An idea i had from the start was to have to cover of the book embossed into the cover, just to add something a little different to my outcome to really make it stand out from others.
So i decided to experiment with the embossing to see how it would look within my design.
I created a template in illustrator for cutting out the design into thick card and began drawing it up.
cutting out the card took ages, trying to get it as neat as possible and absolutely perfect. however even though it took me all day i had the cut out ready for embossing which i thought would work quite well.
Experimented with different stocks and with embossment and debossment to see what would work best for my outcome. I did get some quite nice outcomes however the template itself was no where near neat enough to get a perfect print into the stocks, they all just looked messy with the lines not cut out %100 perfectly, also using card was fine but after running it through the press a couple of times it became flat and no good. Next time i will have to use the lazer cutter to cut out my template neater and into wood to get a perfect emboss.
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