Printmaking Business Cards
I carved up a 12″x12″ linoleum from Wallacks and up-cycled some album covers from the clock and jewelry project.
This is basically a 12″ square stamp. I roll ink onto it then press a cardboard record cover onto the ink.
They came out nice, this test run uses some Speedball ink and a bunch of old acrylic paint that’s been lying around forever. I’m very happy with the results and think this might be my main business card for a while.
As you can see I used a laser to carve the linoleum. Also my Marilyn one was missing some text initially. As you can see in the pictures I was able to correct that by carving them on the CNC machine.
For extra excitement the QR code one reads so I may make another block with more of those. We’ll see how popular they are.
Process
Album Covers
People find the content of the album covers interesting too. Here’s an example where a bunch of people who just received my cards figured out you can piece them back together.
Woodblock Prints
Leading up to this I made some wooden stamps so I made a business card stamp from various woods.
This is india ink and is hand pressed. The colored ones are acrylic water based ink.
I see a lot of potential here.
I took it a step further and made a triple stamp. I think I’ve convinced myself it is worth making a 15up stamp.
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Published on: Aug 7, 2017 @ 01:11