For my packaging project, I chose a hand salve. My aim was a design as graceful and delicate as those that dwell on the shelves of Anthropologie. I chose to outline botanical illustrations of roses and peonies and print on a metallic gold card stock.
Printing proved to be an issue because the metallic surface of the paper rejected the ink- I waved it in front of fans for a few hours and it still seemed to be smearing. Finally I pulled out a can of workable spray fixative from my Drawing I class that I thought I would never use again and sprayed it to high heaven. And it worked!
I also designed a belly band to go around the box, which I printed on regular paper and transferred onto Bristol board. It held up fairly well, but started bending at the edges when it was being pulled on and off. In the future I hope to redesign it with a transparent paper.
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