Reflect, evaluate and rework Having printed tour images from the previous exercise, take the opportunity to view all of the pages, reflect on them and evaluate before moving on to the next step of collating and binding the pages together. Which pages are successful? Which pages have not turned out as well as you hadContinue reading “Exercise 4: Collating and Binding”
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Exercise 3: Sequencing Images
Brief: In this exercise you’re going to create images which you’ll then print onto the papers you collected in the first exercise. You have been working with the poem Tango With Cows in the exercise ‘Concrete Poetry’, to create an experimental text. Using your interpretation of the poem as a starting point, develop a setContinue reading “Exercise 3: Sequencing Images”
Exercise 2: Concrete Poetry
Brief: Concrete poetry, sometimes referred to as visual poetry is a form of experimental typography where the use of letter and word arrangements enhance the meaning of a poem. The typographic treatment of words within concrete poetry starts to add additional resonances through their scale, placement, overlay and styling, suggesting new ways to see andContinue reading “Exercise 2: Concrete Poetry”
Exercise 1: Paper/Ephemera
To begin: Collect a wide variety of paper samples and other paper ephemera across a range of weights, textures and surface finishes. This builds on your previous paper sample exercise from Part two. Aim to collect a wide range of unprinted papers, such as blotting paper, tracing paper, lined paper, graph paper, rice paper andContinue reading “Exercise 1: Paper/Ephemera”
Research Task: Exploring Artists’ Books
Brief: Find two artists’ books that you feel demonstrate an interesting relationship between their form and content through the materials that the artist has chosen to use. Reflect on these books in your learning log. La Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay-Terk 1913 This artist bookContinue reading “Research Task: Exploring Artists’ Books”
Assignment 4: Altered Book
Brief: Using a found book, significantly alter the appearance of the pages to create a new volume that is personal to you. This can be any kind of book that is of interest to you, for example, a fiction book, a non-fiction book, a picture book or a photo book. Approach the found book inContinue reading “Assignment 4: Altered Book”
Research Task 3: Sourcing Images
As a student on this course you have access to Bridgeman and Oxford Art Online image libraries, which are a wonderful resource. If you haven’t already done so, spend some time finding your way around the Bridgeman Art Library and Oxford Art Online. You can access these through your OCA/UCA library access via the OCAContinue reading “Research Task 3: Sourcing Images”
Research Task 2: Choosing A Typeface
In Exercise 3, you have to choose a typeface for the text, but how do you choose a typeface? In Notes on Book Design, Derek Birdsall describes clearly how you can choose a typeface that is appropriate for your text. Read the section ‘on choosing a typeface’ in the book, Notes on Book Design, andContinue reading “Research Task 2: Choosing A Typeface”
Tutor Feedback Part 2
I am extremely happy with the feedback from my tutor for the work in part 2. Given the current circumstances effecting everybody at the moment I found it hard to concentrate during part 2 and worried that this reflected in my work however I still managed to stay on track and produce a good qualityContinue reading “Tutor Feedback Part 2”
Research Task 1: The Golden Section
The Golden Section, or Golden Mean, has been applied by artists and designers over the centuries to create harmonious formats for their work. In his extensive research, Tschichold discovered that many book designers were based on the Golden Section. Based on a mathematical formula, and directly linked to the Fibonacci series, the Golden Selection providesContinue reading “Research Task 1: The Golden Section”
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