The Craft

Materials & Finishes

Premium isn't a word here — it's a weight, a bite, a sheen you can feel.

Papers

Cotton stocks from Gmund and comparable mills — soft, warm and substantial, from a confident 300gsm to a duplexed 600gsm and beyond.

Choose colour and texture, or duplex two sheets to bury a coloured core that shows only at the edge.

Metallic and pigment foils stamped under heat and pressure — gold, copper, blind white, oxblood.

Raised or recessed detail with no ink — texture you read with your fingertips.

The deep, tactile bite of type pressed into soft cotton stock. The oldest trick, still the best.

Colour or metal leaf applied to the card edge — a line of surprise when it's turned.

A high-shine varnish on selected areas against a matte ground; light does the work.

Fine cut-through and etched detail for filigree and monograms too delicate to print.

CMYK for photographic richness, spot colours for exact brand matches, and metallics mixed into the ink itself.

The anatomy of a card: stock, duplex core, printed layer, finish and edge — five decisions that decide how it feels in the hand.