Showing posts with label deaign books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deaign books. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Design books

Unfortunately, the videos of my four design books are too large to upload onto blogger so I posted the videos of my design books onto my Instagram so that they will be in the journal on my website. I also uploaded my videos to youtube: chain designschain linksleaves and sunflowers

The first design book consisted of the mass-produced designs that I folded into signatures. I hand-stitched and bound the signatures together. For the final books, I wanted to ensure certain photos stood out in the book so I printed important photos on gloss paper. I planned the layout of each signature. I used my sewing machine to stitch them together as hand stitching was too loose. I added two small watercolour paintings into my design books which contrast the printed images the same way the handmade paper covers contrast with the smooth card used for the signatures. I