Re: [BKARTS] Question about titling books -- from a student

[Pat Vining <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some low-tech solutions for embossing:

1. Print out the text (doesn¹t work with small or light text) you want to
use and temporarily affix to your book board. Letters with counters (in
letters such as uppercase A can be affixed with drafting tape). You can then
carefully cut  and peel away the top few layers of book board with an
exacto. Make sure you cut an equal amount from each letter. You can then
glue your book cloth and carefully press cloth into each letter with a small
stylus.

2. http://www.ellison.com and some scrapbook stores sell a small
diecutting/embossing machine. This company will also make custom dies
for you.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Pat Vining

IDEOPOLIS/
Laguna College of Art & Design

Em: pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.viningdesign.net
www.alphabotz.com



on 6/9/08 11:27 AM, april at aprilhl@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My first email response was this thread, for those else interested:
> 
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> 
> 
> On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:09:11 -0500, Kathleen Garness
> <kmgfinearts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Paper Source here in Oak Park sells both upper and lower case sets of
> rubber stamps, in a couple of different sizes and fonts. Have you
> looked into the rubber stamp option? There are tons of rubber stamp
> sets online.
> 
> Kathy G
> 
> Here's one I found online:
> 
> http://www.stampandgo.com/cartALPHABET.html
> 
> You want pigment-based ink, not dye-based, I am pretty sure.
> 
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> On Jun 7, 2008, at 10:11 PM, april wrote:
> 
> thank you!  I was starting to think my email didn't get sent out.  Locally
> I didn't see any good letter stamps (they were all super decorative fonts,
> or pre-made words), but I'll look online.  is there any special ink you
> might recommend for durability?  Or is embossing ink/powder the best I can
> hope for?
> 
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> 
> 
> I think Colorbox has a black pigment-based ink that is good. It was the
> only one that worked even marginally when I was printing on vellum.
> 
> The Stamping Up inks are ok too - I think they have pigment-based inks as
> well. I don't know whether you have to go through a local representative
> or can order online...
> 
> Let me know how it goes. For sure do some test runs on scraps of
> bookcloth. : )  Did you look at the other stamp sets at the bottom of my
> email? There aren't a lot of options but there are some. Make sure the
> stamps are perfectly centered top to bottom. When  you get the stamps it
> might be worth your while to mark a longitudinal center line on the other
> side of the stamp block, as well as where the baseline is, so everything
> is aligned properly. Sometimes I find the stamps aren't quite perfectly
> centered on the block so it's hard to use jigs for placement. When that
> happens, you have two choices - move the rubber until it's lined up where
> it's supposed to be (best option but trickiest, because in removing the
> rubber, esp. for small stamps, it's really easy to wreck it) or make the
> vertical center and horizontal baselines as described above. You will need
> a clear triangle to mark it all the way around, accurately, and careful
> measuring in any case.
> 
> Kathy
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:08:41 -0500, Helen Scarth <circe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone replied to the message that started.........
>> 
>>> Hi all!  I'm trying to figure out the best way to title/stamp/emboss a
>>> book, and if there's any way to do this inexpensively.
>> 
>> Hope I haven't missed anything but was quite looking forward to the
>> replies.
>> 
>> Helen
>> 
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