I have an edition due in November and I have been working towards it all year, knowing that my time this year was going to be bit hither and thither as they say.
From the beginning, I wanted to use a variety of techniques and imagery to pull together a small but hopefully sweet book. That meant I needed lots of time to do all of the processes.
Back here in February, I was looking for imagery and preparing solar plates. A week later I had cut pages and was printing.
Then there was the setting of type and deciding of internal pages and the layout of words...
The typefaces is tiny - 8pt - which means the individual pieces are tiny and the eyes do boggle a wee bit.
Here is the colophon before proofing. I found a mistake or two.
Loads of notes in my notebook thank goodness as there was often a rather lengthy time in between steps.
Printing the four lines of verse.
The paper was fairly lightweight - around 130gsm, so the impression of the type pushed through a bit more than I would have liked, distracting one from the words on the page, Not to worry, I just sat quietly for a bit and gently rubbed it all back down with a teflon bone folder.
And then I de-bossed, by hammering, a few initials here and there.
I folded the covers, which had been de-bossed using a collagraph plate way back when in January!
And then prepared the book section and once again, trimmed the foredges, this time by hand as the books are small (10cm x 10cm) and there weren't too many pages.
Isn't that just the loveliest image to sit with before I stitch?
From the beginning, I wanted to use a variety of techniques and imagery to pull together a small but hopefully sweet book. That meant I needed lots of time to do all of the processes.
Back here in February, I was looking for imagery and preparing solar plates. A week later I had cut pages and was printing.
Then there was the setting of type and deciding of internal pages and the layout of words...
The typefaces is tiny - 8pt - which means the individual pieces are tiny and the eyes do boggle a wee bit.
Here is the colophon before proofing. I found a mistake or two.
Loads of notes in my notebook thank goodness as there was often a rather lengthy time in between steps.
The paper was fairly lightweight - around 130gsm, so the impression of the type pushed through a bit more than I would have liked, distracting one from the words on the page, Not to worry, I just sat quietly for a bit and gently rubbed it all back down with a teflon bone folder.
And then I de-bossed, by hammering, a few initials here and there.
I folded the covers, which had been de-bossed using a collagraph plate way back when in January!
And then prepared the book section and once again, trimmed the foredges, this time by hand as the books are small (10cm x 10cm) and there weren't too many pages.
Isn't that just the loveliest image to sit with before I stitch?
the last image, yes ... like gentle swells in the sea ...
ReplyDeleteI went back and had a look Liz - and yes, like ripples and pebbles in the ocean almost. What a delightful eye you have! Go well.
Delete(((Fiona))) that 8 point type is lovely but gosh, I would have to work under a jeweler's lens to see it!
ReplyDeleteIt was most definitely a challenge Mo - I think it reads OK in the book tho. I wanted it to be quiet and to draw you in...My eyes have now recovered! Go well.
DeleteF - a lot of thought and skill in this wee book. B
ReplyDeleteThanks B - for a wee book there is lots involved!
Deletelovely..so subtle and elegant !
ReplyDeleteThanks Annick - simple and elegant I hope, and I like that it doesn't really show how many steps and processes have been involved...go well.
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