You are by now working on a solution to the design problems involved in making your 5" x 8" Visual Resource Archive (aka lab book...)..
To refresh your memory, this journal will have a symbiotic relationship with your Process Journal: attached to the Journal, it can be removed to carry with you. The Visual Resource Journal will be made by you for you, a book that you can take along as you go about your day. It will house articles from your daily life that you find interesting and inspiring (design, color, texture, font design, etc.). This archive you will be creating this semester will be your very own collection of design resources that you can draw upon as a library of inspiration for your work.
Here are the design problems we identified for this project:
To refresh your memory, this journal will have a symbiotic relationship with your Process Journal: attached to the Journal, it can be removed to carry with you. The Visual Resource Journal will be made by you for you, a book that you can take along as you go about your day. It will house articles from your daily life that you find interesting and inspiring (design, color, texture, font design, etc.). This archive you will be creating this semester will be your very own collection of design resources that you can draw upon as a library of inspiration for your work.
Here are the design problems we identified for this project:
1. What materials would best suit your the requirements of strength and flexibility (paper, plastic, cardboard, recycled materials (think green!) and reflect your own personal aesthetic as well?
2. What is the design of your journal? Will it take the form of a basic sewn pamphlet journal, a Japanese Stab Binding book, an accordion book?
3. How will this book hold your collections: folded between pages, in constructed 'pockets' or pouches?
4. How will the Archive attach to the Process Journal? Will it be on the interior or exterior of your Journal? What materials will you use to attach it? (velcro, duct tape, buttons...)
Materials to assemble for our next class:
1 . Your ArtBin with pencils, rulers, cutting tools, glue, tape, color materials, etc
2. Paper, to be cut and sewn or glued together for the pages of the 5 x 8" Visual Archive Journal. Remember to have enough paper so you can double the page width if you are using a a signature stitch binding..)
3. A cover material of your choice that the pages can be attached to. (paper, plastic, cardboard...)
4. Materials to attach your Archive to your process Journal (velcro, buttons, a glued paper pouch, bring any and all materials you will require to make the book you want.)
There are many resources for bookmaking available to you on the web. If you're interested in simple sewn signature books like the ones in class, you might want to check out the simple instructional by Handmade News, that includes a folded cover. You also may find the instructional at D*I*Y and on the Hey Lucy blog helpful, as well. If you'e interested in investigating Japanese Stab Binding, (very similar but with exposed thread and a more 'square' feel) take a look at Zum Gali Gali Rubberstamps and Jenni Bick Bookbinding.
2. What is the design of your journal? Will it take the form of a basic sewn pamphlet journal, a Japanese Stab Binding book, an accordion book?
3. How will this book hold your collections: folded between pages, in constructed 'pockets' or pouches?
4. How will the Archive attach to the Process Journal? Will it be on the interior or exterior of your Journal? What materials will you use to attach it? (velcro, duct tape, buttons...)
Materials to assemble for our next class:
1 . Your ArtBin with pencils, rulers, cutting tools, glue, tape, color materials, etc
2. Paper, to be cut and sewn or glued together for the pages of the 5 x 8" Visual Archive Journal. Remember to have enough paper so you can double the page width if you are using a a signature stitch binding..)
3. A cover material of your choice that the pages can be attached to. (paper, plastic, cardboard...)
4. Materials to attach your Archive to your process Journal (velcro, buttons, a glued paper pouch, bring any and all materials you will require to make the book you want.)
There are many resources for bookmaking available to you on the web. If you're interested in simple sewn signature books like the ones in class, you might want to check out the simple instructional by Handmade News, that includes a folded cover. You also may find the instructional at D*I*Y and on the Hey Lucy blog helpful, as well. If you'e interested in investigating Japanese Stab Binding, (very similar but with exposed thread and a more 'square' feel) take a look at Zum Gali Gali Rubberstamps and Jenni Bick Bookbinding.
I will be doing a demo of a single signature stitched pamphlet and a Japanese Stab Binding book in class on Thursday. If you're considering either of these types of journals, bring embroidery thread or waxed thread, twine, etc., ANY sewing material that seems appropriate for your design, along with some large needles if you have them.
In the meantime, make sketches in your notebooks and let the idea gel over the next few days.
In the meantime, make sketches in your notebooks and let the idea gel over the next few days.
Come to class on Thursday prepared to talk about critics, (Barrett, ch. 1) and bring your materials.We will make a book!
Have a great weekend...
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