Foiling

Like embossing and debossing, foiling requires the preliminary creation of a magnesium or brass plate. This negatively engraved tool is attached to a mechanical press that allows powerful impressions to be combined with heat of up to 160°C. By means of this subtle union, a transfer is made from the foil coated in pigments onto a print material. All that is deposited on it are motifs or texts engraved in relief, sometimes forming a light indentation depending on the material and the pressure applied.

There are a thousand-and-one foil colours used on a broad range of finishes, from very glossy to very matt, from completely opaque to highly transparent, from very pigmented to holographic. This variety intersects with the richness of the textured or sculpted bitmap renderings, which our artisans are able to produce on our traditional Heidelberg, as well as on our more recent Gietz and Titan models.

bitmap FOILING

When bitmapped, foiling takes on a pointillist appearance. Whether sprayed or haloed, its play of material and reflection gradations infuse your designs with an explosive or radiant beauty, like the flower slipped into one of the double pages in the “Future” section of l’Art du Possible II, which reveals a subtle inverted holographic bitmap.

microstructure FOILING

Microstructure foiling can be used to produce delicate effects of texture and relief. L’Art du Possible II and our second Notebooks collection provided an opportunity to experiment with its most sophisticated renderings, mixing them with the typography and drawings linked with embossing.

RAISED FOILING

Raised foiling results from coupling foiling with embossing in one single pass. Applied to a logo or typography, it adds sublimity to your trademark image with its volume effects.