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These DIY scratch-and-sniff posters use cinnamon and paprika spiced inks to get the audience drooling over compost. While we’ve seen blood used for ink and traditional scratch-and-sniff posters, Tyler Deal’s experimental spice-infused screenprinting technique has the honor of being the first FPO post with actual spices mixed into the ink.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
16 × 20 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
French / Speckletone / True White / 100 C
Number of Colors
1
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Gotham
Project Description
Earlier this year, I participated in Moving Design, a collective of designers with a mission to encourage environmental sustainability in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. For the initiative, I designed a poster to entice West Loop residents to try composting food scraps—a simple yet very rewarding environmental practice.The poster, designed to mimic the WPA action posters of the 1930s, has minimal graphics and a direct message. To compliment both, I collaborated with Tyler Deal of Idiot Pull to use his original printing method—spice inks using cinnamon and paprika!
Production Lesson(s)
I've experimented with spice inks a lot in the past, but this is the first time I've printed with them for a client. Adrianne's poster had the perfect message for me to flex my muscles and try to perfect the process. In order to get a saturated color with the spices, I had to print with a low-mesh count screen; 110 to be exact. The lower the mesh-count, the more saturated and textured the print becomes. Whoever said "don't play with your food" clearly wasn't a screenprinter.
Post Author
Duncan Robertson
Former intern at UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
February 12, 2014
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Posters
Silkscreen
Tagged with
one ink
scratch and sniff
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