Wholesale Catalog Cover

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT US:

Sculpture House is a manufacturer and distributor of sculptor's tools, materials and accessories to the wholesale, retail and education markets. Hand-crafted tools for clay modeling, mold making and casting, stone carving, wood carving, and ceramics as well as a complete line of accessories for these five disciplines of sculpture are the hallmarks of Sculpture House.

In addition to our tools, we offer Professional Grade Plastilinas, self-hardening clays and ceramic clays. We compliment our line of hand-forged stone carving and wood carving tools with soapstone and alabaster in various colors including the most popular - translucent white and opaque white alabasters.

Sculpture House has been in business since 1883. Our website is: www.sculpturehouse.com

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED:

General Information:

A 4-color Catalog Cover (outside and inside).

Size of file including 1/8 bleed: 2-page spread 17.25 by 11.25.

Finished/Trim Size: 2-page spread 17 by 11.

Our Catalogs print size is 8 by 11.

The Catalog is saddle stitched (it has no spine.)

Final submission to our printer is a InDesign CS2 file (.indd) with TIFF's.

Supporting PSD files are required.

The Four Pages:

Front Cover:

We would like a vertical design.

Our cover must contain our logo: (JPEG attached).

We will not include the year (2010) on the catalog.

Fine Sculpting Tools and Materials should be on the front cover prominently but not overwhelmingly so.

Since 1883 should be placed under the logo.

Open to suggestions about a vibrant, powerful, rich color scheme - not day-glo!. We will more than likely carry the selected color scheme onto our web site in 2010.

Back Cover:

Color scheme must carry through to back cover as this will be a single flat.

Our logo: Sculpture House must be on this page.

Must include the following contact information: Name, Address, Website address, our phone and fax numbers. This should be distinct and legible without being the centerpiece of the back cover.

The following terms should be included: Modeling Tools and Accessories, Mold Making & Casting, Pottery & Ceramics, Stone Carving and Rasps, Wood Carving, Books

Inside Front Cover:

Open to a background design to flow between it and the inside back cover.

Could be a template page for dropping in some of our products.

Our logo: Sculpture House must be on this page.

Inside Back Cover:

Open to a background design to flow between it and the inside front cover.

It will contain the text about the history of Sculpture House.

We usually repeat our contact information as above .

Our logo: Sculpture House must be on this page together with the name of our sister company Standard Clay Mines.

Placeholder dimensions can be provided for the text.

Our catalog covers for 2006 and 2008 are included for reference ONLY so an idea of what we have used can be viewed.

OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS:

Wholesale and retail buyers of our sculpting tools, materials and accessories in the 5 disciplines of sculpture: clay modeling, mold making and casting, stone carving, wood carving, and ceramics focusing on Figurative Sculpture. Buyers for the education market as well as consumers themselves are also our audience.

Sculpture House is known throughout the world as the premier source of tools and materials for sculptors, both professional and amateur alike.

WE LIKE THESE DESIGNS:

Clean, stylish, memorable. We want a Catalog that will not get lost on a Buyers desk. Our catalog Covers have served us well in the past but we want to step it up with a more professional look.

Clean crisp fonts and vibrant colors as stated above.

Use of our products on the cover is encouraged if it makes design sense. High resolution images can be provided.

WE ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE (or we don't want to see) THIS IN OUR DESIGN:

The Sculpture House logo must be consistent throughout and have the Registration Mark. We are not married to any particular font for text on the outside covers ubt it must be clean and crisp. The Catalog itself uses the following Font Families: Frutiger and Adobe Caslon. These could be used for the inside covers for consistency.