Wedding Invitation for Paul & Mary by Mary Rosamond Kunnath

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CLIENT

Mary Katherine and Paul Kunnath, bride and groom.

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BRIEF

Paul and I met at a choir audition when he sang the song “Starry Night" for me. Six years later, Paul proposed one night while we were star gazing. So stars and the heavens kind of became our theme. We wanted the invitation to our wedding to reinforce that theme.

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APPROACH

I designed icons for different star magnitudes and placed them in the location of the stars seen from our latitude and longitude on the night of the wedding—a custom fold shows a single circle of stars that, when opened, reveals two circles coming together to make one. Although the stars are positioned accurately, I created my own constellations to emphasize the making of new connections.

PRODUCTION LESSONSIn order to keep the plate size small—and the cost as low as possible—I designed the star map plate to be half the size of the invitation and printed it twice having rotated it in the center. I envisioned the star map as a blind emboss, but after seeing test prints we decided to add details of silver ink to make it discreetly visible.