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.
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1 Nubby // Jul 26, 2008 at 1:40 pm
That’s so cool that you silkscreened your own cards- it gives them such a personal touch!
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2 sara // Jul 26, 2008 at 1:49 pm
those are too chic.
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3 ok // Sep 25, 2008 at 2:34 am
good site nfurzo
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4 Lee // Oct 24, 2008 at 4:14 pm
that is super cool, i have no experience silkscreening but thought that it would be cool to do my own cards that way. Was it relatively easy?
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