The third in the Assorted Types series is hot off the press and available to purchase from our online store!
Posts Tagged ‘paper’
Bauer Bodoni Letterpress Print
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February 19th, 2012
| Category: Hot off the press, Letterpress Posters, Typography
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, assorted types, black, cotton paper, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, Somerset, Typography |
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Deboss & Letterpress QR Code
Letterpress printed QR codes can and do work when letterpress printed, as can be seen here on the business cards we recently printed for Tim Brook at BeApt.
The cards are printed black over a blind deboss onto 540gsm Colorplan.
Posted:
January 27th, 2012
| Category: 2 Passes, Blind Deboss, Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 2 Passes, 540gsm board, black, business card, colorplan, cotton paper, debossed, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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No Thank You
Søren Ragsdale came to us to create and print this simple card.
Here’s Søren’s brief:
“I’d like to order a set of business cards that just say “No Thank You” in a clean, serifed script. I’ve just moved to London where there are a ton of people trying to hand me flyers. I’d like to have something to hand back to them.”
I wonder if the people who receive them keep them or just throw them away? Either way, what a great idea!
Letterpress printed black 1/0 on Cranes Crest 365gsm, 100% cotton. Dimensions: 85 x 55mm.
Posted:
January 17th, 2012
| Category: 1 Pass, Business Cards, Letterpress Ephemera
Tags: 1 Pass, 100% cotton paper, black, black and white, business card, cotton paper, cranes crest, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, Typography |
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Cranes / Fresco Duplex
Hot off the press are these striking business cards for WHP Creative. The cards are a Cranes Crest / Accent Fresco 700gsm duplex, letterpress printed black and blind deboss on the Cranes, black ink on the Fresco. The black logo on the Fresco was originally intended to be a blind deboss but we advised a black ink to help lift it. We can edge paint a Duplex stock and these were painted in a vibrant aqua green.
Design © WHP Creative
Posted:
December 23rd, 2011
| Category: 3 Passes, Blind Deboss, Business Cards, Duplex, Edge Painting
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 3 Passes, black, black and white, business card, cotton paper, debossed, Duplex, edge painted, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing |
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Tactile Wedding Invitations
Letterpress printing onto 425gsm cotton paper creates beautiful, tactile wedding stationery. Printed onto 425gsm 100% cotton paper. Design © Julia & Anthony Iredale.
Posted:
December 20th, 2011
| Category: 2 Passes, Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 2 Passes, cotton paper, heidelberg, invitation, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, wedding invitations, Wedding Stationery |
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Letterpress QR Code
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: 2 Passes, Postcards
Tags: 2 Passes, 540gsm board, black, colorplan, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, QR code, yellow |
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Assorted Types ~ Centaur
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, jim williams, letterpress, paper, printing, Somerset, Twitter, typeface, Typography |
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Candykiller ‘Beast’ Letterpress Print
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: 2 Passes, Hot off the press, Letterpress Posters, Letterpress Techniques, Limited Edition Prints
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 2 Passes, 300gsm, black, cotton paper, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, Somerset, tweets, Twitter |
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Genius Division Business Card
Red and white duplex is a striking combination as seen here in these business cards we printed for James Sheriff at Genius Division. Printing red ink to complement the red paper and then printing red ink over the red side rather than a blind deboss really help lift the pattern.
Letterpress printed onto 540gsm Duplex on a Heidelberg platen.
Posted:
September 6th, 2011
| Category: 2 Passes, Business Cards, Duplex, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 2 Passes, 540gsm board, debossed, Duplex, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, white |
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Crowne Letterhead & Business Card
Letterpress stationery and business cards for Crowne Chauffeur Services, designed by Alan Haverty. The business cards are letterpress printed onto 540gsm Colorplan black & white duplex with a deboss crown logo on the black side. The letterheads were printed on matching 135gsm Colorplan in black and gold ink.
We paid special attention to the delicate type. Small fine fonts have a tendency to break up under the extreme pressure on the press but a careful balance between pressure, ink and packing on the press can help keep this to a minimum.
Posted:
September 2nd, 2011
| Category: 2 Passes, Blind Deboss, Business Cards, Letterpress Stationery
Tags: 2 Passes, black, Duplex, gold ink, heidelberg, ink, paper, stationery |
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Print with a tint
These Save the Dates look striking with no colour. Letterpress printed using as transparent white ink to enhance the deboss into the soft cotton paper.
Designed by www.mockupdesigns.co.uk and letterpress printed on 425gsm cotton paper.
Posted:
August 8th, 2011
| Category: 1 Pass, Hot off the press, Letterpress Techniques, Wedding Stationery
Tags: 100% cotton paper, cotton paper, debossed, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm, Wedding Stationery, white |
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Letterpress Proof
We 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 font 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
Tags: black, handset type, ink, letterpress, movable type, paper, printing, proofing press, Twitter, vandercook |
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Take the Proverbial Letterpress Prints
Gill 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
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, cylinder, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, Somerset, Typography |
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Cutter & Savage Business Cards
These 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: 2 Passes, Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 2 Passes, black, business card, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm, vintage |
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Fontdeck Coasters and Business Cards
Letterpress 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
Tags: 100% cotton paper, business card, coasters, cotton paper, letterpress, paper, saunders 425gsm |
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De-tached business cards
De-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: 2 Passes, Business Cards, Duplex
Tags: 2 Passes, 540gsm board, black and white, business card, Duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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Blind Embossing
Letterpress 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: Embossing, Hot off the press, Letterpress Ephemera, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 300gsm, Blind Deboss, cotton paper, debossed, emboss, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing |
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Affordable letterpress business cards are here!
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
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 356gsm, black and white, business card, cotton paper, cranes crest, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, Typography, white |
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2 Colour + Deboss Business Cards
Lightbulb 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: 3 Passes, Blind Deboss, Business Cards
Tags: 100% cotton paper, 3 Passes, black, cotton paper, debossed, grey, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, saunders 425gsm, white |
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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
Tags: heidelberg, labels, letterpress, paper, printing, scotch, scottish, whisky |
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