Book I made for class project. The book is a collection of work created by designers who inspire me and it also contains some remixes of their work that I made myself. Every page juxtaposes each other to draw comparisons, contrasts and contradictions from the imagery on each side. To show the many facets of style that I am drawn to and how though they may be completely different in style, they have similar qualities and traits that are very important to me. The book was hand made. The exterior are zinc plates, I etched the letters into the plates through acid etching process to create a nice tactile cover that responds wonderfully to different light situations. Also, to show that I am a designer trying to merge the gap between hand-made and computer-made design. all comments welcome
100 pages, acid etched zinc cover bound with neopreme and outdoor nylon chair fabric.
If I can afford it, I will make a color version !
I've been away for a while and I came back to a lot of posts. A few were asking who the designers in my book were. Because all my books are in storage here's a few off the top of my head
Charles Wilkin Designers Republic Stefan Sagmeister Phantom: Research Foundation : De manifest Me Company Dixonbaxi Chris Ashworth
There were a lot more some from scrap magazines I had just because I liked some element in it. But I used a lot of Charles Wilkin. And a lot of the spreads were my work basically using elements from all their works and incorporating them into my own compositions.
That is goddamn phenomenal. I would more than enjoy to have a book like that. Perfect design all around. I onlyu wish I could hold it and flip through it myself.
well if i could produce these fast enough, id try to get them out to people, but it takes me about 2-4 weeks to make one. I guess now that i have all the content i could make them faster, but yea. lack of studio access also makes it really hard now. glad you like it
the cover, how was that done exactly? or did you have it done for you at a shop? i'm interested in using the same sort of thing for an upcoming project
Im leaving on a trip and dont have time to write out a long explanation, but heres the short one its a zinc etching process. put light sensative film on the plate and it adhears to surface of the plate. put transparency with text ontop of the film, expose it to light and rub off the exposed film in sodium carbonate water. whereever light didnt hit, the film stays soft, so thats wherever there was black text. now the plate is exposed where the text on the transparency was, everywhere else is hardened light sensative film. the film protects the plate from acid, which is next step. next i through the plate in a nitric acid bath for 4 hours, brushing the plate every 10-30 minutes and it eats away the metal from the plate whereever the plate is exposed. after that.. remove the film with a stronger solution of sodium carbonate and then i bound it to the book with neopreme (wetsuit material) using epoxi and thats that.. slightly longer than i thought for and explanation. if i was unclear, check out zinc etching. take printmaking if you're in college, its awesome thanks for comment.
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I almost want to say that this is DD worthy.
it was definetely my favorite project.
the cover, how was that done exactly? or did you have it done for you at a shop? i'm interested in using the same sort of thing for an upcoming project
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