Tenement boxset

Printed these for Chris D. a bit before christmas.

These were 5" x 5" boxes that are going to fit two tapes inside.  They came assembled so I had to figure out a way to print them.

First I measured the box and made a pallet that would fit snug inside the box and not let it move around.  It's a 3 color print, so instead of using glue/spray adhesive, which might've left a nasty residue, I figured a snug pallet would work best and fastest. 

Then I chose a piece of wood that had a decent surface to it and sanded it to get any imperfections out.

Then it was off to the shop to burn the screens, set them up and make with the printing: 

Here is the bracket that fits the custom pallate onto the press at work:

1.) Burn

 

2.) Set up the boxes.  

These boxes don't have much play in them so rather than fighting with them while printing, I decided to open them all so I could just grab and print, grab and print...

3.) Registering the print.  

3 colors have to be set up so each color falls in exactly the right place.  The pallet I made was designed to fit on the 6 color press at work, so instead of setting up 1 color then printing, setting up the next then printing, I decided to do it all at once.

4.) Print. 

1st color (Royal Blue)

2nd color (Yellow)

3rd color (Black)

More Nerd Shit:

This was printed with waterbased ink on semi gloss boxes and came out pretty damn good.  The yellow I used is REALLY thin and watery and always leaves weird patterns instead of printing smooth.  This wasn't a problem until I printed the black over it.  Since it wasn't smooth, you can see a real faint shadow of the yellow trying to show through the black.  This was fixed about a 1/4 of the way through by adding a bit more off contact.  I always forget that the yellow ink sucks and I set up the art with some trap (under the women's faces) so that's really the only place you notice it.  There's always something!  

Thought I took more pictures of them with all 3 prints on them, but I guess not.  Printed 100 of these.  Can't wait to see the finished product all stuff with the tapes/inserts.