On this piece, they used spot varnish, not just to add to the visual interest of
the piece, but also to echo the underlying message of the product that
they're advertising. This beautifully detailed illustration on
the cover of the book is interesting in itself.
But when you pick up the book and you start to read it, the instant you move it
the light catches that spot varnish in the lower right hand corner.
And that varnish actually becomes part of the artwork, it adds depth to it.
This is a beautiful piece and they've accentuated the shapes of the musical
instruments by adding a very high gloss spot varnish.
And it almost makes it seem like it's three dimensional.
The instruments seem to almost float off of the page.
On this piece, they took advantage of a chemical interaction between two
different coatings. One coating goes down first, and then the
second coating is an overall gloss coating.
And where those coatings overlap a chemical reaction takes place and that
results in this sort of pebbly textured finish that you see.
And it's something that you really couldn't accomplish with just a single coating.
It's something that happens only when you use both of those coatings at once.