Going to the art studio was very interesting. I had already established a couple of things that I knew I wanted to put into my artist book, but I didn’t know all of the details. I am really glad Professor Gorham went over bookbinding because that was one of the things I was most worried about figuring out. Aesthetically, I prefer books that you can flip through page by page rather than one that is folded and feels almost clunky. So now, I think my goal is to do more of a chapbook. Besides the bookbinding aspect, I mostly have my aesthetics picked out for my book. The only thing left for me to do is to figure out how many pages I want and which parts of my story to include.
I loved being in the art studio to work on our books, as I’ve made plenty of artists books so it’s super fun for me. It’s always fun to see the different styles and ways that you can format your book, so even if I kind of know what I’m doing, it’s always good to see more. I also already had my ideas for my book coming in to this studio time, as I’ve basically known since I wrote my story what I wanted it to look like and feel like. However, it was good to talk out my ideas and kind of see more aspects to bookmaking. One thing I decided, that instead of just doing white paper for everything, I want to use different colored and textured paper like Professor Gorham showed us in one of her book examples. To me, this will make my book even more interesting. As for the rest, I still want my story to be housed in a box and to alternate between story chunks and songs that I think fit my story. I have it perfectly pictured in my mind; I just can’t wait to actually start building it.
I really enjoyed being able to go to the art studio and learn about all the different techniques to making an artist book. Going into it I had no ideas on what I wanted my book to be, but after having time to brainstorm I came up with a few ideas on the direction I want to take. For my book I realized I want it to be more like a book you can flip through and I have some ideas for the actual story/images I want to incorporate but I’m still trying to brainstorm more of those aspects. I know I want to include paints somehow and a canvas since my story is based on a painter. I have never made an artist book before so I’m definitely still in the brainstorming process, but being able to go there and see up close some examples and techniques to do for the actual book making was very helpful and allowed me to actually come up with some ideas.
I didn’t know what I wanted to do coming into the art studio, but I left with endless ideas covering a piece of paper. I found it very helpful learning about the different binding techniques and how to do them. I had no idea how to bind my own book, and I found it very helpful to see the demonstration Professor Gorham gave us. It was interesting to see the different ways a book could be bound. I never put much thought into the actual binding of my artist’s book, but I now have a pretty good idea about the direction in which I intend to go. I want mine to be bound with stitch, as I really enjoyed the tidy aesthetic of those books. Now, I also have more ideas about the imagery I want to incorporate and how different colors and textures can be used to convey different emotions/different parts of my story. Overall, visiting the art studio made me even more excited to get started with my own book!
Going into the art studio for our first session of making our artist books was very helpful. I didn’t know what to expect since I had never even stepped foot into the art building until that day. I am not the best at making art, so I am a bit nervous on how my artist book will turn out. After listening to what Professor Gorham had to say about the different techniques on bookmaking, I felt better. Before coming into the art studio, I didn’t really give much thought behind my artist book, besides that I originally was going to do an accordion style book, but I wasn’t sure on what parts of my story I was going to incorporate into each page and which type of visual I was going to use as well. Now, after thinking about it some more, I want to do more of a traditional style book that you can just open and flip through. Overall, I have some type of aesthetics I want to use, as in the colors and texture, and bookbinding I like. However, I am still unsure of which story I want to use for my artist book.
When we went into the art building for the first time I had a small idea about what I wanted to do for my artist book. I have a better connection to my first story, so that is the one I am going with. Before going in I knew I wanted to do something with textures, colors, emotions, and words from the story that work together to convey the overall meaning and feeling of the story. Once we got in there and started seeing different types of books and different ideas of what the books can be really helped me see what I wanted to do. I loved the idea of the accordion style book, and I knew that I could stay with the idea I had with this style book. I am going to pursue this book style and see what I can add in order to make the feeling of my story come through. I think that the session with Prof. Gorham was really helpful and lead in in the right direction for the future of my book.
Prior to our class in the art studio, I was feeling very lost in terms of how I would make the book. When we got in there, though, I was given with solid options that I felt like I could do. I was worried that since I had such a foggy idea of what I wanted my artist book to look like, the art studio wouldn’t benefit me, but it helped me so much to just sit down with a piece of paper and brainstorm my ideas. I figured out what style of book I wanted to go for, what colors I wanted my book to have, and was able to start mapping out the scenes of the story that I wanted to focus on. The art studio was very beneficial to my process, even though I came in with nothing.
