Its been a big day today in the studio, totally exhausting, but so productive all at the same time!
We finished printing the second colour (a gorgeous botanical green) on the lovely Amy-Jane & Christophers wedding invitations. Now all the artwork sits within a heavy metal frame called a chase. Loaded up with a metal base, printing furniture and quoins the chase weights about 7 kilos or so. The photopolymer plates (with the artwork) are attached to this whole contraption. Now usually we probably unlock and lift this chase up and out of the press with your right arm maybe a dozen or so times a day, which is quite managable for a little daily workout.
But as we were printing personalised invitations, with each guest name requiring its own plate its a whole different story! 100 invitations later, 100 lifts, carrys, reinserts, resetting and relocking of the 7+ kilo chase, I figure my right arm has lifted 700 kilos today. No wonder I feel so buggered. Luckily they look beautiful, it makes all the hard work worth it!
Oh Alischa, they're beautiful! I love the cream on white ... spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI really am in envy of your beautiful work! Are you able to adapt other people's artwork into prints???? Can you create business cards or paper bags? Just a query for now, your press inspires me!
ReplyDeleteOh Alischa, you have excelled yourself, these invitation are exquisite. I might be biased but I think you are so talented!
ReplyDeleteyou are so very very clever! you should be very proud of your creative self, these are just beautiful! these invitations will set the perfect mood for their wedding from the moment the envelope is opened.
ReplyDeleteHi new to your blog what wonderful work...heavy by the sounds of it but really lovely
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, what a job!!! beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese are really wonderful. The color combination is just beautiful. I can't imagine what it would be like to change out a plate 100 times but the results certainly seem like it was worth it!
ReplyDeleteI have never even heard of printing each guests name on an invitation! What a lovely idea.. but oh, so much work! They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThese are so BEAUTIFUL Alischa!!! my favourite invites so far!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful!
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