My lower case is complete - Here is Elva...and here is the text as a proper text block.I feel that for poetry or prose that is written with musicality, a font that requires a little concentration is good. It helps you read slowly and enjoy the fine writing.Elva's father said he thought I need to have a few more characters if I'm to name the font Elva, with umlautsbecause after all, Elva is Swedish.Cheeekeee!Share|| … [Read more...]
Rope of Words 7 – Collograph 4
So, Horatio? Into the Gap!This is my Artist's Book year and I am determined to research it thoroughly. I have now investigated collograph, spent many days on it, been disappointed and guess what?While I was screenprinting my family surname document, I was waiting for the screen to dry and started chatting to the technician. I said I thought running an un-inked plate to emboss might be better, so we tried it.te Dummmm...this has possibilities!(I will need to increase the depth and sort out the … [Read more...]
Rope of Words 6 – Collograph 3
Just as in the story, Rope of Words, I have to persist to achieve my goals.I have printed my plates and quite frankly, I am disappointed. Please ignore the awful design - it was an experiment!It's too monochromatic for the story.It is not suitable for fine detail or crisp letterformsIt is very hit and miss with inking up and printing. By the time I am ready to collograph, each folio will have been screen printed on two sides and could easily have undergone 8 screenings per folio on both sides. … [Read more...]
Rope of Words 3 – thumbnails
My script has 10 chapters and is an adult fantasy story, so I thought an intro. illustration + 10 + cover is ambitious enough (although 22 illustrations would be nicer).If I use heavy paper such as Somerset Satin 300gsm, I think I could have one folio per "section" of the book. Each page would be between A4 and A3 in size.Here is the first thumbnail of a possible layout of a typical folioPage size: 28cm X 34.5cm.margins: 3cm on sides, 2cm at top, 5cm at base.I don't think I'll go for the 15mm on … [Read more...]
Rope of Words 2
My first thought for illustration of the Artists' book is to use Collograph. My experience has been to try it once on a one-day course which I went to because my computer workshop was cancelled!So here is "Head"What is collograph?Okay, in a nutshell! (more in due course):It is like etching in that a plate is inked up and off-set prints are made from it.Etched plates are metal and are engraved using acid, but collograph plates are made of cardboard such as mountboard.The cardboard plate has thin … [Read more...]