Collaboration.
Print collaboration is when a skilled artist works with a skilled printer to create a print that neither could make on his or her own. The artist has their own concepts and style of working, that is uniquely theirs, but their grasp of the technical aspects of printmaking and lithography may be thin. The master printer has all the technical skills under their roller and may be a specialist in a particular field such as hand lithography; but their own artistic abilities may be limited to doodling on a note pad. The two are experts in their independent fields and come together at the press to make something that is greater than the two halves, to allow the artist full expression with print. Collaboration allows the artist to focus on the image while the printer makes sure that it is technically possible.
A broad definition of collaboration is a process where two or more people work together in an intersection of common goals — for example, an intellectual endeavour that is creative in nature—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus. It is the act of working jointly, to work together on a common enterprise or project.
Generally all pieces of graphic design will become part of a collaboration after the design process because designers go to a professional printers to have the work produced to the highest quality possible and exactly how they want it. Its likely that once you find a printers you like working with you will return to them and build a relationship, it's therefor possibly better to find one who can do most of the required processes to give yourself 'cutting edge' design. The designer is also more likely to get a better deal from the printer if they put in a huge job lot because it takes time and money to set everything up. The best possible thing is not to be an awkward designer and work with your printer rather than against them because then they are more likely to want to work with you again.
Techniques such as foil blocking are more often than not done in a specialist workshop so once the work is printed it is then sent somewhere else to be done. This then extends the collaboration, the printer may send this on to someone else if they are not able to do this themselves or you may have to locate somebody yourself. Some printers such as Team however, do offer this service so it may be easier to find someone who can do it all at once because sending it off from one place to another could extend the print time.
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