with knife and fork » metallic http://withknifeandfork.com a blog mostly about food Mon, 25 May 2015 16:04:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Gold ink http://withknifeandfork.com/gold-ink http://withknifeandfork.com/gold-ink#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:00:29 +0000 http://www.letterpresslab.co.uk/?p=94 Continue reading Gold ink]]> In my various letterpress adventures I’ve been trying out some different inks and paper combinations.

I have a ‘standard’ forme I use for testing the papers and inks…which I’m sure you’ll see popping up as I experiment.

One of the inks I’ve really liked so far is this metallic mid gold

Inked rollers

Inking the forme

Ink on glass

Inked forme ready to print

Print operators view

Final result (printed twice on same card)

It’s particularly good on red paper

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