This is the Christmas card that I've designed for the Leeds Bread Co-op, in addition to the other work that I'm doing for them. The brief specified a red/white colour scheme, and I spent some time experimenting with how to add slices of colour to best effect. Originally I thought using slices of digital colour with an overlay effect might look good, but it turned out that the intricate line work in the drawing just got lost.
I was hesitant about mixing cut paper (in the end the red slices were cut up monoprints) with the black ink drawing; although I'm an analogue worker, it's quite unusual for me to mix methods of image making. However I'm actually really happy with the finished product. I'm especially pleased with the composition, and like how - even though I haven't used a background colour - using the edges of the frame makes the image look sort-of gift-like.
These are being printed in a batch of 100 by Footprint workers co-op, and I look forward to seeing the physical product.
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