Posts Tagged ‘letterpress’

The First 65 Business Cards

Edge painted letterpress business cardsEdge painted letterpress business cardsEdge painted letterpress business cardsEdge painted business cardEdge painted business cardThese business cards for new company The First 65 have qualities people crave with letterpress. Good design, quality board, deep impression with and without ink and an extra special finish. The ink was hand mixed to match the green paper and the logo was blind debossed on the reverse. As an extra special finish they were edge painted in a vibrant bright orange. The cards were printed on a Heidelberg platen onto 540gsm Duplex White over Green.

Click onto our Flickr pages to see the cards in production.

Posted: July 13th, 2011 | Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
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Letterpress Printer Required

Heidelberg Cylinder

We are looking for a letterpress printer. Someone with exceptional printing skills and a desire to produce a perfect letterpress print.

We are a modern letterpress printing company working on prestigious accounts with leading designers and are seeking a letterpress printer to join our busy print room. Experience operating Heidelberg Platens and/or Cylinders is essential and a good knowledge of letterpress printing, from prepping and setting up to mixing inks and trimming is expected.

  • Can you operate a Heidelberg platen or Heidelberg KSBA cylinder press?
  • Print to an exceptionally high standard?
  • Mix inks accurately to Pantone refs?
  • Can you operate a guillotine?
  • Are you passionate and enthusiastic about letterpress and your work?
  • Do you have a meticulous attention to detail?
  • Have a good eye for colour and quality?
  • Have any photopolymer platemaking experience?
  • Do you thrive working closely with others and to tight deadlines?
  • A UK resident or have permission to work in the UK?

So do you have the desire to produce a perfect print? If you do then we’d love to hear from you. Drop us an email.

This vacancy is for a full-time position, we are not looking to fill a placement or internship.

Posted: July 12th, 2011 | Category: Jobs
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Letterpress Proof

Twitter Treat posterWe have been having a shift around in the print room and have found some bits and pieces we had forgotten about. Amongst some posters we found a print we had taken to proof a fount of wood type we had acquired.

Letterpress printed on our Vandercook proofing press. The poster is 320 x 420mm light grey paper. Printed in black ink with beautiful wood type. The type is in good condition but has a few knocks which adds character.

We will be giving away a copy of the print to one of our Twitter followers today. Simply follow us and say ‘Hi!” and at the end of the day we’ll pick a random winner from our Twitter followers.

This TwitterTreat has now closed and was won by @PaulAdamDavis.

Posted: July 7th, 2011 | Category: Letterpress Posters, Limited Edition Prints, Twitter Treats
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Take the Proverbial Letterpress Prints

A4 letterpress printsLetterpress printingLemonsLemonsLetterpress printingLetterpress printingGill McColl of Take the Proverbial came to blush°° to letterpress print these two quotes. The hand drawn typography transferred faithfully from digital artwork to photopolymer plate to tactile letterpress print.

We printed the posters on our Heidelberg KSBA cylinder. The impression strength of the cylinder ensured a consistent and deep print evenly into the cotton paper across the whole print area. The prints were printed on 300gsm Somerset 100% cotton paper. Spot colours were provided for each A4 print.

Posted: June 1st, 2011 | Category: Letterpress Posters, Limited Edition Prints
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CU*TS

CU*TS PostcardCU*TS PostcardCU*TS PostcardCU*TS PostcardCU*TS PostcardCU*TS PostcardDespite recent cuts in the arts sectors United Creatives created a postcard to let people know it’s not all doom and gloom. The postcards are printed on a hefty 638gsm 100% cotton and on Colorplan White/Red/White Triplex. Printing on both sides can sometimes cause issues, you will often see evidence of an impression on the opposite side. Opting for a heavy stock means we can still achieve a deep impression on both sides.

Posted: May 18th, 2011 | Category: Postcards
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Letterpress Easter Egg Hunt

We will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on our blog over the Easter weekend. The first to find the hidden egg will win 100 letterpress business cards – completely free!

The hunts will be held on Good Friday, 22/04/2011 and Easter Sunday, 24/04/2011 at no specific time. The start of the hunts will be announced on Twitter. The egg will be a link hidden somewhere on this blog. Click the link and an email will open up, write your name and address on the email and click send. The first email to arrive in our special Easter inbox wins.

We will print your own design (you to supply print ready artwork) or you can choose to use a design from our range of our popular business cards.

Print Specification
100 business cards
85 x 55mm (landscape or portrait)
1 colour black / 1 side
425gsm 100% cotton paper
Print ready artwork supplied

Creating your artwork
The print area is 85 x 55mm, landscape or portrait. Artwork must be supplied as a print ready PDF or Illustrator .ai or .eps file format. Please ensure all fonts are converted to outlines. You can also supply a Photoshop .psd file, please don’t rasterize any fonts and include the font with your file. Spot colour only, no tints, shades or gradients.

SOME RULES ~ Please read!

