Reprinting the Icelandic Poppy card on the Heidelberg windmill press – the card has three variations: birthday, Mother’s Day, and blank, and each requires a different plate for the black ink layer. The press has a mechanism to feed the paper into the press and can get really tight registration on the printed image. …
We are currently printing new card designs for our Spring 2019 releases! We have five new releases, featuring a variety of flora and fauna, such as a charming frog prince and bright daffodils. Hot off the press: Close-up of the crown on the Water Sprite card, emphasizing the impression on the paper:
A busy day at Painted Tongue Studios! Liz prints “Right to Remain Human” wallet cards. Meanwhile Mitsuko gets together a large card order. Our brilliant printer Bettina works on the Heidelberg to print cards; this is the first color pull of the Fig card. And Kim edits photos of our card line to put up …
A view of our lovely studio, complete with paper sculptures hanging from the ceiling, as our new assistant Liz McCall prints on the Vandercook. The plate on the press bed is for the Maidenhair Fern card. The paper is fed over the cylinder so the ink on the plate prints onto the paper; the …
The proof is in the Pantone! In-progress printing of the Hazelnut card; the green of the leaves is matched to the Pantone color swatch to ensure consistency in the ink color. Why is this a Hazelnut card when there are no nuts in it? Well, the three owls are perched in a curly hazelnut tree, …
