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| The Rosen Award | | Continued |
full colour litho to hand-set letterpress,
travelling via linocut and digital colour.
There is a full range of stock, from 80gsm
bond to various grades of tinted board,
including a mould-made tinted board
225gsm, 290 micron, from Helen Westhrop.
Her printed off ering is a combination of
letterpress and two-colour Linocut. The
colour background on ‘August’ looks a little
thin, and her imprints on the reverse look
very slightly askew, but otherwise are very
appealing. I’m impressed by Paul Hatcher’s
‘June’ and ‘October’: both are printed in
two-colour letterpress, and I love the good
old-fashioned Adana calendar sets (they
don’t date, do they – or maybe they do!).
Seriously though, Paul’s layout is exactly
right, only a tiny amount of embossing
but perfect inking on tinted board. Chris
Daniells’ sheets are also letterpress, in black
on 280 micron tinted board (similar to
Paul’s – Vanguard brand?). He off ers ‘July’
Paul Hatcher - Maidenhead
showing him in attendance at Branch
meetings and outings with the inscription
stating that he is sadly missed and that
this publication is the fi rst Rosen Book
that he has not been a part of. I am sure
he would have been proud of all your 2016
contributions.
A remarkable production, showing
entrepreneurial skills and illustrating what
can be achieved as a corporate publication,
which is surely what the Rosen Award is all
about. Thank you and I trust you will allow
me to add your book to my collection.
Maidenhead Branch
entry – Calendar 2017
aidenhead Branch’s entry is
presented in a disc case (as used
Mfor CD-ROMs and DVDs). Each
sheet (fourteen of them) is approx. 12 x
13.5cms. Printing methods vary, from Helen Westhrop - Maidenhead
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