  • The first email to arrive in our special Easter inbox will win.
  • We reserve the right to showcase the winning business cards on Twitter, our website & blog and other websites for promotional purposes. We will include credits and links where applicable.
  • This offer is open to anyone in any country, but delivery will only be to a UK postal address.
  • This offer cannot be used with any existing print orders.
  • The winner will be notified by email and Twitter.
  • The winner must agree to these terms.
  • Our decision is final.
  • We reserve the right to withdraw this offer, change or amend the print specification or these rules.

Posted: April 22nd, 2011 | Category: Twitter Treats
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Press Pass Business Card

Press pass letterpress business cardPress pass letterpress business cardPress pass letterpress business cardWe love this press pass style business card designed Daniel Duhig Design for freelance journalist Cartlon Boyce. The detail of the design is accurate right down to a small photo of Carlton which is attached to the small blue square. We printed the cards on 1000mic recycled board in 2 colours on our Heidelberg letterpress printing presses. The surface of the recycled board is irregular with high and low points making each print unique.

Posted: March 24th, 2011 | Category: Business Cards
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Hand Drawn Letterpress Invitation

Hand Drawn Letterpress Wedding invitationHand Drawn Letterpress Wedding invitationHand Drawn Letterpress Wedding invitationLetterpress printing is perfect for printing type and imagery. So when Heather & Jack asked us to print their hand drawn design for their wedding invitations we knew the results would be wonderful. Letterpress printed black ink on our Heidelberg platens onto 638gsm cotton paper. Designed by Ashley Amery.

Posted: March 22nd, 2011 | Category: Wedding Stationery
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Cutter & Savage Business Cards

Cutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsCutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsCutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsCutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsCutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsCutter & Savage Letterpress Business CardsThese charming business cards were designed by Cutter & Savage and printed black both sides on our Heidelberg platens. The paper is 425gsm 100% cotton and enhances the nostalgic feel to the cards.

Posted: March 18th, 2011 | Category: Business Cards
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Fontdeck Coasters and Business Cards

Fondeck Letterpress Coasters

Fontdeck Letterpress Coasters

Fontdeck Letterpress Coasters

Fontdeck Business Card

Fontdeck Letterpress Business Card

Fontdeck Letterpress CoastersLetterpress coasters and business cards for Fontdeck designed by Clearleft. The 2 colour coasters are printed onto a quality 1200mic beermat board. This board is great for letterpress as the soft fibres take a lovely deep impression. The coasters were finished with die cut rounded corners. We also printed a 2 colour business card onto 425gsm 100% cotton paper.

Posted: March 2nd, 2011 | Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Ephemera
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Edge Painted Business Cards

Edge painted business cardsEdge painted business cardsEdge painted business cardsEdge painted business cards We recently worked with design outfit The Ubiquitous Manufacturing Company to print their business cards. The brief called for super thick board with edge painting and we talked at length about the effect they hoped to achieve. We sourced this 1000mic 100% recycled dark grey board – perfect!

The cards were printed on our Heidleberg platen presses in silver ink, 2 sides. The ‘Crown’ logo on the front was due to be a deboss but we printed a transparent white to help lift it.

Posted: February 21st, 2011 | Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
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De-tached business cards

De-tached letterpress business cardDe-tached letterpress business cardDe-tached letterpress business cardDe-tached letterpress business cardDe-tached produce bespoke music for media and needed a bespoke business card to compliment their new brand and website. Mark Sugdon created the business card and website for De-Tached and provided the print ready artwork. We talked in-depth about papers and finishes and letterpress printed on 540gsm Duplex black/white. Silver ink on black and black ink on white to produce a business card that looks as good as it feels.

Posted: February 1st, 2011 | Category: Business Cards
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Tools of my Trade No. 1 ~ Quoin Key

Letterpress Quoin KeyLetterpress Quoin KeyLetterpress Quoin KeyTightening quoins with the keyA quoin key is used to lock up the type in the chase to create the ‘forme’. The forme is then placed on the press for printing. We have many quoin keys of varying in age, condition and quality. Poorer quality keys made from a softer metal tend to twist from tightening the quoins.

Posted: January 21st, 2011 | Category: Tools of my Trade
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Twitter Treat ~ Letterpress Christmas Cards

Twitter Treat ~ Win your very own letterpress Christmas cards

Get your creative juices flowing as our next TwitterTreat is a truly festive treat.

We are giving one lucky follower the opportunity to have their design letterpress printed as their very own Christmas card. Your design could be anything from a drawing to a beautifully crafted piece of typography.

Print Specification
30 Christmas cards and envelopes
A6 (105 x 148mm)
1 colour / 1 side
300gsm 100% cotton paper
Creased
Including 100gsm stock greeting card envelopes

Creating your artwork
The print area is 105 x 148mm. Artwork must be supplied as a print ready PDF or Illustrator .ai or .eps file format. Please ensure all fonts are converted to outlines. You can also supply a Photoshop .psd file, please don’t rasterize any fonts and include the font with your file. You can also email us a high resolution scan or post your original artwork to us and we will convert your artwork ready for print. Spot colour only, no tints, shades or gradients.

