Gold foil midnight
Ganesh, a toran and an arched frame stamped in gold foil on midnight blue, with light running over the foil.
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Gold has decorated Indian paper, cloth and walls for centuries. Beaten into sheets thinner than a petal, gold leaf, called sone ka varakh, is laid on manuscripts, temple walls and the painted panels of Tanjore. Foil stamping brings that look to printed invitations: a heated metal die presses a very thin film of metal onto the card, and the shape comes out smooth, sharp and shining. Wedding and festival invitations are often finished this way, with a deity at the top, a toran of leaves across the doorway and a border of lamps along the bottom.
This film shows that finish in motion: Ganesh, a toran and an arched frame are drawn in gold on midnight blue, and a band of light moves across the foil the way light catches a stamped card as you tilt it. The gold is drawn for this film and nothing is printed. Your names, message, date and venue are set inside the frame.
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