Expanded Reader

University of Brighton: Final Year, Semester 1 (November 2021).

The process of making an anthology: a series of texts that links to one another based on a chosen theme. I chose to do mine about identity and self-expression. The brief asked to create an outcome, including copies. For this project I gathered my texts in an A5-sized, 40-page book; put together with three-hole sewing and hard covers. The content is a blend of printing, illustration, collage-making and incorporation of other visual elements.
Final outcome: book and two copies of it.
Final outcome: book and two copies of it.

A spread of a poster I put up in the studio (student responses, as a part of my research).

The book contains an envelope on the very last page, with loose visual elements that relate to the theme.

Initial ideas for the project.

Sketchbook: experimentation of individual text strips.

Sketchbook: experimentation of text strips (before).

Texts strips were copied, printed and illustrated with patterns drawn with a red marker (after).

Sketchbook: exploring different ways of communicating the texts.

I intended to add a layer of complexity to my design, by drawing patterns on it (identity is not always easy to understand). I chose red as it is a colour that draws attention.

I also cut out and glued red acetate paper to add on to the complexity of the design, in addition to explore other paper stocks.

Making of the book in Book Arts.

Measuring the covers and spine.

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