessel" <barkes at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] Could some volunteers please volunteer to
>	speak	out?
>To: "bookstoprisoners at lists.chambana.net"
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>I am talking to you Volunteers - people who work in the jails only,
>people who are new volunteers, people who are historical volunteers,
>teens, students, seniors. The radio studio is in the front of the IMC,
>right across from the book bin for B2P. Just knock on the window there
>and we will let you in.
>
>I just sent you the announcement of our Saturday radio show featuring
>books to Prisoners Project. Our secret agenda is to plug the book sale
>along the way many times.
>
>The only person to have volunteered to talk so far is Bob Tieman -
>(sounds of clapping and whistles int he background). He will start off
>the show at 12 noon with me and will yield the microphone as others
>show up, but stick around in case you come in and only want to talk
>for one minute. Please let me know that you will stop by and say a few
>words - about your experience as a volunteer, things you might have
>learned that you did not know about prisons, jails or prisoners, how
>excited you are about the big book sale coming up - stuff like that.
>Time constraint - 30 seconds minimum to 20minute maximum.
>
>Deb Sanderson and I are going to be on WEFT from 11 to 12 on the next
>day, Sept. 23, talking up the book sale, which includes the context -
>our beloved project.
>
>P.S. Don't forget to take a bunch of flyers to hand out at all other
>meetings you attend. People are grateful to have something physical to
>keep as a reminder.
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:05:39 -0500
>From: Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] Re: Silkscreen Basics Workshop, Sept. 22
>To: Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center <imc at lists.ucimc.org>
>Cc: bookstoprisoners at lists.chambana.net, Radio Free Urbana
>	<rfu at ucimc.org>,	Maiko Covington <mcovingt at express.cites.uiuc.edu>
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>I have an update and change on preparation for Saturday's workshop. This 
>is the current plan, so disregard the conflicting info in the original 
>message, which I've included below for reference.
>
>Due to conflicting commitments of Maiko's helper, we are moving the 
>screen coating that is required before Saturday's workshop to Thursday 
>evening, Sept. 20, instead of on Wednesday night. This coating has to be 
>done in advance, so it has time to dry completely by saturday monring.
>
>If you want to drop off a blank screen outside Maiko's studio door by 
>the entrance to the mechanical room in the northwest corner of the 
>basement on Wednesday, we will pick it up and put it in the studio for 
>the Thursday night coating session. The Thursday night screen coating 
>session will start at 7pm. This will still make it ready in time for use 
>during the Saturday workshop.
>
>You can buy a silkscreen for yourself at several local stores that carry 
>art supplies so that you can keep your silkscreen with your graphic on 
>it for later printing, after the workshop is over. Drop it off by 
>Maiko's studio door if you can't be present on Thursday night to coat 
>it. You can do this either Wednesday or Thursday night.
>
>We can make a limited additional number of silkscreens for one-time use 
>during the workshop, but we will recycle these screens after we use them 
>to demonstrate the process for the workshop on Saturday.
>
>Maiko has a couple of extra screens she can sell you at cost (about 
>$15).  However, you must let us know if you want us to prepare one of 
>these for you before Thursday night. First come, first served. You can 
>pay for it on Saturday.
>
>Please note that depending on the number attending, we may not be able 
>to make all attendees graphics into screens at this workshop. We'll 
>decide that on Saturday. However, everyone will get a chance to see how 
>it's done on Saturday and practice with handling the screens, ink, and 
>equipment.
>Mike Lehman
>
>Mike Lehman wrote:
>> We are now ready for the silkscreen basics workshop, which will be 
>> held in Maiko's basement studio next to Sandra Ahten's in the 
>> northwest corner of the IMC building. The room can only accommodate 
>> about half a dozen students, but we have enough supplies to help you 
>> make a silkscreen from your graphic, as well as show the basic steps 
>> needed to create and print silkscreen printed items
>>
>> The requirements are:
>>
>> If you want to actually create your own silkscreen, then you need to 
>> print a transparency of your artwork. Anything that should be printed 
>> should be black on this sheet and anything that should NOT be printed 
>> should be clear. This means black-and-white. Do NOT use any grayscale, 
>> as this will not make a good negative, which is essentially what your 
>> transparency will be. You can have a transparency made for less than 
>> dollar at Kinkos by copying your design onto paper , then taking it 
>> there and asking for them to copy it onto a transparency.
>>
>> If you want to retain the silkscreen, then you should purchase your 
>> own pre-framed silkscreen at one of the local stores which carries 
>> these already made up. The handiest size to use is 10 inches by 14 
>> inches, as this is the right size to do a graphic on a t-shirt.
>>
>> Those who want to make their own screen will need to attend or leave 
>> the screen outside Maiko's studio door by 7pm on Wednesday, Sept. 19. 
>> It is necessary to coat the silkscreen frame with the chemical that 
>> reacts to make the actual screen and let it dry before Saturday's 
>> workshop. This will take about an hour, including cleanup time. We 
>> urge you to attend to learn about this part of the process, but we 
>> will take your screen and coat it if you can't attend.
>>
>> At noon on Saturday, September 22, we will meet back at the studio to 
>> actually expose the screen to make them ready to print. This involves 
>> a darkroom exposure with your graphic transparency laid on top of the 
>> screen, which is covered with another chemical to initiate the 
>> reaction once light hits it. The screens are then washed and are ready 
>> to print.
>>
>> We will have a variety of inks available  -- black, white, red and 
>> yellow, all of them opaque inks so they can be printed onto a black 
>> t-shirt with good results. You should bring what you want printed, 
>> which can be a cardboard or clothing or something else that can be 
>> flattened under the screen. In fact, it's good to bring a piece of 
>> cardboard to use as your test image before printing on clothing, etc. 
>> In conjunction with the drying heater, the ink rapidly sets and your 
>> stuff is then ready to wear or show. We expect this workshop to take 
>> about two hours.
>>
>> If you have questions, please send them to mcovingt at uiuc.edu
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Lehman
>>
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