Liz printing on the Vandercook
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A Day in the Studio

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 …

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Can you identify this Painted Tongue image?
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Free Card if You Can Identify These Images

Can you identify which cards these designs come from? Guess all three and receive a coupon for one free card with your next purchase from our shop on Etsy! Check out our Etsy shop here for images of the cards. Please send your answers directly to info@paintedtonguepress.com, so as not to share them with the …

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Liz McCall on the Vandercook at Painted Tongue Studios
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Working on the Vandercook

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 …

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Birds Fall printing

In-Progress Hazelnut Card

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, …

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