I am finally done with my quarter one home project!
I have mixed feelings about how it turned out, but am definitely glad i pushed myself to work with more of an unfamiliar medium. I like the overall look of the piece, but wish I had found a way to add a bit more depth, as I added many layers and don't think they necessarily achieved this. For awhile I worried the piece lacked interest, but at the last minute decided to add a new color and some dots to tie in the paper scraps. I think this definitely helped, but still I think the piece could be a bit more interesting. Although I like the content of this piece, which ties into some of my other work, I don't think it necessarily shows through this piece. However, it was never my intention to make the content obvious to the viewer, and I did keep it in mind throughout my process. To me, this is about the balance of chaos and order, or simplicity and complexity (ideas I have played with before) within the thought and experimentation process. Clearly, there are a few things I don't love about this piece, but again, overall, I am really glad I made it. It was fun to step out of my comfort zone and work with paint, and to be able to go back to the piece week after week adding more and more layers. I like all of the texture in the piece, and hope to use some similar techniques in some of my future work, paintings or not, as I did in this.
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Above is a slideshow showing the steps I took in order to make the cover for my book. It was a very tedious and long process, but I am happy with how it turned out. I first added some strength to the spine of the book with some cardstock. Then, I cut the main structure of the cover. Next, I focused on the visuals of the cover, layering a few types of paper. I then attached the structure of the cover to the the sheet of layered paper. I had to cut the corners of the sheet to prevent any issues or bumps when I was "wrapping" the cover. Lastly, I attached the entire cover to the pages of my book.
This past week, I first added some thick splotches of paint so I could add some more of the texture that I had added at the very beginning on the project. I thought adding more of these squiggly lines would add some more continuity and interest to the piece. I did not worry too much about the colors I added to this layer, because I knew they would be covered up. Next, I added some paper dots to the whole piece. I plan on adding even more later. Then, I did another layer of gray, still keeping some of the color, dots, and texture exposed.
This week I continued to prepare my pages for binding by doing some measuring and poking some holes in the spine, and then I went ahead and completed the binding. I think it went pretty well, except for one loose area on the right. I didn't realize that there was extra string tucked into the book until I was done, so there is no easy way to fix that right side. Luckily, I can just tie it off and then it will be hidden by the cover of the book, The pages all have a flap that folds out, making the non binded side of the book appear to be folded, as all of the pages are. Below is a picture of one of the interior pages.
I have decided to make another book for my quarter 2 project, but with a bit of a different approach. This time, I will focus more on the construction of the actual book, and fill the pages with something other than collages. I plan on continuing to play with the relationship between order and chaos, or simplicity and complexity. In order to do this, I want to make a book where when you first look through the pages there are blank, but then when you unfold each page they are filled with something a bit more complex (right now I am planning on covering them with colorful dots.
So far, I have cut out and folded the pages of my book. Since I want each page to have a flap that folds out, this was slightly tricky but I think I figured it out. I cut six different sections, and folded five of them so they would each have four panels. One of the sections only has three panels because it will be the first page, and the cover of the book will be attached to it. I know this all seems confusing right now, and yes it is very hard to explain through writing, Hopefully once I begin to actually bind the pages together it will all make a bit more sense. The first picture shows the six sections, while the second shows how the sections are folded. The section on the left is one of the inside pages and there are four more sections identical to that. The section on the right is the first page, |
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