Last day of assembly for The Art Hustle wax pack boxes

Last boxes for the series.

Preparing Contributing Artist return sets

Simeon Lipman of Cardhacks came up from New York to assist in preparing the shipments to the Contributing Artists.

After Simeon’s arrival in Albany NY, we went immediately to the factory floor where the base card set boxes were printed and die cut.

Base set boxes being die cut, Simeon observing.

Printed blanks on the right, the die for cutting and creasing on the left.

With printed and cut boxes, next step is to glue them up.

The fun part- filling each box with the 162 base cards.

We added the gold AP emboss at the Lab.

All 85 base sets ready to pack up for shipping.

Kitting up the various parts- Simeon is collating the Artist Returns and embossed cards.  Donald is folding the gold embossed AP packs.

Almost ready to go.  Just before adding the Artist particulars (their returns, and embossed cards).

Third and final wave for The Art Hustle series 1

First 16 boxes of the third wave are done.  The last 84 boxes for the series will be finished shortly.

Hot Foil stamping cards for contributing artists

We’ve been stamping Gold Foil onto the cards we are sending to the contributing Artists.

While we were at it, we also stamped special wrappers.  Each Contributor will get a wrapped pack.

Shrink wrapping 2nd wave boxes

All opened wide, filled with fresh packs.

Our new library rack works great for moving boxes around.  Got a new roll of shrink wrap that is thicker, and of a stiffer plastic.  Makes a tougher package.