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BROWSE
Client
Self
Quantity Produced
300
Production Cost
Polymer plate: 20€ (US$26.40)
Silkscreen: 5€ (US$6.60)
Production Time
3 days
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
10 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
Malmero
Number of Colors
Black
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Wood block letter for "RZA" and Neutraface Light and Book.
Silkscreened, psychedelic lines and a big ol’ blind emboss turn Ssaliva’s album art into a tiny world of rhythm and texture.
I first find the big wood letter and letterpressed the title in blind deboss. I wanted the back rather different than the front, so i made it minimal. Then, came the front side to print (+ information text from the back). The first attempt was to letterpress it with metal lines (it’s called “filet” in French) used to underline text in letterpress. Quite fast, I admitted it was kind of impossible to do it this way, so I printed a bunch of lines as a sample and made the composition in Photoshop.
Later we made a polymer plate at school but we never had a result good enough to print it. We had some holes at the end of some lines, which make that the print was not a “constant gray”. So I decided to silkscreen it, a method i know better and feel more confident with. I was not sure I could have the small information text as it is 7pt and light, but luckily, it works perfect.
Ssaliva Record Cover
Production Method
Letterpress
Silkscreen
Design
Dimitri Runkkari
Printing
Dimitri Runkkari
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
Jessica Mullen
Jessica Mullen
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
February 20, 2012
Filed Under
Letterpress
Music Packaging
Silkscreen
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letterpress
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silkscreen
sleeve
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