Going to the art studio was a lot of fun! I already had a general idea for what I wanted to do for my artists book and it was helpful being able to talk it over with friends, Jesse, and Professor Gorham. Unfortunately, there was not much for me to do in the class as I am not doing a traditional book, but I received a lot of help with the conceptualization of what my book will look like. I was also able to get some ideas about how to actually construct a knife block and how to incorporate my story into the book besides the look aspect.
The time spent at the art studio really helped me bring some of my ideas into focus. I had thought of a few ideas, but I hadn’t settled on anything until we had the time to plan things out. I’ve decided to make my book based on the first short story I wrote, which was about a depressed woman who starts seeing her children’s imaginations. I think I want to make the book look like a standard fantasy-esq novel, but I’m not quite sure yet. Someone at my table said it would be cool if I made a pop-up book, which makes sense with some of the themes of my story. Pop-up books are child-like and full of wonder, which is what is lacking in my character’s life. I didn’t get a lot of physical work done on the book, but I think I’m making more progress in figuring out what I’d like to do.
The first visit to the art studio with Professor Gorham was very helpful in my planning process of this project. It was very cool to watch and learn some of the different building techniques for types of books that I could make as well. I was able to come up with a few different ideas surrounding both of my stories to give myself some options to choose from. I have settled on creating my artist book based on my second story. This story begins with a car chase and has an underlying theme of driving and being on the move. My idea that I want to move forward with involves creating keychains that would be found on the keys of the main character Boston. I am hoping to include the keychains in the book itself with some supporting text on the page from the story.
I enjoyed my time at the art building because I have never made an artist book, so I liked hearing other people’s ideas and unique takes on their artists books. It helped me to clarify the aspects of the artist book I wanted to include in mine. Being able to visually see the papers, and book examples, helped me piece together my own. I am making my book on my first story, and I have formatted my artist book to be an expression of Grace’s thoughts as she goes through her cancer diagnosis, chemo, and then eventually her hospice and death. I want to include poetry and drawings to bring her to life.
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Going to the art studio was very interesting. I had already established a couple of things that I knew I wanted to put into my artist book, but I didn’t know all of the details. I am really glad Professor Gorham went over bookbinding because that was one of the things I was most worried about figuring out. Aesthetically, I prefer books that you can flip through page by page rather than one that is folded and feels almost clunky. So now, I think my goal is to do more of a chapbook. Besides the bookbinding aspect, I mostly have my aesthetics picked out for my book. The only thing left for me to do is to figure out how many pages I want and which parts of my story to include.
I loved being in the art studio to work on our books, as I’ve made plenty of artists books so it’s super fun for me. It’s always fun to see the different styles and ways that you can format your book, so even if I kind of know what I’m doing, it’s always good to see more. I also already had my ideas for my book coming in to this studio time, as I’ve basically known since I wrote my story what I wanted it to look like and feel like. However, it was good to talk out my ideas and kind of see more aspects to bookmaking. One thing I decided, that instead of just doing white paper for everything, I want to use different colored and textured paper like Professor Gorham showed us in one of her book examples. To me, this will make my book even more interesting. As for the rest, I still want my story to be housed in a box and to alternate between story chunks and songs that I think fit my story. I have it perfectly pictured in my mind; I just can’t wait to actually start building it.
I really enjoyed being able to go to the art studio and learn about all the different techniques to making an artist book. Going into it I had no ideas on what I wanted my book to be, but after having time to brainstorm I came up with a few ideas on the direction I want to take. For my book I realized I want it to be more like a book you can flip through and I have some ideas for the actual story/images I want to incorporate but I’m still trying to brainstorm more of those aspects. I know I want to include paints somehow and a canvas since my story is based on a painter. I have never made an artist book before so I’m definitely still in the brainstorming process, but being able to go there and see up close some examples and techniques to do for the actual book making was very helpful and allowed me to actually come up with some ideas.
