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Inkymole Christmas Cards
Production Method
Die-cut
Foil stamp
Lithography
Design
Inkymole
Printing
Steve Atkins at Gartree Press, Leicester
With much to announce in her 2013 holiday card, illustrator Sarah J. Coleman, aka Inkymole, combines metallic boards, metallic lithography, foil stamping, die cutting, ribbons, folding, jewels and hand-assembly create a captivating kaleidoscope of print techniques.
Client
Self-promotion
Quantity Produced
650
Production Cost
$1,200
Production Time
2 Weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
–
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
300gsm
Number of Colors
2
Varnishes
1
Binding
–
Typography
Hand Drawn
Project Description
My cards had to really stand out this year and I had a fair bit to announce to my clients in the coming year, so I threw everything I could at them—metallic boards, metallic litho, die stamping with foil, die cutting, ribbons, folding, jewels and hand-assembly. But because my work has started to become very fine of late, there was a big question mark over whether the block would pick up all the lines - some only slightly bigger than a hair's breadth!I commissioned a dark but seasonal story from British writer Ed Garland around which the mandalas (some called them kaleidoscopes) were illustrated. There were five in total. The story was placed inside and the mandalas covered the outside of the board, which proved very difficult to print on with the silver, white and gold inks due to the high metal content.
But we cracked it, and 650 die-cut foiled Christmas globes were drilled, jewelled, ribboned and placed on the front, the insides signed and the hand-sprayed gold labels attached to 650 envelopes. Oof.
Production Lesson(s)
Allow time for more testing. We wasted quite a lot of board with getting the metallic inks to show up on the metallic boards. And don't be afraid to stick one more process in; it's never as expensive as you think it's going to be!
Post Author
Kelly Cree
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
August 27, 2014
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Die-cut
Foil stamp
Holiday Gift
Lithography
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hand drawn type
hand-assembled
hand-folded
Heidelberg
ribbon
spray paint
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