Since 2012 Lead Graffiti has been printing the 8th-grade graduating class diplomas for the Waldorf School of Philadelphia. This is our favorite project we do with a client.
Lead Graffiti produces a folder that houses a collaborative drawing accompanying the diploma. Each student starts their drawing, and each of the other students and the instructor contributes to it.
Lead Graffiti travels to Waldorf to run a workshop with paste paper used to wrap the folder (see the image above). The students pick their favorite from the 3 - 5 sheets that they typically produce.
In addition, the students decide on a written piece that will be included on the diploma, with each student using calligraphy on their line. This year it was an “I am …” poem where each student finished the line with a word they felt described themself.
Size : 10” x 14”
Printed : from photopolymer plates supplied by Boxcar Press, Syracuse
Type : various weights of Euro
Student names : 36 point metal Euro Bold Condensed (handset)
Sun : hand-rolled directly on diplomas by Jill in 2 colors
Runs : poem in gold
body of diploma and school name in gold
Waldorf logo is blind debossed
student names in black
Paper : Somerset Textured White 300 gsm
Press : Vandercook Universal III
Paste paper : Fabriano Onyx
Folder : spine bound with linen book cloth
