Maps..

I had a talk with Lynne our tutor in class on Friday and she said I needed something to tie it all together. She liked the idea but it needed a link to make it work. She also said that there was too much going on and I was to pick just one object from each of the cities. For London I've picked the red telephone box, Dublin I picked the Guinness glass,  I picked the yellow taxi for New York, Sydney I picked the Opera House, Paris I picked the Eiffel Tower and for Tokyo Im not 100 per cent sure what object to pick.

I think I am going to do the book like a road map, the one thing that each of them had in common was public transport. So I picked there main methods of transport, Luas and Dart, The Subway, The Metro, The Underground, City Rail and  Tokyo Metro. I'm going to draw out the objects I had picked in the maps.How Im going to manage it, Im not sure and I dunno how well its going to turn out but anyway well give it a go.

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Draft

I put a rough draft of the book together today. The paper I used was out of an old journal I had. I ripped them out and then I ripped them in half. I like the rough edge I got from ripping the paper. I then punched the paper and tied the book together with pieces of string. I really like the rough edges and using the string, I think it adds to the scrap book concept.

I did a rough sketch of the front cover.

I started my first 2 pages.Having picked the cities I think im going to have New York as my first two pages. This is only my draft so I am just experimenting with it. More than likely it'll be completely different and hopefully it'll me more professional looking. 

I used the Georgia font writing New York City. I think it worked well so unless I come across another font that I find works better in the book I am going to stick to the Georgian font.

 I want to be able to slide the car across the page. Ive figured out how to do it but its difficult to more it back and forth so I am going to have to work out how to try and make it sturdier. 

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Cities Picked :)

I've finally picked the cities I want in my book. Once again a mind map was involved but I did pick them based on which of the cities I have visited and have loved and the ones I want to visit.

• New York
• Sydney
• Paris
• Dublin (well this one had to go in)
• London
• Tokyo

Once I picked the cities, I searched the internet for some interesting fact. I got 10 facts for each city and I got my sister and Mam to read through them and to pick the most interesting ones. I am going to use 3 or 4 anyway. Depends on how many I can fit on the page. 

I then went through each city again and I picked out some really obvious aspects of that city, for example I got the yellow cab for New York and the red telephone box for London. I want images that really stand out for that city, I want the reader to be able to know what city it is if there was no text. I then made a collage for each of these in my journal.  So I pretty much have all my research now to start my book. 

Oh and if there is something that reminds you of any of these cities or if you have an interesting fact please leave a comment. Thanks :) x

Ideas!

I was experimenting with different types of folding today. I still want to stick with the scrap book idea but Im thinking of adding a few pages like these below, to the scrap book just to make it a little bit more interesting and it will also let you become more involved in the book.

I drew on a picture of a New York skyline just to see how it would look in the book. I really liked the way it turned out and I definitely want to do something like it in the scrap book. 

When I was doing my research at the very beginning for the book I came across a page out of a book that I really liked. I love the delicateness in the page. 

I picked a few symbols for a few of the cities Im thinking about picking for the book and I tried to do this effect but it didn't turn out aswell as I had hoped it would of. I cut all around the flag, bar about 5cm on the left and right side. I cut all around the Guinness like i did for the flag but this time I left at bit attached at the top and the bottom. This was just to experiment and see how the picture would look like at the end.

  I want to use this in my book so I am going to keep playing around with this effect. :)

Research .

Today I spent most of the day looking up different types of book art. The books I found were very interesting and the creativity of some of them were amazing. So far they have given me a lot ideas that I could use for my book.

These Pictures were my favorite three. I really like the scrap book idea. I love the simplicity of it but yet it can be as creative and unique as you want to make it. From the research today I seen some really interesting book art and with the scrap book idea you can practically incorporate anything in to it. 

Today I also looked at different types of typography. I found the different styles of writing could say a lot about the type of book. The word 'fabric' in the first picture has a western air about it and 'Garden supplies' has a girlie/loose flow to it were as 'Whiskey' is bold and straight to the point. I havint decided what style of writing I am going to use, I think Im going to have the book just about ready to put together before I picj a style of writing.

As part of our contextual studies project, we are all to create a book. This book is completely up to us. It doesn't have to be your typical type of book, the different it is the better. As I was researching book art I can across an artist by the name of Brian Dettmer. He is known for detailed and innovated sculptures with books and other forms. Over the past few years he has been established as the leading contemporary artist in the world who works in book art. Here are some of his extraordinary books.

I found his work very inspiring and it has thought me that anything is possible. I was excited when we got the brief, but I was also nervous I have a habit of picking a theme that I don't fully enjoy so for this book I wanted it to be something special. I made endless amounts of mind maps but no idea really appealed to me. It was when I came across this image that I finally decided what I wanted the theme of my book to be about. 

My theme was to be about Cities of the world. I have always had a great interest in the big cities around the world and I hope to when I'm finished college is to travel. The themes sorted so I suppose now its back to the mind maps and research about what cities are going to be in the book and what type of book its going to be. :) x