The remarkable folks at Arion Press, Diana Ketcham and Andrew Hoyem, sent this note after they heard the first story in the series. Their type is composed and cast on the premises by M & H, the oldest and largest type foundry still operating in this country.
“How about fitting in the people who make their own metal type for handcrafted books. If there were ever “makers” we are it. Arion Press and M&H typefoundry in the Presidio–unique in the world and one of the most unusual treasures of the Bay Area. The Press and its foundry should have a place in any treatment of unusual crafts in the Bay Area. We stand ready to talk with you if there is any interest.”
Here are some sounds and photos from our visit to the press:
Hi all, We launched The Making Of… on KQED on Tuesday and the calls and notes and tweets and videos have been pouring in. This email caught our eye and we thought it might catch yours as well:
kimchi is at least 4000 years old — I am proposing the making of kimchi by sunhui chang of fusebox in west oakland — kimchi has traditionally been women’s work — men rarely entered the kitchen and were usually not even allowed in the area when women make kimchi a time for them to share knowledge and gossip. sunhui (this is a female name chosen for him after his grandfather visited a fortune teller) is breaking many traditions with his name, and his work with kimchi absolutely hands on and hands deep in the process which takes hours he makes his own gochu jang also time intensive and a lost art — korean women are now coming to try his kimchi and remark how wonderful it is — in korea kimchi is spoken when taking a picture to get the big smile like us saying cheese — kimchi is it a pickle or a salad? sunhui is a humble but amazing storyteller especially about kimchi — kimchi in west oakland, ca.
-ellen sebastian chang (Sunhi Chang’s wife)
A community project from KQED and the Kitchen Sisters
