The greeting cards are sold in sets of 6 with envelopes. Each card is unique, signed and numbered in a limited run of 60 prints. The cards are printed on a high quality French Paper Construction 100lb card stock in Nightshift Blue.
The design began with an initial sketch to simplify shape and form, then it is scanned and converted to a digital vector illustration. The different color layers are transferred to linoleum blocks and hand carved. Each sheet of card stock is cut into blanks by hand. The ink are mixed and applied to the carved blocks with a brayer and the blanks are pressed using a baren. The process is then repeated for each color.
French Paper Co. in Niles Michigan manufactures organic, recycled, and post-consumer waste paper, and is powered by fully renewable hydroelectric generators installed in 1922. French Construction paper is uncoated, chlorine free, acid free and made from recycled paper.
Polar bears are some of the most cuddly carnivores on earth, they always seem to be playing and sliding down snow covered hills. But they’re also ferocious hunter trekking hundreds of miles in search of food. There’s about 30,000 of them left in the wild and are classified as a vulnerable species but they are a resilient creature and with awareness we can help their populations rebound.
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Specs
Title: Polar Bear
Print Run Quantity: 60
Card Size: 3.5 X 4.875 inches
Envelope Size: 3.625 X 5.125 inches
Print Run Quantity: 60
Card Size: 3.5 X 4.875 inches
Envelope Size: 3.625 X 5.125 inches