Apple sticker and tissue paper printing

After the screen printing to the flag this morning it was time to give some much-needed polishing to the object design which previously stood at some shop bought apples covered in red tape. I managed to get a spot digital printing the apple sticker which unfortunately could only be done on either matte white or shiny transparent self-adhesive. This was a bit of a disappointment as a shiny white could have been far more in keeping with the context, this being said the end product was very pleasing with a range of different sizes of two different sticker designs on a4. The prints and laser cutting was very slightly off in some places but I feel this really does work well with the context as apple stickers are often printed slightly poorly due to their quantity and budget. The research behind these outcomes came from my blog about fruit stickers via the Instagram @fruitstickers and first-hand research. These could also be handed out at the exhibition or stuck to my cassette cases, concepts I will explore fully tomorrow morning.

After printing this sticker sheet I created the net for my 6 apple tray and cut it out of corrugated brown paper. Unfortunately, the brown paper appears to be too thin to support the weight of the apples but I have attempted to reinforce it with a segment of grey mountboard across the bottom. The brown paper will remain clear apart from the signature red tape that holds it together and perhaps some larger stickers. The reason for the minimal box design is that it will be covered by the red sheet of tissue paper seen below, this will cushion the apples and convey a sense of irony that is found within the genre and era. I printed onto the tissue paper via the printer at uni which proved to be harder than it looks. The first attempt, on white paper, nearly permanently jammed the printer and as can be seen below the first print on red was on the wrong side. I think red is a good colour instead of the overly clean white paper. The monotone print and reduced legibility of text continue the punk aesthetic. It will be good to see what this is all time tomorrow when I get a chance to properly photograph it - probably with green apples to provide some contrast.