Embossing: Inkless Prints
Embossing involves raising areas of a card surface above the level of the rest. The image to the left shows an embossed image of a horse. The images stands out from the card as it has been produced by a stamp which presses the card to the correct shape. This process adds cost to the printing process but gives the card a 3D effect. Embossing produces a raised impression on your paper stock, while debossing creates a depressed impression.
Normally prints may be embossed, so that it stands out. Printers use embossing to make their prints look more luxurious and interactive as the light cast on them changes the image at which you look. SIMPLE EMBOSSING A good example of simple embossing can be seen to the left. A letter with a coat of arms is to be sent to a number of important people. To make the letter look and feel more important the coat of arms is to be embossed. This means that the coat of arms must stand out from the surface of the card / special paper. A special embossing tool has been made with the shape of the coat of arms engraved on its base. The embossing tool or plate is aligned with the printed coat of arms and the mallet is then used to strongly tap the embossing tool. The material underneath the letter is rubber so that the ‘blow’ from the mallet / embossing tool is absorbed and yet allows the embossed area of the paper to stand out from the rest of the papers surface. During the use of the embossing tool, the paper is reversed so that the blow is to the back of the crest of arms. If many copies of the same embossed paper was needed, automatic printing machines can be used. These will print the coat of arms and any text and then emboss the specified area. Thousands of copies can be produced accurately. |
Your Design Task:
Your task is to create a visual of a metaphor for your new identity as of July 2014. You will be a graduate and the world is your oyster. How will you reinvent yourself for the next phase of your life?
Take some time and do an inventory of possibilities and options. Work together a composition that clearly personifies your self image. Have fun with this print.
Sketches to Hand in:
-References- images you find as inspiration online (using embossing)
-2-3 idea sketches.
You will be using layers of cardboard glued and stacked to create the topographical image. Once done, you will need to cover the composition with aluminum foil and run it through the press to create the block.
Prints to Hand in:
-5 editioned prints. Editioned prints should be as close to identical as you can get them. The numbering goes on the bottom left of the image, the signature on the bottom right. If the work has a title, that goes in “quotations” in the center.
-1 hand colored embossed print.
Tentative Due/Critique Date: Friday February 14th 2014
Your task is to create a visual of a metaphor for your new identity as of July 2014. You will be a graduate and the world is your oyster. How will you reinvent yourself for the next phase of your life?
Take some time and do an inventory of possibilities and options. Work together a composition that clearly personifies your self image. Have fun with this print.
Sketches to Hand in:
-References- images you find as inspiration online (using embossing)
-2-3 idea sketches.
You will be using layers of cardboard glued and stacked to create the topographical image. Once done, you will need to cover the composition with aluminum foil and run it through the press to create the block.
Prints to Hand in:
-5 editioned prints. Editioned prints should be as close to identical as you can get them. The numbering goes on the bottom left of the image, the signature on the bottom right. If the work has a title, that goes in “quotations” in the center.
-1 hand colored embossed print.
Tentative Due/Critique Date: Friday February 14th 2014