visualchemist » wedding stationery http://blog.visualchemist.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:31:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 you and me = one love http://blog.visualchemist.com/2009/05/you-me-one/ http://blog.visualchemist.com/2009/05/you-me-one/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 07:52:44 +0000 admin http://blog.visualchemist.com/?p=2011 I recently helped out an old Quiksilver coworker when she asked if I could print her wedding invitations. I won’t post the invite details just yet, since the event has not yet happened and I don’t want to be responsible for a bunch of crazy people crashing their barn yard soiree. What
I will tell you is that this cute invitation
was designed by the lovely bride herself,
Lori Fujikawa. More photos to come.

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]]> http://blog.visualchemist.com/2009/02/rust-pistachio-and-chocolate/feed/ 1 The word of the day is “cartouche.” http://blog.visualchemist.com/2008/12/the-word-of-the-day-is-cartouche/ http://blog.visualchemist.com/2008/12/the-word-of-the-day-is-cartouche/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:31:03 +0000 visualchemist http://blog.visualchemist.com/?p=693 My first official letterpress project was for a wedding invitation set for a bride and groom that had wanted a theme that was a little bit vintage, elegant, and simple. The bride had seen what I had done for the McAllister wedding invites, and decided that a similar theme was right for them. I am a big fan of vintage cartouche, so I was happy to oblige. I actually credit one of my old professors at Cal State Long Beach, Jim Van Eimeren, for teaching me such a lovely word.

A cartouche (pronounced “kartoosh”), as defined by Google and Wikipedia, is a rounded, convex surface, usually surrounded with carved ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low-relief decoration. It was an insignia worn or carried by royalty and nobility, each one unique and served as a nameplate or emblem.

Because of its nice compact size, I decided to print the RSVP card first. The challenge was to take a single photopolymer plate and cut it up to print up three colors.

polymer plate

Here is a fresh piece of uncut polymer plate reflecting my RSVP card design.

drying 150 rsvp cardsready for the 3rd color

The plate was then chopped and separated for each color to be printed. After printing orange ink on 150 cards, I proceeded with printing the green ink.

polymer plate

At last, I was finally ready to print the 3rd color, the cartouche. Even though the ink dries up fairly fast, I let the cards sit on drying racks just to be on the safe side.

This is how the final RSVP card turned out. Maeden and Derwyn’s color palette is a combo I have never used before. It actually turned out quite lovely.

After a big sigh of relief that the first piece was finally done, I was off to continue that entire process all over again on the remaining pieces of the invitation set, namely the invitation envelope, ceremony card, rsvp envelope, directions, and entourage.

I have yet to print up their program and giveaways to complete this job. I’ll post those photos once the entire job is completed.

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