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Jessica Hische Business Cards

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BY Bryony / ON / May.06.2009 / IN / Business Cards
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Project Overview
DESCRIPTION
Jessica Hische Business Cards
CLIENT
DATE
March 2009
DESIGN CREDITS
PRINT CREDITS
Printed at The Arm by Jessica Hische, plates made by Boxcar Press
Production Details
QUANTITY PRODUCED
500
PRODUCTION COST
$300
PRODUCTION TIME
15 days
DIMENSIONS: WIDTH × HEIGHT × DEPTH
3 in × 2.25 in
PRINT METHOD
Letterpress
PAPER STOCK
Crane's Lettra 110lb
NUMBER OF COLORS
Front: 3 plates (2 spot colors and 1 blind press)
Back: 1 spot color
All inks mixed on press
OTHER
The paper trimmed professionally before printing (4 cards per sheet) due to the tight registration. After printing, the cards themselves were hand-trimmed.
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IMAGES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE DESIGNER

Jessica Hische has a unique sensibility captured in all of her work. Needless to say her business cards are an acute representation not only of her design work, but her personal involvement (not every one prints their own cards!) and special attention to detail.

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Mike’s comment is:

Looks really nice!

On May.06.2009 at 10:43 AM
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ponchobyrne’s comment is:

preeeeeeeeety

On May.06.2009 at 10:48 AM
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JD’s comment is:

Beautifully done, Jessica!

On May.06.2009 at 10:56 AM
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Denny’s comment is:

HOT STUFF.
Those colors are real nice.
$1.66 per card is a little steep, but they look like they were worth it!

On May.06.2009 at 11:17 AM
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sage’s comment is:

Amazing!

Denny, they were actually $0.66 a card, I think you did the math backwards!

On May.06.2009 at 11:28 AM
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Chris’s comment is:

I'm actually surprised that it didn't cost more.

On May.06.2009 at 12:55 PM
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Ricky’s comment is:

The back said 1 spot color. I'm assuming it's a metallic ink, but what process is that printed with?

I agree that this is an amazing price for the cards. I will definitely look into printing myself at The Arm for future projects.

On May.06.2009 at 01:14 PM
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Aaron’s comment is:

These are lovely. Very fine printing, Jessica. I particularly like the overprint!

@Chris: I'm sure a cost savings was the designer is the client and the printer all-in-one. The $300 probably accounts only for hard costs (paper + boxcar poly plates + rented press maybe).

Anybody have ideas on what hiring-out this job out might have cost?

On May.06.2009 at 01:16 PM
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Von K’s comment is:

Overprint puts it over the top for me. Beautiful work!

On May.06.2009 at 01:51 PM
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Joe Longstreet’s comment is:

Outstanding, nice work!

On May.06.2009 at 01:55 PM
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Printclick’s comment is:

Wow, you can tell the attention to the small details Jessica does on these cards. Impressive!

On May.06.2009 at 03:24 PM
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Jessica Hische’s comment is:

Hey everyone, here's a breakdown of why it was so cheap!: The plates were about $160 (including shipping and processing) and the paper was probably $40 bucks (I bought a big pack of 26" x 40" for $250 about a year ago and am still working through it). Having the paper trimmed was $20 (The Arm is next to a commercial printing place that will trim things for cheap occasionally) and the press time was $15/hr (and it took about 6 hours). DIY, while not a time saver is certainly a money saver!

On May.06.2009 at 03:48 PM
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EnergonCube’s comment is:

Disgustingly beautiful. Pass the bucket.
But really... beautiful work.

On May.06.2009 at 03:53 PM
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Nathan McKinney’s comment is:

Jessica, thanks for the clarification. I produced my wedding invitations through a local printer and did it all for about $300. They didn't look as nice as this, but when you don't print small jobs like this very much, it's hard to know where you can and can't cut corners.

My Blog - please drop by

On May.06.2009 at 04:02 PM
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Amanda B’s comment is:

These are absolutely gorgeous!!!

On May.06.2009 at 04:21 PM
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Chris Baunach’s comment is:

Beautiful.

On May.06.2009 at 04:30 PM
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Mike’s comment is:

Stupid beautiful.

Beauty mark made me smile.

On May.06.2009 at 05:09 PM
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katsunu’s comment is:

GORGEOUS!

i'm drooling.

a labor of love definitely worth its labor. congrats on such a beautiful job!

On May.06.2009 at 06:45 PM
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Ressa’s comment is:

These are gorgeous, Jessica. Superbly done.

On May.06.2009 at 08:18 PM
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Denny’s comment is:

I'm an idiot.

On May.07.2009 at 11:25 AM
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Jeff’s comment is:

Really nice cards.

When I used Crane Lettra, I wasn't very impressed. The paper soaks up ink like crazy giving solid areas a speckled look. I don't understand why it's marketed as the paper for letterpress when the results are kind of lack-luster.

On May.07.2009 at 07:04 PM
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mike matyus’s comment is:

That's inkredible! har har. Seriously though

On May.07.2009 at 08:09 PM
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Ben Barry’s comment is:

Go Jessica!

Easily one of the most beautiful business cards I've ever held.

On May.08.2009 at 01:54 AM
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Juliette’s comment is:

Love the fonts, love the feel.
Edgy but still 100% elegant. Perfect balance.
Beautiful, beautiful job!!

On May.09.2009 at 11:20 AM
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Gage Mitchell’s comment is:

The first word that comes to mind is "Wow". Emphasized with bulging, jealous eyes of course. Excellent work and very impressive that you printed it yourself. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Gage

On May.09.2009 at 11:42 AM
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Lisa’s comment is:

Wow! Super deluxe!

On May.11.2009 at 01:10 AM
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Jessica Hische’s comment is:

Re: printing on lettra: It does REALLY soak up ink, more noticeably when printing with dark inks, but I've found that if you just put a fair amount of ink on the rollers (enough so that you think it might be too much but not enough that it makes that sticky sound when the rollers are on) and add more ink fairly often you can get really even coverage without it filling fine details on the plates. I made postcards that had a really large field of dark color and I had to add a little more ink after every 15 or so prints, but the color came out really deep and even.

On May.11.2009 at 03:12 PM
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Tomas D’s comment is:

Distressingly nice. I'm only the, what, 30th person to say it? Meh, whatever, it's lovely. Is the plate in the photo polymer?

On May.14.2009 at 06:54 PM
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Gail Compton flynn’s comment is:

Jessica~

Your cards are gorgeous.

I found you through Debbie Faye...

do you design and print cards for others?
I am interested in talking to you:)

Gail

On May.18.2009 at 04:25 PM
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Johnny K’s comment is:

so which IS your favorite star wars?

On Sep.11.2009 at 07:11 PM
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