I'M IN UR RECYCLING BIN, STEALING USED PAPER!

Planned to get down to the print room today to do some silk screen printing & book binding in preparation for this weekend's '12th International Book Fair' at Leeds University, where Vis Comm has a table. I spent much of yesterday and last night getting a cover for my hand bound jotters, experimenting with typography (so I can use it with my exploration of typography for the comm tech brief).



Not quite THIS, but I thought my work area resembled a real life photoshop layout (kind of) - but much easier to navigate!



I was taking inspiration from both 'Hand Job' by Mike Perry & 'Letters on America' by Edward Fella for more original ideas.

I got my final compositions together, scanned them in and stuck them on my USB stick, ready for printing;




The print room was dead so today was very nice & productive. I'm already familiar with the process of silk screen-printing, but Sarah down there kept a close eye on what I was doing and was able to give me tips on getting better prints.
We got talking about the letter press which Roger was inking up and I asked her how she felt about traditional print methods compared to the modern ones. One of the good things she said about letter press is that you have more freedom with the placement of your letters, unlike using a publishing program which work to invisible grids and can be hard to gain complete control over.

Screen printed covers - front & back...






Woah! Some fold out pages!..



Some maths paper! - (best for drawing robots on!)



and NO WAY - Lined paper!!?



The other pages are paper taken from various waste paper boxes around college, folded in half so only plain paper is seen, then sewn down the open end - a la...



DING DONG!!

Come to the book fair and I gis you good price!!