Shaped label on ceramic chips (1 Viewer)

[rrobyrrroby]

Can shaped labels be applied to blank Tina Hybrids (web, greek, rhc, cap dash...)?
Has anyone ever tried it?

 

[dizzyChipper]

Can shaped labels be applied to blank Tina Hybrids (web, greek, rhc, cap dash...)?
Has anyone ever tried it?

They can but recess still a circle. Molds made for each shaped inlay would be sick (and expensive).

 

[rrobyrrroby]

Would a shaped label look bad in a round recess?

 

[Labrat]

IMO, yes. Not only would it look out of place, but there are injection marks inside one of the recesses and they would probably show up.

 

[Colquhoun]

A faux shaped inlay can be done. Basically, it’s a shaped inlay printed on a round label, using the chip color on the outer edges.

However, getting the background color of the chip to print correctly to match on the label is nearly impossible. @Cratty did it after painstakingly doing multiple rounds with Tina.

Because it’s different printing on different surfaces, just using the same colors on chip and label produces results like this:

 

[rrobyrrroby]

A faux shaped inlay can be done. Basically, it’s a shaped inlay printed on a round label, using the chip color on the outer edges.

However, getting the background color of the chip to print correctly to match on the label is nearly impossible. @Cratty did it after painstakingly doing multiple rounds with Tina.

I knew a bout this and I also knew how hard is to get the same color on chip and label...