--- title: "Raised Floral Monogram on Gold Acrylic | Sun Studio" description: "An oval gold acrylic piece printed with a raised cherry-blossom wreath and an R monogram, built in white ink, printed in colour and sealed in clear gloss." url: https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio/raised-floral-monogram-gold-acrylic-dubai/ type: project site: Sun Studio Dubai --- # A Raised Floral Monogram on Gold Acrylic An oval piece of gold acrylic printed with a cherry-blossom wreath and a monogram R that stand off the surface. Sun Studio built the relief in white ink, printed the design in full colour over it and sealed it in clear gloss, at our Al Quoz studio in Dubai. ![An oval piece of gold acrylic printed with a wreath of pink and white cherry blossom, a scalloped border and a monogram R at its centre, in the Sun Studio workshop in Dubai](https://www.sunstudio.ae/cases/raised-floral-monogram-gold-acrylic-dubai.jpg) ## Project snapshot - **Material:** Gold acrylic, oval - **Design:** Cherry-blossom wreath, a scalloped border in pink, white and deep red, and a monogram R - **Finish:** Raised print built in white ink, full colour, clear gloss - **Method:** Direct UV printing with raised ink - **Printing service:** Acrylic printing ## Pale flowers on a gold sheet UV ink is translucent, so whatever sits under it shows through. On gold acrylic, a pale pink printed straight onto the sheet picks up the metallic colour beneath it and turns muddy, and a white petal stops being white. This design is nearly all pale colour: pink and white cherry blossom, a scalloped border in pink, white and deep red, and a monogram R in white with a red outline. It is also raised, so the flowers, the border and the letter read by touch as well as by colour. ![Low-angle close-up of raised pink and white flowers and a scalloped border printed on gold acrylic, with the monogram R out of focus behind them](https://www.sunstudio.ae/cases/gold-acrylic-raised-cherry-blossom-close-up.jpg) ## White first, colour second, gloss last The gold sheet does half the work. Every area without ink is left bare, so the metallic acrylic becomes the background between the wreath and the monogram. White ink goes under every flower, the border and the letter, which keeps the pinks and whites true. The same white is then built up in layers on those areas, so they rise off the surface. Colour is printed over the raised white, and a clear gloss over the design gives it the look of enamel. ![A monogram R in white with a red outline, framed by sprays of blossom, printed on gold acrylic and seen from an angle](https://www.sunstudio.ae/cases/gold-acrylic-monogram-r-raised-print-angle.jpg) ## Building the relief in cured ink Raised printing builds height in cured ink. The same place is printed again and again, and UV light cures each layer as it lands, so the next one can be laid straight on top. Nothing is pressed into the acrylic and nothing is glued on. Height is press time, because each layer is another pass, so the relief goes where it shows: the petals, the scallops and the strokes of the R. We can build up to about 6 mm of relief, and a piece like this needs only a small part of that. We built relief the same way on the [oval acrylic base of an Etihad Rail model](https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio/mimar-etihad-rail-model-acrylic-printing/). Your browser cannot play this video. [Download it instead](https://www.sunstudio.ae/video/gold-acrylic-raised-monogram-uv-printing.mp4). ## Relief you can see in raking light In raking light the relief is obvious: the petals and the R throw small shadows, and the gloss reads like enamel while the gold background stays clean. The same build works on acrylic box lids and trays, with a name or initials in English or Arabic. [Personalised acrylic boxes and trays](https://www.sunstudio.ae/insights/personalised-acrylic-boxes-trays-dubai/) sets out the finishes, the artwork and what to send. **Service used** - [Acrylic Printing](https://www.sunstudio.ae/services/acrylic-printing-dubai/) **Read next** - [Personalised Acrylic Boxes and Trays in Dubai: Raised, White and Gloss Finishes](https://www.sunstudio.ae/insights/personalised-acrylic-boxes-trays-dubai/) - [Raised and 3D Embossed UV Printing in Dubai: How the Layers Are Built](https://www.sunstudio.ae/insights/raised-3d-embossed-uv-printing-tactile-braille-dubai/) ## Related projects - [Abu Dhabi Art](https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio/luminous-shadow-abu-dhabi-art-acrylic-fabrication-al-ain/) (Architecture & models) - [Etihad Rail](https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio/mimar-etihad-rail-model-acrylic-printing/) (Architecture & models) - [Office gallery wall](https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio/reverse-printed-acrylic-gallery-wall-office-dubai/) (Interior design) **More work** - [All projects](https://www.sunstudio.ae/portfolio) --- *This is the Markdown rendering of a page on sunstudio.ae. 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