Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this project. I am happy that I did it, but I also think parts of it could have been done much better. I think that I should've gone into this project with the perspective that this book was like a journal and each day I could casually create a collage that represented some concept, but I didn't. Instead I thought more about refining each piece, but ultimately I think this actually led to less refined collages. I was thinking too much about balancing simplicity and complexity, and the relationship of the collage to the concept, which resulted in some pieces that I just don't like very much.
I am happy, however, with how much this project pushed my creativity, Rather than just having to plan and execute one piece, I created around fifteen. For each I had to come up with new ideas and how to use the materials available to represent various concepts, specifically each part of my typical day. In comparison, to the last book I made, although I think I like this one less overall, I do think I did a better job of using materials and choosing higher quality materials. This seemed to help the overall quality of the piece a little. Another thing I struggled with for this piece was making the actual book and cover, The binding went well but some of the pages are uneven and I just don't like the cover very much in general, which I think added some discouragement when I was making the individual collages. For my last book, I was really happy with how the cover and book turned out, so then I was very deliberate in what I was filling that book up with - but this did not happen for this book. Overall, even though are aspects I am not necessarily please with, I am glad I completed this project, Again, I think it pushed my creativity and experimentation, and was overall a good learning experience, I think in the future if I were to make a book again, I would maybe experiment with something other than collage or just try to worry less about each individual page and balancing simplicity or complexity. Simply said, I would try not to overthink.
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