Our holiday schedule will help you plan ahead to ensure that you receive your order on time. Owosso Graphic Arts customer service will be unavailable and orders will not be processed on the following days:
2018
Thanksgiving, November 22 & 23
Christmas, December 24, 25 & 26
New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2018
2019
New Year’s Day, January 1, 2019
Our “Pic of the Week” is from Bookmobile.
Bookmobile printed and bound The Gentlemanly Rabbits, by the artist Candace Jean.
The artist successfully raised $5,815 on Kickstarter to design and publish her book. As she wrote in her Kickstarter story, she “selected a book bindery within the U.S. that has an impressive gallery of past projects, and we’ve discussed my vision in great detail.”
Publisher: Candace Jean
Pages: 94 pages, 8″ x 10″
Text Printing: 4-color insert printing throughout on 80-lb. matte-coated white stock at 510 PPI
Binding: PUR bound and cased in, pearl linen jet black case with a front cover gold foil stamp, and lumina sandstone gold endsheets
Printer: Bookmobile
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This is a folded deckled-edge Baptism Thank You cards with custom logo, double foil stamped with two magnesium dies from OWOSSO. Thanks to SamanthaJoCreative.com for sharing!
Metalphoto® — What Is It?
Developed in 1950, Metalphoto® is a photosensitive, anodized aluminum. Metalphoto® is durable in even the harshest environment, because the image is sealed inside of the anodized aluminum, which provides corrosion, sunlight, abrasion, temperature and chemical resistance.
Common uses for Metalphoto® include equipment nameplates, barcode labels, control panels, plaques & awards and architectural signage. It can also be used for Keepsakes to commemorate life’s milestones…weddings, anniversaries, graduations, births and deaths. Clubs and organizations can capture the essence of a community working together with plaques for gardens, benches, playground equipment and more. Click here for more information on Metalphoto® from OWOSSO.
OWOSSO recently made a replacement Metalphoto® plaque for the Shiawassee River Heritage Bridge and it was recently installed. Thousands of people will walk across this bridge during the annual Curwood Festival which is June 1-4 in 2017. The entire city invites you to join us to “Rock the Red” for the 40th Anniversary of the festival!
Dedicated in 1984, the Heritage Bridge links Curwood Castle Park to the James Miner Riverwalk. This is a beautiful, winding trail along the Shiawassee River that connects the towns of Owosso and Corunna.
Our “Pic of the Week” is from D&D Printing Company, Grand Rapids Michigan. Business Printing and Mail Service.
Hot-Stamped on Kluge 14×22, 130 lb Cougar Double-Thick Cover, Infinity Hologram Foils, 1/C Black Ink Stamped on Kluge 14×22. Magnesium Die from OWOSSO
Our “Pic of the Week” is from Jim Hellman — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 75 (side statements from Song of Solomon, Chapter 4, verses 4-7 and Decorum, J.A. Ruth and Company, New York)
For The Bodleian Library, the university library at Oxford for their exhibit on the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death.
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2016/nov-11
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Printed by Jim Hellman, The Ground Floor Garage Press
Illustration by Tim Ladwig
Our new website & on-line ordering is more user friendly than ever
If you’ve never used our on-line ordering, or tried it once and didn’t care for
it, please give it another look. Placing your order on-line streamlines the entire process for us, and YOU. We get the information we need to make your die and you can keep track of your orders, re-order the same type of die using different artwork, print out your order form, order Make-Ready Supplies and more.
HANDMADE SOAP, POTTERY AND CANDLE STAMPS
MAKE AN IMPRESSION
Your handmade organic/natural soap, pottery and candles can make a lasting impression by debossing your brand name on your product with an Owosso Graphic Arts Acrylic or Magnesium Stamp. Owosso Graphic Arts Stamps are also a great way to customize your product with a client’s corporate logo, for baby and wedding showers, birthday parties, etc.
DESIGNING YOUR ARTWORK
Because Owosso Graphic Arts stamps are either milled on a CNC machine (Acrylic) or chemically etched (Magnesium) you can get creative with the design, but you will want to keep your design simple. Small intricate areas will not etch or mill very deeply to give you a nice clean impression on your product.
You’ll want to keep these things in mind when designing your artwork:
USING YOUR OWOSSO GRAPHIC ARTS STAMP
Easy right? With proper care your stamp from Owosso Graphic Arts can be used over and over. To order please visit our website: https://www.owosso.com/industries/soap-stamping/
Our “Pic of the Week” is from Siri Beckman. This is one of my woodcuts. Originally I designed it for a lamp shade, but so many people wanted it as a print that I asked OWOSSO to make a “plate” suitable for letterpress printing. www.siribeckman.com
How to Store and Recycle Your Dies
Storing Your Dies
It doesn’t matter what type of metal your die is made of — brass, copper or magnesium, they can easily be scratched or nicked. It’s recommended to store the dies in a foam envelope or bubble wrap and also to store them vertically versus stacking them on top of one another.
On the other hand, a good method for storing THERMAL KISS-CUTTING DIES is to drill a hole at one end to hang the die – picture a coat closet, but for dies! Hanging your dies avoids warping, but you can also stack the dies by taping a piece of cardboard over the face of the die. It’s best to avoid laying the stacked dies on a concrete floor, concrete has moisture, and moisture causes corrosion.
For embossing/debossing dies that have a counter die, it’s recommended to pin the counters to the die before storing them. If you just tape the counter to the die there is the possibility that shifting will occur and this will cause wear on both the die and counter. These marks will show up the next time you go to use the die if not stored properly.
Magnesium dies can corrode easily if the dies aren’t stored in a climate-controlled area. Spraying the dies with a cooking spray (i.e. PAM™) and keeping them in a zip-lock storage bag will help prevent corrosion. If your dies are Teflon® coated with OWOSSO Release Coat this will protect the dies from corrosion as well.
Recycling Dies
A common question we receive is: “Can I send my dies back to you to recycle?”
Honestly, the expense of shipping your dies back to us would cost more than the recycle value. Most likely you have a scrap dealer in your area that would be happy to recycle your dies. Don’t expect to get rich, but at least you know you’re doing the right thing! As of this writing we are receiving $.90/pound for brass, $1.36/pound for copper and $.26/pound for magnesium from our local scrap dealer.
Our “Pic of the Week” is from Richard Minsky:
Catalog of the exhibition
American Publishers’ Bindings on the Books of Amelia E. Barr 1882-1919
Collected and described by Richard Minsky
2016
Cover adapted from the 1897 William Snelling Hadaway design for Prisoners of Conscienceby Amelia E. Barr. The center panel is archival pigment inkjet on canvas, then stamped in 23K gold on a Kensol 36T with a die made by OWOSSO. http://minsky.com/
Title: Elegant Wedding Cards
Like it or not, wedding season is nearly upon us! I created some new cards in 2016 and printed them on my 1882 Pearl letterpress in this year’s most fashionable color: blush pink.
My “Mr & Mrs” cards have always been popular, but I’ve been feeling like the design (previously set in vintage lead type) needed an upgrade, so I designed these stunners featuring a beautiful modern calligraphy typeface! Pick up a set here.
I also wanted to created a new design that would not only work for weddings (and not even same-sex unions at that), but any joyous occasion—birthdays, adoption, engagement, graduation… you name it, this card works. Available in blush here, but I’m thinking of printing them in lots of colors… Stay tuned!
Kristin Joiner
www.kristinjoiner.com
