Linkage.

I found this children's show called "Tinga Tinga Tales" I've decided to blog about it as the cartoon animals remind me of the animals that I have been making. In this cartoon the African animals were created in a non typical way, they are different colours with bright colourful patterns on them, just like the animal silhouettes that I have been making. Below is a link to a youtube clip of the opening of the cartoon.

Tinga Tinga Tales.

 

Bill Yardley.

My artist influnce is the late Bill Yardley, a very talented print maker who incorporated animals into his art. I chose him as I have a massive interest in printmaking that is growing every day, and because he based his work on animals such as foxes (my favourite animal) rabbits, sheep and owls. Bill studied at the North Oxford College of Art and at the Mid-Warwickshire College (School of Art and Design) and held a first class honours Diploma in Fine Art and a Diploma in Printmaking (Distinction)
He was also awarded an honorary Masters Degree from the University of Warwick.
 I like how his animals are indigionous to our own countryside. He uses almost muted colours in his works which I really like. The reason I chose him was because I am incorporating animals into my own work like he did.

Pop Up...

I have decided to make the book into a pop-up one. The pop-ups I plan to create will mainly be of animals. Because the book is composed of different recycled materials I have decided to incorporate the animals in the same way. The animals will be constructed from different recycled pieces of paper the same way the book is. I like the idea of having the pop-ups in a silhouette fashion.

Here are some page samples that the animal silhouettes will be made out of.

I began the process by drawing a template, in this case a deer onto thick card. Here I am carefully cutting out the shape with a craft knife.

This is the deer template, I plan to cover both sides of the card with this paisley design.

Here is the deer all decked out (:

Here are some I have done already they include two rabbits, a deer, it's antlers and a butterfly.

Entries.

Now that the book is finished its just a matter of fillin' it in. Reminders, doodles, song lyrics, magazine articals etc... Basically anything I feel like putting in my random book of anythingness.

Finito.

My book is finally finished! Get in! Here's an eyefull of my creation. I decorated the front and back of the cover with a maroon tissue paper that was wrapped around some clothes I bought online at Hollister hence the seagulls. I attempted to adhere a strip of gold leaf to the book but it was so difficult and finicky to attach that it didn't look very good so I just went with a strip of gold wrapper from a choclate bar instead. At the back of the book there is an elastic that can be stretched around to keep the front cover in place [I quite like that extra detail] I like that my book is 100% recycled, most of the pages within were scavenged for and would have ended up in the bin. So this is my "A Lot To Do About Nothing Book" hope everyone likes it as much as I do. (:

The front cover of my book.

The back cover of my book.

This is what the book looks like on the inside.

A look at the random pages within.

Brick Page.

Wood Page.

Stationary.

Right I've been looking at the book I made and I'm thinking it's more like a piece of stationary than a book. My piece is kind of interactive, because it's a jotter that you write in and not entirely just a piece of artwork.

I'm actually quite intrested in stationary, it's something we all need and use everyday. I think stationary doesn't have to be boring or drab like it so often is so I thought I'd show some cool examples of stationary with a twist.



Glueing The Pages.

Now that the cover has been completed, it's only a matter of glueing the pages into place. To begin I stacked the A5 pages together and proceeded to clip then into place with sturdy Bulldog Clips.

With the pages all held together its just a matter of using a paintbrush to glue along one side of the paper. This will require several layers of PVA and is very tedious (I'm not even certain that it'll work) Once the Layers of PVA are set, I'll apply a layer of hot glue from a gun and finally the outer layer of masking tape.

Overall the assignment seems to be going well. I have been using my time well juggling between course work, sociallising and working. I'm excited to see the finished piece and plan to do another entry later this evening.