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BROWSE
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
4 in × 7 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Crane Lettra, 300gsm
Number of Colors
3 spot inks
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Ziggurat Black
Tungsten
Hoefler Titling
Futura
Some printing techniques (or tricks) can be combined into a single press, but when you are using letterpress and silkscreen in the same project you have to make sure you build in enough production time into your schedule to accommodate both processes.
The Columbia Museum of Art is a bit of an nontraditional venue, and that was the theme that we ran with throughout this project. We knew that since we had the ability to silkscreen and letterpress in house, we wanted to combine the two processes and see what happened. Visually, we wanted to keep it simple, but elegant and convey the notion that the space this show would be held in was going to be a bit more formal than the usual music venue. We screenprinted the first two colours (tan and blue) and finished the final layer by letterpressing the black type.
With silkscreening and letterpress, it is a layering process in which you have to run each colour separately. We ran the tan screen first on all of the prints then left them to dry for a bit. We wanted to run the blue screen second in hopes of creating a green overlay where it hit the tan. Once those were all printed, we went ahead and setup the letterpress plate. The only tricky part was the initial registration of the final key plate to the already existing screenprinted portion of the ticket. We ran a few tests on some extra sheets of paper so we could measure out exactly where the plate was making an impression on the paper and then lined up the already printed portion accordingly. Once we had that adjusted, we were able to complete the letterpress portion of the job in about 30 minutes.
Lots of stacking the sheets of paper, allowing them to dry, re-prepping and doing it all over again for the next layer—surely a fine way to spend hour upon hour of the day.
Richard Buckner Concert Ticket
Production Method
Design
The Half and Half
Printing
The Half and Half
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Bryony
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
September 28, 2010
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