Book Works

Today Defined 'learning the hard way'.
However, I will never again send thirteen copies of my designs to print without proofing, proofing again, then asking someone else to proof it.  Below: The text in the top far left and third from the left sections are facing the same way as the type on the lower half- so when it came to folding the book it would come out upside down- something I neglected to notice until after the prints were finished.

Another issue I encountered when attempting to print this book was the stock in the printer.  Every so often the paper would tear and jam not only because of the weight of the stock but also because the ink is very close to the edges of the paper, making it wet and malleable- clearly the printer cannot handle this.  However, I thought a few things might go wrong so I bought extra stock in case of such issues.

After all of my problems because of the stock I have used the process has still been relatively cheap, and if all my books were to be sold I would still be making a profit.
Below is the final resolution.  Rectified.  Proofed.  

Quality image soon.

Book Works, Screenprint experimentation.

 The general look to all of these prints is untidy.  When asking what people thought about the screenprinted version against the digitally printed version I was told that the screenprinted technique gave an 'organic quality', one that reflects the subject matter of the book.  However, I was also told that the text is unclear and difficult to read.  I chose function over form in this case and ditched the screenprinted resolution.  I think that because (hopefully) many people of all ages are going to be reading this I want to get my message across as easily as possible- therefore clarity is very important.

Screenprint induction, Blenheim Walk.

Having already been taught the principles of screenprinting from my elective- how to set your images up; how to clean the screen; how to mix the paint/ink etc, I thought it would be valuable to go over this once again, whilst gaining access into our current buildings screenprinting facilities.

Below is a CMYK design that the tutor had already designed for us.  It was more a case of getting to grips with multiple colour screenprints than producing something of our own.

Initial Ideas, Book Works

'A's within scaffolding.'

This idea shows the construction of an 'a' using scaffolding.  The reason I chose scaffolding to begin with is because the letterform 'a' (from what I have seen) is always present.

So this basically shows an image of an a.  Once they begin turning the pages they see the anatomy of the 'a' using the existing image cut-up.

I'm not sure this idea of construction is working.  It is interactive, but not visually engaging enough.  I think that a more simplistic look would be successful in appealing to a wider audience. 

-not interesting enough.

So rather than focusing on the letterform 'A', I have decided to check out words of interest that begin with 'a'.

I found this website.  It is fairly informative.

http://phrontistery.info/a.html

Some of my personal favourites include:

(one to note: 'allantoid')

ai	three-toed sloth

agrostology

science or study of grasses

affricate

consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative

adeciduate

evergreen; coniferous

actinism

action of solar radiation causing chemical change

acipenser

sturgeon

autecology

study of ecology of one species

asperge

to sprinkle

apodal

lacking feet

allantoid

shaped like a sausage

amanous

lacking hands

Visual Language brief: 'book works'

This brief revolves around the 'Hot dog fold'.
So first I was trying to get to grips with its general folded design.

To begin with you fold the (this is A4 but other sizes also work) paper in half then in half again.  You then fold in the opposite direction once.  After this you cut down the centre of the page along the fold, leaving once folds height at the top and bottom.  Hold the paper landscape and push together so that the fold in the centre pushes to the back, it will now look like an A5 sheet of paper- fold it from top to bottom and it is complete.  There should be 8 leaves including the front and back.