Andrea beats rags to a pulp
Often, in class, the question is posed. “Is this pulp beaten enough?” Often my reply is, “It depends” In Andrea Brdek’s case, this pulp is almost ready for what she wants to do.
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Amanda Larson, work in progress
Amanda Larson, a student working with Professor Mary Hark from the Design Studies Department is working on a large screen type installation using abaca pulp in the paper mill. Below are some process photos as she is building her pieces.
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In celebration of above freezing temperatures.
Today we moved outside to form a large sheet of paper.
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Question: How do you make a sheet of handmade paper?
In no way is this a complete answer, but these ten photographs quickly show you how a sheet of paper is formed and couched. Andrea and Jean work as a team to form sheets of paper from cotton fibers.
Free training videos for Adobe CS3
I was searching for an answer to a question for a problem in InDesign and I discovered free training videos on the Adobe site. Go to Adobe Video Workshop On the top of the left column is the a list of training videos called Adobe Video Workshop. Let me know if you have any questions.
Connecting to the class server
Watch this video to learn how to connect to the class server from your Apple computer.
Mac OS Font Book
Are you familiar with the Font book application in the Mac OS? Go to your Applications folder > look for the Font Book application> and launch it.
The second column from the left is a list of all installed fonts on your computer. Scroll the mouse over to the font column and select one. You can see the full layout of the typeface. As you scroll down the list of fonts you will dixcover that some fonts are mostly symbols. As you work on your website and digital glossary, you might want to spend time scanning through the many font options that are on the computer. We have many more fonts on the server. I sent you a link to a tutorial showing how to log on to the class server and how to add fonts to your computer workstation. Check your email.
