Pragati Offset’s five favourite calendars

Tortoise and Hare: Printed on 300gsm art card in CMYK. Raised UV on the tortoise shell. 
 

Crow and Water: Printed on 300gsm art card in CMYK with bump red. Spot UV varnish for the water jar and textured UV on the rocks.
 

Fox and Grapes: Printed on 300gsm art card in silver integrated process printing ¬ CMYK with silver.
 

Lion in the Well: Printed on MetPet laminated 300gsm art card. Printed in white + CMYK.
 

Ant and the Bird: Printed on 300gsm art card. Ant has been foil-stamped in silver, overprinted.
 

Monkey and Crocodile: Printed on 300gsm art card in CMYK. Detailing on monkey and crocodile embossed.
 

Jan-Feb Sheet (Conch): 280gsm stardream opal. Four-colour printing with 3D embossing.
 

Mar-Apr Sheet (Moon): 280gsm black card with moon and stars printed with three hits of white. 3D embossed moon, and the milky way (Akash Ganga) depicted with blind raised UV with glitter particles.
 

May-Jun Sheet (Lotus): 300gsm art card. CMYK + bump pink. 3D embossing of the lotus. Texture UV on the leaf. Matt UV coat on the background.
 

Jul-Aug Sheet (Elephant): 300gsm art card, printed in CMYK + Gold. Raised UV on the elephant’s headgear. Die-cuts in the background. Backing sheet on stardream rose quartz.
 

Sep-Oct Sheet (Peacock Feather): 300gsm art card. Printed in all spot colours – reflex blue, teal blue, brown, green and black. Online texture and gloss UV varnished.
 

Nov-Dec Sheet (Swan): 300gsm art card. Printed in CMYK + bump reflex blue. Spot holographic UV on the background.
 

Flyleaf: 300gsm art card. Gold foil stamping with overprinting. Bump red.
 

Jan-Feb Sheet: 300gsm art card. Four-colour printing. Raised UV with sparkles. ‘Hand of God’, earth and astronaut pasted to board base, die-cut and fabricated to allow astronaut to slide on the string.
 

Mar-Apr Sheet: 130gsm kraft paper. Silver foiling and overprinted with white+CMYK. Micro-embossing and regular embossing done on car.
 

May-Jun Sheet: 300gsm art card. Four-colour printing. Gloss, drip-off, textured and raised UV on elements. Micro-embossing of fine details. Overlay sheet reverse-printed on PP sheet in CMYK+spot greenish-grey+opaque white.
 

Jul-Aug Sheet: 300gsm art card. Four-colour printing with gloss and drip-off UV. Raised UV on details for penguin and ice cubes.
 

Sep-Oct Sheet: 280gsm Natural Evolution. Tritone printing with spot orange. Spot UV on orange and date-pad. Glow-in-the-dark ink screen printed on tiger’s highlight areas. Overlay sheet on 115gsm translucent sheet in two colours.
 

Nov-Dec Sheet: 250gsm art card. Foil-stamped and overprinted in CMYK+bump aqua blue. Micro-embossing on central mask. Spot UV coating on right mask. 3D embossing on all masks. Overlay sheet screen-printed on 130gsm kraft paper in white, black and gold, die-cut and pasted onto base sheet.
 

Flyleaf: 300gsm art card. Tritone printing with Matt UV coat. Die-cut.

Apr-May Sheet: Cloth (with paper backing for stability to feed through press). Four-colour printing. (Original painting is on cloth).
 

Jun-Jul Sheet: 300gsm art card. Gold and pearl in gravure. Overprinted with CMYK and on-press gloss and matt UV varnishes.
 

Aug-Sep Sheet: 300gsm art card. CMYK and gold with on-press gloss and matt UV varnishes.
 

Oct-Nov Sheet: 300gsm art card. Gold hot foil stamping. Five-colour over-printing (CMYK + brown for details on foil). Micro-emboss and regular emboss on foiled areas.
 

Dec-Jan Sheet: 280gsm natural evolution. Printed in six spot colours. Screen-printed on top with raised glossy black ink.
 

Feb-Mar Sheet: 130gsm kraft paper printed in white + CMYK. Puppets printed on opaque white PVC sheets and die-cut. Sheet assembled by tying the puppets into place with string.
 

Flyleaf: 130gsm kraft paper printed in white + CMYK.

 

Flyleaf: 300gsm art card with two blacks on conventional press. Hot foil stamp with gloss pale gold foil. Full duct matt UV on entire sheet. Die-cut and perforated.
 

Big Bang: Front sheet printed on 240gsm moondream with M, Y and cool grey 10C on UV press. Heat press with foiling block dates and earth details, embossed ‘Bang’, month names, Sundays. 3D embossed globe. Back sheet on 300gsm art card with high-gamut inks with gloss varnish. Offline full UV gloss coating.
 

Adam & Eve: 250gsm Notturno Black. First pass with three hits of opaque white. Hot foil stamped with gloss pale gold foil. Second pass with white, CMYK and duct matt UV. Screen printing with three colours. 3D embossing on Adam & Eve.
 

Tree of Life: 300gsm art card. Cold foiled with silver and printed in light blue 7457C + CMYK + duct matt UV. Micro-embossing on entire sheet.
 

Past: 300gsm art card. Cold foiled with silver and printed in brown 7601C + CMYK + duct matt UV. Micro-embossing on radial lines and details. 3D embossing on Pharaoh’s figure. Offline texture UV to get sand effect.
 

Now: 300 gsm art card. Cold foiling of boat details in silver. Printed in CMYK + duct matt UV. Micro-embossed details of boat and regular embossed the larger areas. Hot foil stamping of curve with dots in copper and ’50 years’ logo in gold. Metal fabricated anchor with 10mm round magnet tied to thread and attached to the ship through a punched hole. 
 

Future: Front sheet on 250gsm art card in two colours. Glow-in-the-dark inks screen printed and holes were die-cut. Braille-embossing of ‘Pragati’ name at bottom right. Back sheet on 300gsm art card and laminated with velvet/soft-touch film.