So, here are a selection of new birthday cards that I have designed. As you can probably tell from the second image, the top of the P and Y perished away whilst printing which I was quite upset about. But I carried on printing regardless. In a way, I am feeling slightly rebellious and I am going to use wooden type that DOESN'T leave a perfect impression. I personally thin that it gives more character to the print. I don't know? Maybe that's just my strange design style!I wish I had more inks that I could play with but at the moment I only have the green. These were printed on to a 400mic (around 300gsm) white pulb board. It prints beautifully and leaves a small but effective impression on the paper.
I have purposely left some of the letters out so that I could fill them in myself. I plan on merging letterpress and illustration/hand rendered typography. I would like to sell cards this way. maybe even sell some blank for those who are like minded, to fill in the gaps themselves.
Great cards, love the green. I like the idea of merging letterpress and illustration.
ReplyDeleteI think you should go with your rebellious instincts and not worry about getting a perfect impression. It all adds to the charm, I think.
yeh that will be good, you can get some polymer plates done when John get set up, exposure unit already in place! jax x
ReplyDeleteHey. Thanks FF.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I like the traditional use of the letterpress but because my personal designs are more modern and way-ward,they kind of clash. The only way to support this illness is to merge the two together.
Which personally, I enjoy.
Yeah Jax, I think I am going to.
I will design a few different styles and get them all plated.
Just makes things a bit easier then for mass production!!
Hi, just found your website !
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! I feel the whole beauty of wood type is in its imperfections (maybe not the right word). I really like the way the woodgrain shows up on the resulting print, and that not all impressions give the same result.
I like your idea to merge Letterpress with illustration. I have decided to turn to Linocut to fill my graphics requirement for use alongside letterpress.