Violet Vision
Want a little insight into the design process? Well this post is what you're looking for. When I start design for a client I always start with the typography. Typography…
Handmade Paper
There are a lot of gorgeous papers out there for letterpress. I had the privilege of getting to work with some handmade paper. This was both a challenge and a…
The Perfect Lineup
Panthera Press is back in business! After a year abroad on Navy assignment with my husband, we have returned to Virginia Beach and printing is underway! I wanted to re-visit…
3 Waves Media (Edgepaint Ahead)
For this business card job for 3 Waves Media in Virginia Beach, I decided to do something a little different. In order to end up with the least amount of…
Die Cut | Take 2
I actually did this project a little while ago, but never got around to posting it. After my experimentation with the cheap sizzix dies I got the opportunity to do…
Halftones and Ombre
I decided to do another halftone experiment, just to confirm how my tests have improved my understanding of the halftone process. I also wanted to compare the plates with my…
Halftones | Take 3
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
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
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
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
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…
A Letterpress Job – Start to Finish…
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…
Letterpress Edge Painting | Part 1
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
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
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…