Friday 25 January 2013

FMP | Trip to Pressision




Today myself and a small group of BAGD friends were invited along to a print and studio visit at Pressision, a Leeds- based commercial printers, after I had initially been in contact with them a few months ago (after being given the contact via Graphic Designer, Joe Gilmore of Qubik, Leeds).

Although unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me to document the visit, the work they carry out in their small unit space was remarkable, and it was a great opportunity to be reminded, in particular, of the lithographic printing process that we first looked at over a year ago in the Design for Print Level 05 module of the course. 

We were also given free reign of the studio floor to explore the different mechanics, such as binding and folding machines, traditional letterpress and foil flat bed presses, and the ink channels for the litho printers (which played the theme tune to ET when it was being programmed... amazing).

As well as getting a feel for the print environment, we got to meet the staff, and in particular, the Managing Director, James Taylor, kindly showed us round, and let us get a feel for some of the samples and work produced in the studio (we were particularly impressed with the fluted foil- a combination of embossing and foiling that had always left us scratching our heads).

A great insight into the printing process, which, much like the Leeds Print Festival just a few days ago, has certainly left me inspired to get designing. Really looking forward to getting stuck into work for my Final Major Project now.

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