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Technical workshop with Roger Berry:

After emailing Roger and telling him of my product we arranged to have a meeting on Wednesday 22 April. The meeting started by discussing the potential product that I wanted to create and what I wanted from it, a sustainable, bespoke business card. After this discussion we spoke of the practicality of the cutting mechanism and it safety issues in college, the problem being that the stamping motion when cutting needs to be coming from a huge amount of pressure, pressure that I could not do myself. The pressure cut is very demanding and if I wanted to do it I would need some sort of mobile hydraulic mechanism, he joked.

The cutting from a blade is made from pressure applied to a surface area which when angled slices through the stock. When using the same pressure is used the distribution of the of the blades surface area it does not have the same outcome as there is an imbalance of pressure and distribution. As my stamp will have one continuos blade and be flat the cut through that I want will not be possible through the pressure of the push down motion of my own hand.

The solution to what I could be able to achieve is a stamp (made from either lino or wood block, lime wood or jelutong wood, as they are the flattest and will give the best finish) and on the stamp there is a dotted line which would become the crop lines.

Another option would be to screen print directly onto the 'Make-ready sheets' and then to kiss cut the cards and create a perforation and it would act like a book of stamps.

The most interesting of the solutions would be using a mobile digital printer. The mini printer has a rechargeable battery and can connect with smartphones and PCs. It also allows the user to print on any size of paper.The device works by using a sliding hatch underneath.When the printer is activated, this reveals the inkjet.Wheels then move the robot across paper, printing out whatever is required as it goes.An omni-wheel system enables the printer to turn and drive accurately in any direction.To print something, a user merely needs to send their request to the device via Bluetooth.The device itself, made of polycarbonate, will come in either black or white.