This past Thursday was my last silkscreening class at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven. I finally finished my set of 60 hand-screened business cards! I’ve never had my own business cards before, and I always felt like a hack just writing down my info on a scrap piece of paper but now I have cards I’m psyched to give to people.

The front is pretty simple, I was trying to go for something that I could just print in black but would go with the aesthetic of my site (Interstate typeface, italic Caslon, reversed type, simple yet modern). I was hoping to print another round with pink ink so it would reflect more of my drawing/illustrative style but I digress…

The back of each card has a different piece of the same pattern which was hand drawn and then edited in illustrator. The first few were more of a gradient effect (from coraly pink to yellow) but after a few passes of the squeegee it started to blend into this melon color. I like it but it kind of reminds me of Halloween. Oops! After all this is my first time and I took this class to learn and better prepare myself for my graded silkscreening class this fall.