A French fan brought to me attention some remaining 1978 artwork. It wasn't possibly to scan it from the original art because there is no original art. Instead, the art was drawn on a think wax stencil that could be used for mimeograph printing. The stencil is of no Earthly used afterward, and the hand printed copies are all remain. It's an interesting artform -- you can't make mistakes that you can correct very easily, and it encourages spontaneity. But the copies you printed are all that remain. No original copy. "Typo" was the name of the letter zine I published at the time.
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This reminded me to actually look up how mimeograph machines worked -- just watched this: https://youtu.be/N8_j3MM-G0o?si=1gGUs-j0ashYg9Ki
I too, remember that smell from school days, and like most I never got to see the process that produced those purple sheets. And now I know what you meant by "no original" (to preserve).
I too, remember that smell from school days, and like most I never got to see the process that produced those purple sheets. And now I know what you meant by "no original" (to preserve).
By purple sheets I know you mean spirit publication ... often called "Ditto." That's done with a sheet of dried ink that you type on, and the second sheet picks up the letters you've typed. Then alcohol from the duplicating machine picks up a small amount of the poweful die on the second sheet, and transfers it to a third sheet, which is the finished page. Mimeography is somewhat similar, but uses actual ink, and a wax stencil to transfer the ink on an absorbent sheet of paper.
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