Susan B. Anthony

Creative Design

Diamond's award-winning team collaborated with Laura Wilder to develop another beautifully-decorated structural and ornamental piece:

• Specialty printing and coating effects combined with intricate embossing details create visual interest.
• All cutting dies and counter plates were made in-house by the skillful hands of experienced craftspeople, ensuring the accuracy of each die.

Four Color Offset Printing

Four-color process printing delivers the WOW factor on the calendar and the pages:

• Diamond employed its Heidelberg XL106 10-color offset printing press, which represents the state-of-the-art in package printing technology, providing an unprecedented combination of cost innovation and sustainability.
• The calendars were converted utilizing Clearwater ReMagine™ 30% PCW paperboard, cold foiled, and offset printed with four color process and two PMS inks, in-line with UV matte, UV satin, UV gloss spot coating, and soft touch coating.

UV Coatings

Tightly-registered UV coatings were used to enhance the design and highlight the individual calendar components:

• Matte UV coating was used on the house and background.
• High gloss UV spot coating brings out the reflection in the windows.
• Soft touch coating adds a tactile effect to the clouds.
• Satin UV spot coating enhanced the backers (monument, sign, wagon).

Cold Foil

• Cold foil delivers shimmering metallic effects on the Susan B. Anthony and Rochester, NY text in the header.
• Cold foil is a cost effective, in-line alternative to metallized polyester film or specialty foil board.
• Overprinting offers a limitless palette of color options.
• Precise registration is maintained between the foil and overprinted inks and coatings.

Embossing and Debossing

Multi-level embossing lends distinction and depth to the design:

• Many of the header components were embossed, including the house, cantilever windows, shutters, flag, posts, steps, front gate, trees, and text.
• Subtle debossing frames the entire header.
• Select backers components (including the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in Central Park, NY) were also embossed to add more depth and realism.
• Visual and tactile effects promote consumer interaction.

Calendar Pages

• The calendar pages were converted utilizing French Paper Natural Parchtone 80# Text parchment paper and offset printed with four color process inks and aqueous coating.
• The watermarks continue the image printed on each of the three panels underneath.
• The unique finish and subtle colors beautifully complement the design and fit in with the time period of the subject.

Shipper

• The recyclable shipper was converted utilizing Clearwater Candesce® SBS paperboard laminated to E-flute corrugated fiberboard, and offset printed with four color process inks, in-line with and aqueous gloss coating.
• It was designed to maintain integrity of the piece during shipping and storage.
• It is tastefully decorated with handwritten script as if Susan B. Anthony had picked up her quill pen and written her dream on parchment paper, over and over again.

Sustainable by Design

• The calendar was produced utilizing ReMagine™ paperboard made with 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) fiber.
• In-line converting techniques minimize material and energy costs associated with multiple runs or off-line production processes.
• Paperboard components were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

About Laura Wilder

After getting her degree in art and spending several years as a graphic designer and commercial illustrator, Laura discovered the designs and philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement. Inspired, she learned printmaking, and submitted her vintage-style block prints and paintings to the Roycroft Renaissance Jury. Approved, she became a Roycroft Renaissance Artisan, and was soon elevated to Master Artisan status. Being certified to put the “RR” mark on one's work indicates very high quality in design and hand-craftsmanship.

Laura has won many awards and prestigious commissions over the past twenty-five years. Her work can be seen at art festivals, in galleries, and shops nationwide. For more information visit www.laurawilder.com.