Beast Pieces » notches http://www.beastpieces.com Studio On Fire // Design & Letterpress Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Six Speed Biz Cards – Crushed AND Burned http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/11/six-speed-biz-cards-crushed-and-burned/ http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/11/six-speed-biz-cards-crushed-and-burned/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:20:12 +0000 admin http://www.beastpieces.com/?p=1986 Six Speed sent us this design for custom letterpress business cards. They are a specialized events marketing company here in Minneapolis. And what could be a better business card job really – crushing AND burning all on the same press sheet.

The cards were letterpress printed on 200lb Eclipse Black Wausau with silver ink, then the press sheet was laser cut. The laser cutting was used due to the complexity of the cutting die and the size of the print run. Laser cutting does a really nice job, especially on darker stocks were the edge burn is less evident. With lighter colored and white stocks, a mask is sometimes sometimes required to prevent burning marks on the face of the sheet.

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