Your love story has character – it’s time to give you stationery that’s worthy of it. Think luxurious print finishes, hand-made paper, glimmering foil and sumptuous card stock.
So, come with me on a journey through touch and typography, and let’s create a suite of designer stationery that encapsulates your style. My designs elegantly balance colour and white space, taking their cues from the natural world, and using textural debossing to add a clean, contemporary edge. This is where your luxury stationery comes to life. This is ink and paper, elevated.īased in leafy West London, I work from my garden letterpress studio where I’m surrounded by the soothing clanks and rhythms of my vintage Vicobold Press (find out more about the Letterpress technique here), the dappled light of leaves on my window and, usually, the strains of rock music on the radio. The only time we use oil-based letterpress inks are when we’re printing metallics, because metallics only come as oil-based.Tactile luxury wedding invitations for the lovers and the modern day dreamers…Ĭombining artisanal techniques with contemporary design and a dash of understated flair, I create beautifully bespoke luxury letterpress and hot foil wedding invitations, and modern calligraphy pieces for discerning couples all over the world. This ink is the standard in the letterpress industry because it’s thick, consistent, and slow to dry. The reason Boxcar Press chose Van Son rubber-based ink for their print shop: it makes our printing process more flexible, since we’re able to keep a press open for a few hours if necessary while we do other things. Keep in mind: don’t mix rubber-base inks together with oil based inks (note that metallics are always oil-based).
#Letterpress ink skin
Pros: strong general ink (it’s what we use in our shop!) matte finish slow drying so you can leave it on the press for several hours or overnight will not skin in the can ideal for matte papers colors are strong and vibrant.Ĭons: not ideal for metallic or coated papers (takes longer to dry) large solids with heavy ink coverage can take days or weeks to dry slow drying of inks when overprinting (layering multiple inks on top of each other) colors may not be as loud or bright as other oil-based inks.
20-30% vegetable oil (including soy and linseed).We need a three or four digit number for each ink color.īreak down of components (varies depending on color) It is best if you are looking at a Pantone Uncoated Formula Guide for the most accurate color chip. In the ORDER NOTES, provide the PMS color(s) for your ink.
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#Letterpress ink update
If you want more than one custom ink, then select your quantities and update the cart. Ordering a custom ink color: Add a custom ink color to your cart.
#Letterpress ink plus
RB Classic Plus Opaque White 3.3 lb $113.00 Add to cart.Classic Plus, Pantone White (Previously Transparent White /mixing white) $56.00 Add to cart.Rubber Base, Black (Mixing) $53.00 Add to cart Classic Plus (Rubber Base) Pantone Purple $89.00 Add to cart.Classic Plus (Rubber Base) Pantone Violet $90.00 Add to cart.Classic Plus (Rubber Base) Pantone Process Blue $89.00 Add to cart.Classic Plus (Rubber Base) Pantone Blue 072 $93.40 Add to cart.
#Letterpress ink how to
How to build the ideal letterpress shop.
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