The winner will picked at random from our list of followers at 2pm Thursday, 9th December 2010. The winner will be notified by DM on Twitter.

How to enter:

Step 1
Follow us on Twitter!

Step 2
Retweet this tweet

Step 3
Cross your fingers!

SOME RULES

  • The winner will be picked at random at 2pm Thursday, 9th December 2010 from our list of followers who have retweeted as above.
  • We reserve the right to showcase the winning business cards on Twitter, our website, blog and other websites for promotional purposes. We will include credits and links where applicable.
  • This offer is open to anyone in any country.
  • This offer cannot be used with any existing print orders.
  • The winner must agree to these terms.
  • Our decision is final.
  • We reserve the right to withdraw this offer, change or amend the print specification or these rules.

This competition is now closed and the winner has been announced – congratulations to @uberkraaft

Click here to see the winning cards.

Posted: December 6th, 2010 | Category: Twitter Treats
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Blind Embossing

Embossed logo on 300gsm 100% cotton paperLetterpress printing creates a debossed impression into the paper. The inked plate is pressed into the paper leaving the design or type recessed. We can also print without any ink, a blind deboss. A simply and very effective technique.

The example above shows a blind emboss on 300gsm cotton paper. The image is raised, pushed from back to front. To do this correctly we use a male and female die to create an image that is sharp and crisp.

Posted: November 17th, 2010 | Category: Hot off the press, Letterpress Ephemera, Letterpress Techniques
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Affordable letterpress business cards are here!

250 letterpress business cards only £59

Arabesque initial letterpress business card

Letterpress business card

Rose letterpress business card

Victoria letterpress business card

Letterpress business card

Pointing hand, printers hand, index or manicule letterpress business card

We are really excited to offer 250 personalised letterpress business cards for an amazing £59.

Choose from 14 stunning designs with exquisite typography and printed to perfection on Cranes Crest 100% cotton, a premium paper perfectly suited to letterpress.

The cards are printed in black ink as standard but alternative colours are available for an additional cost. The cards are presented in a hand made box – a perfect gift! Orders are now being taken for delivery in time for Christmas.

Browse the full range and order online now!

More photos on our Flickr pages

Posted: October 31st, 2010 | Category: Business Cards
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2 Colour + Deboss Business Cards

2 colour and deboss business cards

2 colour and deboss business cards2 colour and deboss business cards

2 colour and deboss business cardsLightbulb are a design consultancy with bright ideas looking for a print finish to give their business cards another dimension. The design was created for letterpress and the black and grey ink sinks deep into the 425gsm pure cotton paper. The focal point though is the debossed lightbulb, certain to draw attention when handed out. A deboss clearly shows the impression letterpress can make into the paper, leaving a beautiful tactile finish only possible with this amazing technique.

Posted: October 26th, 2010 | Category: Business Cards
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Letterpress Whisky Labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Letterpress Whisky labels

Working with designers leads to some beautifully crafted work getting on our presses. So when Steve and Chris from United Creatives asked us to print these Whisky labels for their client Artisan Scotch Whisky makers Compass Box Whisky Company, we knew we were getting involved in something exciting.

The labels were letterpress printed on our vintage presses in one colour onto a beautiful uncoated label stock. The labels also required a die cut shape which we decided to ‘kiss-cut’. This means cutting the shape out of the top sheet of the paper enabling the label to be peeled off the backing sheet in one piece ready to be applied to the bottles.

Posted: October 21st, 2010 | Category: Product Packaging
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1985 Business Cards

1985 letterpress business cards1985 letterpress business cards1985 letterpress business cards1985 letterpress business cards1985 letterpress business cardsWe printed these 2 colour, double-sided business cards for London based art director Richard Monk of 1985®. A bit of a thank you really after an interview we took part in for the CCCCareer website.

Richard’s design is strong and bold typography in black and grey and has printed really well on the 540 white board.

The job was part of our unique #LetterpressLive tweeting sessions on Twitter, where we tweet each stage of the process as it happens and is an insight into blush°° and the letterpress process. If you missed the session you can catch up on our Flickr pages.

Posted: October 20th, 2010 | Category: Business Cards
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Silver on Black Letterpress Business Card

Silver ink on Black letterpress business cardSilver ink on Black letterpress business cardSilver ink on Black letterpress business cardLess is more on this business card we printed recently for Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson. Along with the initial inquiry came lots of examples of the kind of effect Jökull was looking to achieve. After a few emails back and to we felt we had a clear idea of the best way forward. The cards were printed on our Heidelberg platen in silver ink onto 540gsm black stock. The sheen from the silver ink changing with light from different directions.

The heavy stock allowed for a deep impression which resulted a firm business card that feels solid in your hand.

Posted: September 29th, 2010 | Category: Business Cards
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