2014 – PANTHERA PRESS

Halftones | Take 3

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Post published:December 14, 2014
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So in an effort to test a few new effects, I have done a new halftone project. These plates were made by Concord Engraving - a platemaker that I've started…

Edge Painting Videos

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Post published:December 5, 2014
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I recently did a job for a friend of mine who designed his own invitations. Below are a few progress shots, but even more interesting is that I took some…

Bleeding Transparent White? | The Solution

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Post published:August 7, 2014
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So I had a recent run in with a color that used a lot of trans white (97%) getting really oozy and spotty. You can see some of the issues…

Wild! Paper and Silver Ink

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Post published:July 9, 2014
Post category:Letterpress Work Metallic Foil
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I decided to order some Wild! paper to give it a try. It is a cotton paper specifically designed for letterpress and it has a nice neutral white texture with…

Halftones

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Post published:July 2, 2014
Post category:Halftones & Gradients Letterpress Work
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Working with halftones is not the easiest thing with letterpress. It doesn't quite work like screen printing and four color process is not necessarily something recommended for this sort of…

Duplexing Part III (Pot Devin)

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Post published:June 25, 2014
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So the title is a half truth, it's not exactly a pot devin, it's a label paster and a little one, but I picked it up on eBay and thought…

A Letterpress Job – Start to Finish…

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Post published:June 24, 2014
Post category:Edge Paint Letterpress Tutorials Letterpress Work Print and Design
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For this post I'm hoping to give some insight into my full printing process from beginning to end - digital to edge painting. These are some simple business cards designed…

Edge Painting

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Post published:May 19, 2014
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We now have a new service at Panthera Press - edge painting! We can custom mix colors for you and even offer metallics and pearlized colors.

Letterpress Edge Painting | Part 1

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Post published:May 14, 2014
Post category:Edge Paint Letterpress Equipment Letterpress Tutorials Letterpress Work
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I can't be stopped - I constantly want to try new things, and sometimes I can't sleep at night because I'm just mulling a new process over and over in…

Watercolor Wedding

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Post published:April 25, 2014
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So for this job the bride was hoping for a watercolor, splashed background. This isn't so much a tutorial as it is a little note about the process. Creating the…

Die-cutting on Press

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Post published:March 25, 2014
Post category:Die Cut Letterpress Tutorials Letterpress Work
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So, I wanted to try a little experiment based on a video I saw online. After I saw this I was eager to try a little cheap die-cutting experiment on…

Adventures in Scoring | Scoring Matrix

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Post published:January 17, 2014
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So, if you've seen my previous posts on scoring you will see how I attempted to create scores with plain photopolymer. Well, I had a job recently that required proper,…