The Question Mark

The artist, George Wyllie, was best known for his Straw Locomotive and Paper Boat social sculptures. He famously described himself as a 'scul?tor' because he claimed that the question mark was too important to be left to the end.
A George Wyllie Retrospective is currently being held at The Mitchell Library, Glasgow until 2nd February.
We letterpress printed this invitation, designed by Pete Rossi, in black ink on a rather hefty Dutch Greyboard of 2250micron.

Gavinburn Cottages

Significant snowfall overnight turns the mind to thoughts of a holiday and Gavinburn Cottages seems an ideal location, in winter or summer.
The business card is designed by Ramsay Macfarlane. Stock is the fabulously fibrous Colorplan from GF Smith. 540gsm weight and above allows for a fine impression to both sides. We letterpress printed a rich black ink and enhanced the card with gleaming gold foil.

Perfect Packaging for Print

We've had a colourful time recently, printing and diecutting our own business card boxes from every single one of the 50 colours available in the GF Smith Colorplan range. The sheets, trimmed and stacked are ready to letterpress print in a gold ink. Images are taken from the natural world and include hands whittling wood, a bee, a flea, and shells from the sea. Thereafter, the sheets are diecut and assembled to make a charming little protective box for the amazing business cards the world's great designers ask us to print.

A Partridge in a Pear Tree



Christmas cards are fun to print and a sight better than just about anything you can get in the shops. This year we enjoyed printing this clever Christmas card from Glad Creative. The motifs of the partridge and the pear are cleverly blended in a fresh green letterpress print on Materica Gesso 360gsm.

Have a great Christmas season and we look forward to more exciting letterpress printing with you in the new year! 

 

 



Foil, Emboss & Letterpress Print

Thanks to Ramsay Macfarlane for photographs of a stunning business card he designed and we printed.
The pictures show some nice detail of the beauty of Colorplan by GF Smith which is available in over 50 colours and a wide range of embossings and weights.
This card is a fusing of two boards at 270gsm, making a substantial 540gsm weight, which allows a firm impression on both sides of the card.
One of the sheets is Cobalt and the other is Pristine White. On the Cobalt side, a Wire emboss has been applied which highlights the contrast between the textured board and the smooth white foil. 
The reverse of the business card is letterpress printed in black and a cobalt ink, mixed to match the cobalt side perfectly and is complete with a blind impression of the practice logo.

Behind the Scenes at Scottish Ballet

Christmas wouldn't complete without a night at the Ballet - hope you've got tickets for The Nutcracker, or whatever glittering performance is at your ballet company, wherever you are in the world.
Earlier this year, we letterpress printed a lovely invitation for a special event at Scottish Ballet. Designer Eve McConnachie shares some thoughts on the card, which we letterpress printed in gold ink on a weighty Colorplan Natural 540gsm.
"The invitation is for an event to introduce Scottish Ballet’s new Artistic Director Christopher Hampson. The event theme is ‘Behind the Scenes at Scottish Ballet’ and offers attendees a rare opportunity to see inside the Company’s headquarters at Tramway. The invitation references this theme with the gold geometric pattern representing our building’s distinctive exterior http://www.scottishballet.co.uk/the-company/how-to-find-us.html "

Lets

Designer, Richard Hewitt, asked us to source a purple foil to complement Colorplan Amethyst duplexed to Bright White for this beautiful business card for Liverpool Student Lets.

We found an excellent metallic foil which worked really well; logo to the Amethyst side and text to the Bright White.

The foil glints subtly on the dense colour of the card, making it attractive and very memorable.