PROJECT: We fly on leaves of frost - Book Art
PROCESS:
- Given a used book, fold each page to create a pattern. Experiment with different folds and different patterns. (Due: 23 February 2010)
- Create an artist’s book using mixed materials. All pages should relate to each other somehow and be considered parts of a whole. Obviously the title, genre, author, etc of the book should relate to the message of your project. These books should be precious objects, treasures, and contain a personal secret of yours that is revealed through the process of opening the book. Instead of brainstorming and sketching ideas and then developing a project, try working backwards. You know the end product must contain a secret, so start there. Find a book that relates in some way to your secret, and then fill in the 3D object steps between book and secret. Thoughts:
- Size / Weight / Texture
- Use of Text
- Ramifications of Material choices
- Message
- Carving
READING: Launching the Imagination C 15
VOCABULARY: module, modularity, part-to-whole, repetition, rhythm, free-form, non-objective, connectors, connections, prototype, pattern-maker, jig, template, vacu-forming, production.
REFERENCES: Ron Arad, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, John Utzon, Peter Zumthor, Carl Andre, Tara Donovan, Juan Munoz, Susan Gaylord, Bookbinding studio in basement of ASU Art Building - John Risseeuw, See past blog post about bookbinding from FALL09
MATERIALS: Books, mixed media
COMMUNITY: There will be an optional demo for this project on bookbinding. If you would like to follow along and make your own blank book / sketchbook, pick up a 8.5” x 10” windpower drawing paper pad or similar, some book binding thread and a large needle (all available at Utrecht or Jerry's Artorama). You could split the thread with your peers, you can even use dental floss.
DUE: 2 March 2010
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