poster project part two

i printed two more additions to the poster today. the words 'borderello' and 'election' in a dark red i mixed and three ornamental stars next to those words. i'm hoping to make this poster as jam packed as possible so i'll probably use a lot more of those stars in the future.

poster project part one

i woke up bright and early today so that i'd be ready to print at my 11 AM- 2 PM time slot. I had to make my negative and then polymer plate before i could do that. We make negatives for smaller projects using transparencies and inverting the photos colors. see here:



then i made a polymer plate. i vowed never to use these after my last printing class. they have a metal backing on them which attachs to a large magnet that rests in the bed of the press. trying to move the plate around is nearly impossible and often results in cutting ones hands.



it was finally time to print. i decided to go with a dark color for the image as i'll be using reds and blues everywhere else in the text. i mixed blue with back for a really dark navy blue color. edging more on the side of black. i used three different paper shades. i think i'm most happy with the brown tone - it gives the poster an antique feel. also the plate didn't print as darkly on that paper giving the image a faded look. anyhow, i've got to figure out what text i'll be using and work on a layout next.

broadside project

the next assignment for my letterpress class is a broadside (poster) containing any text and pictures we want. i played around with adobe illustrator for a while and messed around with some images. i decided that i might make a presidential campaign poster for the house 'elections' going on at the borderello right now. here's a quick mock up of an idea.



disregard how wide it is. when i turned it into a pdf it expanded that way. anyhow, i'd probably make the posters 13X17 or so. not sure yet. i think i'll set the text in wooden type and make a polymer plate for the images.