I didn’t know what I wanted to do coming into the art studio, but I left with endless ideas covering a piece of paper. I found it very helpful learning about the different binding techniques and how to do them. I had no idea how to bind my own book, and I found it very helpful to see the demonstration Professor Gorham gave us. It was interesting to see the different ways a book could be bound. I never put much thought into the actual binding of my artist’s book, but I now have a pretty good idea about the direction in which I intend to go. I want mine to be bound with stitch, as I really enjoyed the tidy aesthetic of those books. Now, I also have more ideas about the imagery I want to incorporate and how different colors and textures can be used to convey different emotions/different parts of my story. Overall, visiting the art studio made me even more excited to get started with my own book!
Going into the art studio for our first session of making our artist books was very helpful. I didn’t know what to expect since I had never even stepped foot into the art building until that day. I am not the best at making art, so I am a bit nervous on how my artist book will turn out. After listening to what Professor Gorham had to say about the different techniques on bookmaking, I felt better. Before coming into the art studio, I didn’t really give much thought behind my artist book, besides that I originally was going to do an accordion style book, but I wasn’t sure on what parts of my story I was going to incorporate into each page and which type of visual I was going to use as well. Now, after thinking about it some more, I want to do more of a traditional style book that you can just open and flip through. Overall, I have some type of aesthetics I want to use, as in the colors and texture, and bookbinding I like. However, I am still unsure of which story I want to use for my artist book.
When we went into the art building for the first time I had a small idea about what I wanted to do for my artist book. I have a better connection to my first story, so that is the one I am going with. Before going in I knew I wanted to do something with textures, colors, emotions, and words from the story that work together to convey the overall meaning and feeling of the story. Once we got in there and started seeing different types of books and different ideas of what the books can be really helped me see what I wanted to do. I loved the idea of the accordion style book, and I knew that I could stay with the idea I had with this style book. I am going to pursue this book style and see what I can add in order to make the feeling of my story come through. I think that the session with Prof. Gorham was really helpful and lead in in the right direction for the future of my book.
Prior to our class in the art studio, I was feeling very lost in terms of how I would make the book. When we got in there, though, I was given with solid options that I felt like I could do. I was worried that since I had such a foggy idea of what I wanted my artist book to look like, the art studio wouldn’t benefit me, but it helped me so much to just sit down with a piece of paper and brainstorm my ideas. I figured out what style of book I wanted to go for, what colors I wanted my book to have, and was able to start mapping out the scenes of the story that I wanted to focus on. The art studio was very beneficial to my process, even though I came in with nothing.
Going to the art studio was a lot of fun! I already had a general idea for what I wanted to do for my artists book and it was helpful being able to talk it over with friends, Jesse, and Professor Gorham. Unfortunately, there was not much for me to do in the class as I am not doing a traditional book, but I received a lot of help with the conceptualization of what my book will look like. I was also able to get some ideas about how to actually construct a knife block and how to incorporate my story into the book besides the look aspect.
The time spent at the art studio really helped me bring some of my ideas into focus. I had thought of a few ideas, but I hadn’t settled on anything until we had the time to plan things out. I’ve decided to make my book based on the first short story I wrote, which was about a depressed woman who starts seeing her children’s imaginations. I think I want to make the book look like a standard fantasy-esq novel, but I’m not quite sure yet. Someone at my table said it would be cool if I made a pop-up book, which makes sense with some of the themes of my story. Pop-up books are child-like and full of wonder, which is what is lacking in my character’s life. I didn’t get a lot of physical work done on the book, but I think I’m making more progress in figuring out what I’d like to do.
The first visit to the art studio with Professor Gorham was very helpful in my planning process of this project. It was very cool to watch and learn some of the different building techniques for types of books that I could make as well. I was able to come up with a few different ideas surrounding both of my stories to give myself some options to choose from. I have settled on creating my artist book based on my second story. This story begins with a car chase and has an underlying theme of driving and being on the move. My idea that I want to move forward with involves creating keychains that would be found on the keys of the main character Boston. I am hoping to include the keychains in the book itself with some supporting text on the page from the story.
I enjoyed my time at the art building because I have never made an artist book, so I liked hearing other people’s ideas and unique takes on their artists books. It helped me to clarify the aspects of the artist book I wanted to include in mine. Being able to visually see the papers, and book examples, helped me piece together my own. I am making my book on my first story, and I have formatted my artist book to be an expression of Grace’s thoughts as she goes through her cancer diagnosis, chemo, and then eventually her hospice and death. I want to include poetry and drawings to bring her to life.