Mark Dowsett of Stranger Studio came to blush°° for some quality letterpress printing. Mark’s postcard features a large QR code that you can scan and feel. Once scanned on a smartphone reveals his contact details, address, email and web address – very clever and a cool way to give people your details.
The postcards are letterpress printed on 540gsm Colorplan Citrine yellow, both sides on a Heidelberg platen. Colorplan is a fairly hard stock but does take a nice clean deep impression.
Posted:
October 27th, 2011
| Category: Postcards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, colorplan, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, QR code, yellow |
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The first in the ‘Assorted Types’ series of letterpress prints showcasing classic typefaces. Designed by Jim Williams, an award winning typographer & graphic designer who has a lifelong passion for the craft of typography and letterforms. He also has a keen interest and understanding of letterpress and teaches typography at Staffordshire University. Jim’s knowledge of typography and attention to detail is second to none. Constantly ‘tweaking’ his work until it is just perfect, kerning here, letterspacing there, a real perfectionist.
The prints have been lovingly printed to perfection on our vintage Heidelberg cylinder press onto 300gsm Somerset Velvet 100% cotton paper.
Limited to 100 prints and individually numbered and are available to purchase from our online store.
Follow Assorted Types on Twitter for updates, special offers and exclusive previews during the production of the next prints.
Posted:
October 21st, 2011
| Category: Letterpress Posters, Limited Edition Prints
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, black, centaur, cotton paper, font, graphic design, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, Somerset, Twitter, typeface, typography |
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We were thrilled when Candykiller aka Brian Taylor called on Blush to produce his latest ‘Beast’ print. We have worked with Candykiller before, printing the 5th Anniversary limited edition prints. Candykiller’s illustrations print beautifully on the press and Brian’s attention to detail and technical ability when it comes to artwork is first class.
We printed the Beast on 300gsm cotton paper on a Heidelberg platen press, tweeting live at each stage of the production, from platemaking to trimming. The first stage of the job was to prepare Brian’s artwork for print. The artwork was supplied digitally and we check the file before creating the separations. Each colour is a separate pass through the press, so once through for the red and through again for the black. This means we would need two plates.
We mix the ink to a Pantone ref supplied by the artist and ink up the press. We decided to add the rider roller to give an even and consistent spread of ink across the image and to prevent ‘ghosting’.
The plate is attached to a base to bring it up to type height (.918″) and locked up in the chase then locked into the press.
We ink up the press and pull some initial prints to check for registration, ink coverage and impression. We also check the print for any defects in the plate.
Once we are happy with we run the sheets through the press.
After the first colour run we wash-up the press and prepare for the second colour. Change plates, ink up for black pass and reload the paper on the press.
We pull some prints and check once again for impression, ink coverage and registration.
Then run the sheets through and print the black plate.
The final prints are checked and trimmed on the guillotine before packing.
You can see more production shots on our Flickr pages and follow us on Twitter for news and updates on future live letterpress tweets.
The prints are available to purchase from the Candykiller online store.
Posted:
October 20th, 2011
| Category: Hot off the press, Letterpress Posters, Letterpress Techniques, Limited Edition Prints
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, black, cotton paper, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, Somerset, tweets, Twitter |
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