Techniques & Processes

Researching the background behind making this style of book.

The front and back images of the Japanese Stab Stitch Hard Back book.

Pages evidenced from my Technical Journal

• Introduction to Bookworks/Bookbinding •

I found this workshop very interesting, as I have never done a workshop like this before. It has been very refreshing to learn something new, as well as something that I would never normally have thought to learn about.

In this workshop I produced two miniature books. One of which being the Japanese Stab Stitch with a hard cover - which I intended to use within my studio practice, however due to the closure of the art studios I haven’t been unable to.

Cyanotype workshop.

This image has been taken from:

https://twokitties.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/06/cyanotype-beach-four-kalaloch-peninsula.html

Unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful in finding out who the artist of this piece is. However, I will continue my search and update this post when I find out who the artist is.

I love the way in which this artist combines Cyanotype with text. Especially, by using book pages. This gives me great inspiration for some new ideas that I could explore within my own work.

Additional research into artists who work with the Cyanotype process.

This is the work of an artist called Linda Clark Johnson. I came across her work when researching this process on Pinterest. Her work stuck out to me, as it looks as though she has worked back into the prints. This is something I would like to explore within my own practice.

https://www.lindaclarkjohnson.com/cyanotype

Pages evidenced from my Technical Journal

• Cyanotype •

I found the Cyanotype technique to be very interesting. This was a skill that I wanted to take further within my studio practice.

Introduction to Illustrator #1

...Continued

Creating a pattern

1) To create a pattern on Illustrator you must firstly design a shape. This was done by using the skills demonstrated in the previous post, about creating different shapes. Preferably, you want to create a shape that would link in with its self when it becomes repeated as a pattern.

2) Once the shape has be created, it must be grouped in object. Then select ‘pattern’ and ‘make.’ Add this to ‘swatches.’

Introduction to Illustrator #1

1) To detach the small panels on the right hand side of the screen, click to open then drag the tool away from the panel.

2) To show the ruler on the screen, select view, rulers, show rulers.

• Using the ‘cmd’ button on the keyboard and scrolling, moved the page from side to side.

• ‘cmd’ & ‘o’ fits the page to the screen

• ‘cmd’ & ‘+’ allows you to zoom in

• ‘cmd’ & ‘-‘ allows you to zoom out

• By holding down the ‘shift’ button, this enables you to enlarge or descrease the size of a shape whilst being made, and keeping the proportions the same

3) Save the work regularly. File, save as. Save the work as a file on the desktop, then once the project has been completed, it can be saved to a memory stick.

4) Tools:

Ellipses tool - Allows you to create a circle

Polygon tool - Allows you to draw

Rectangle tool - Allows you to draw rectangles - if you click on the canvas, it enables you to put the desired dimensions for the rectangle.

5) To make text disappear/fade - select ‘stroke’ and change the weight to 0.25pt

This is the final video clip using the techniques learnt in the Moving Image #2 workshop.

Moving Image #2

• In this session I wanted to work on some video clips that I had taken myself. These clips are mini videos of my work that I have been working on in studio culture.

Key Steps

1) File, New, Sequence. To open a new timeline. As this allows elements of the video to be adjusted, without losing or ruining the original creation.

2) To apply different effects, they must be draged and dropped to the top right window.

• It a red line appears on the timeline, the added effects need to be rendered. (Render effects IN -OUT)

This is the finished clip from the introduction to moving image #1 workshop.

Introduction to Moving Image #1

These images show the basic process of creating a short video clip.

Both mp3 & mp4 can be edited using this software - Adobe Premier pro.

How to use Premier Pro:

1) Open ‘New Project’ and select ‘Editing’

• Screen layout

Bottom left - project panel

Top Left - Source window

Bottom Right - Timeline (with the moving image on the top and the audio on the bottom)

Top Right - The viewer, where the results can be seen/watched through.

Time bar is shown between the two screens.

2) Double click on the bottom left window and select ‘import’ This allows project videos and audio to be imported into the software, to allow you to select different ones for editing.

• Using the space bar on the keyboard allows you to play and stop the video.

3) Click and drag the video/audio clip up to the window in the top left to begin the editing process. In this window the in and out points of the clip required can be selected using ‘I’ and ‘O’ on the keyboard. Then drag the image to the bottom right window, where the timeline can be seen and adjusted.