THE BEST Crop Marks for Letterpress Printing and Foil Stamping
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As someone who is new to letterpress, I *so* appreciate you, an expert, be vulnerable in sharing with us.
Working with Mat, was an absolute pleasure. Couldn't be happier with the results.
Gotta say these process videos are my absolute favorite. Love what you do man!
I’ve been running Hot foil stamping machines for over a decade everyone always tells me that I make it look easy and it’s really not You have to love what you do love your videos
Oh man, adding lines and such is super helpful, especially when it's a tiny detail or text bodies. I essentially fill the rectangle between the crop marks with production notes: print order, client info, trim size, ink color, etc which helps support the rollers and aide in inking. Typically this solves many of my inking issues on tight line work or details, especially on whatever the rollers hit first.
Yes!!!
These are cool videos. Wish I would document more of your process,
Stunning!
I would have loved seeing how you dealt with the mis-step with forgetting a word. Maybe a future video if something goes awry (fingers crossed nothing does, obviously!). I love seeing how to bounce back from different issues, especially in more permanent mediums like printing
That's awesome. Especially with the space into which I'm pushing my work, things aren't always guaranteed to go as expected.
Sweet card! Ken at Glass Onion does beautiful work!
"THE" glass onion.... ;)
Such a great channel. Wish I could get started on something like this but it’s so daunting.
ryan hays one step at a time. Start with a handed platen press and it should be relatively smooth sailing
@@afinepress - I have an 1890 8x12 C&P right next to my 1953 10x15 Heidelberg Windmill. I use them both... But Ryan could do a lot with a 6 1/2 x 10 C&P Pilot - or even a 5x8 Kelsey Excelsior!
Good job!!
Interested in how to score on a c&p. Have lots of material just not sure how to use it.
Oh ,beatifully
Do you know of a method that people in the DIY space acan get into foil stamping on a budget?
awesome video man :)
thanks so much!
@5:55 Where did you get a 1940 hat for the 1939 World's Fair?
I like the peacock.
How did you do the Copper Plates?
Those are photo etched + milled out by a supplier.
Crop Mark's are not necessary all you need is one laser printed page same size as you final printed page place on top of your block of paper, of course you have to check but this can be standardised also.
It's one way to skin a 🐈. There are plenty others. That's what makes this all so interesting.
Why copper block? Why not use zinc?
I far prefer the eveness of heat with copper.
Hi, I want to start a letterpress business, do you have any advice? I really admire you work ;)
hey, Ana! A lot depends on what you're trying to do. What kind of shop do you want to be?
a fine press I want to be a bespoke design studio. I was thinking to start with a platen press but I don't know if I should invest in a larger press too... What do you recommend? And which press do you think is the best option?
I think a handfed platen press is the best way to start (careful with your fingers!)
Beautiful work, but I'm wondering why you didn't run the blue first, and the copper over it, because the blue was "trapped" by the copper elements. Registration would have been MUCH easier...
great question! If I did that, I would have had to hit the copper as hard (and deep) as the blue and would have lost a textural element that I was able to employ by punching the blue a little more, which was inconsequential to the reverse, since the whole thing was duplexed.
Oh! it's worth noting - I was dead-set on this technique specifically to mimic the stained glass, where the lead (copper in this case) sits proud as a frame for the glass.
@@afinepress OK. I didn't really notice there was a significant different in depth of strike between the blue and the copper. That makes total sense now. Thanks for explaining that.
Your work is amazing--as an "old school" letterpress guy, I really enjoy seeing your tremendously innovative and creative work! It's the kind of stuff i dreamed of doing when i was first learning letterpress...
My biggest complaint, where is your apprentice?
Nice crop marks, by why not go all the way and simply use a dot? Can't get any smaller than that - and 2 dots on opposite corners of the printed piece give you all the feedback you will need to maintain perfect register and clean trim on a square cutter...
Also - cant beat metal hand type to add a word easily on a platen press!
Lead melts, though.
@@afinepress - not at foil release temperatures. You can stamp with metal type - even soft low-temp monotype. Try it! It will, however wear out faster - especially soft-metal monotype, but ATF type or even Thomson-cast metal type can handle it. Try it. You might be surprised. I've stamped with metal type for 40 years. Lots of guys stamp with Linotype or Ludlow slugs. Pencils are stamped with lead slugs.
Agree on Adobe crops. WAY too big. 1/16” bleed trims and 3/32” crops for me.
whoa, those are tiny!
I want to start letterpress printing business, can you
88Possible1 hey! Looks like your comment got cut off
as a graphic designer thinking about getting into print, watching this gives me a headache the amount of work it is to print certain jobs. Its like maybe I should just design and have others print lul.
I'm a printer for over 40 years, you will get no thanks for your work stick to the stage where you have less stress.
This looks like a time machine ...
It kinda is!
Ah, a good old Kluge. My friends who have them, love them. I ran one of those on my first job - in 1966, when I had just turned 16..... I bought my own Heidelberg Windmill when I was about 25 - and still run it - at 70 years old!
Mr. Fine please can you talk to me on private
Hey, great videos, your job is awesome. Just one thing, the volume of the music and the voice are too different, the music is too loud or the voice too low, the rest is great :)
Thanks! It's something I'm working on - the lights in the new shop cause a hum that I'm having to try to process out and I haven't been happy with the speaking at full-volume de-hummed.
what are you using to record audio?
a videomic go
maybe if you upgrade that it could sound better, but that just me being pickie. And what music are using, what genre I mean, I want to listen more :P
That's the plan, but the videos are secondary to the work. An as I can kind of scenario.
Like a lot of video folks, I use Epidemic Sound for my tracks. Their jazz offerings are fairly limited, but this is one is essentially a pretty classic big band sound.