One-on-one meeting times

Hi all! Here are the one-on-one schedules:

Tuesday: 

• 5:45-6:00 Brion 
• 6:15-6:30 Zakiah
• 6:30-6:45 Laura
• 6:45-7:00 Lauren
• 7:00-7:15 Wallace
• 7:15-7:30 Justin

Thursday:

• 5:30-5:40 Mariette
• 5:40-5:50 Austrie
• 5:50-6:00 Jaquetta
• 6:00-6:10 Charlene
• 6:10-6:20 Gary
• 6:20-6:30 Laurie
• 6:30-6:40 Christine
• 6:40-6:50 Lavonia
• 6:50-6:00 Egypt
• 7:00-7:10 Brianna
• 7:10-7:20 Jean

Homework Due Week of 4/25 + Open Studio Hours

Homework: This week, continue work on your final project (find assignment sheet/rubric here)

As a note, I will also be offering opening the classroom/studio for open studio hours this Sunday, April 24, from 1-4 p.m. I’ll be on hand to provide guidance, discuss ideas, or just give you the space to work on your project. Please remember you will need your Bee card to access the building.

Homework Due Week of 4.11

It’s time to begin work on the Final Project, so for this week, please do step one of the project. You can find details here:

Assignment Sheet

Rubric

Homework Due Week of 4/4

• Do some research online and find a book artist or two whose work you especially like. Make notes about what draws you in — material choices? themes? craftsmanship? creativity? Print out your notes and bring a hard copy to class (they can take the form of a short write up or a bulleted list)

Homework Due Week of 3.21 + video tutorials

• Finalize your midterm project. I encourage you to revisit the full assignment sheet to refresh yourself on all the details. Additionally, you’ll find the project evaluation questions here.

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Additionally, I wanted to remind you that each week I post any new handouts in the resources section of the website. I’ve just posted the handouts for adding an inset and making a cover for your single signature pamphlet. I’ve also created a series of video tutorials for hardcover pamphlets in case you need a reminder of any of the steps. Here are the latest links:

Adding a recess or inset: A look at how to add layers/texture to your cover through insets/windows.

Single Pamphlet Hardcover: Creating a cover for your simple pamphlet book.

I’ve also created a series of video tutorials for the single pamphlet hardcover style: 

Full cloth w/ inset part 1

Full cloth w/ inset part 2

Full cloth w/ inset part 3

Quarter cloth part 1

Quarter cloth part 2

Quarter cloth part 3

Homework Due Week of 3/7

• Find and bring in a small image to use as an inset on your pamphlet book. I’d recommend something in the 2″x2″ range.
• Complete Step 3 of the Project 1/midterm assignment.

Homework Due Week of 2.29

• Read “Ideas & Concepts” handout provided in class.
• Complete Step 2 of the Project 1/midterm assignment. In your project update, please make note of the layers of meaning (per the handout above) work together to further your concept.

Homework Due Week of 2.22

• Create a broadside using one of the techniques we learned today in class (watercolor, foam printing, etc.). You may select the writing (excerpts are fine) and the dimensions. I advise using a heavy weight paper for best results.
• Begin work on your midterm — you’ll need to complete step 1 by next week. See the assignment sheet for full details.
• Prep for next week:
  • Cut 4 strips of paper to 3″x9″ (do not fold them — we’ll do that in class next week). Bring in extra paper to use for hinges.

Homework Due Week of 2.15

• Read Lupton’s “Design Basics” handout. Pay particular attention to display and book types as well as cover design.
• Create a summer-themed book using one of the forms we learned in class this week + at least one of the summer haiku from Jack Kerouac*. For this project, you should:
  1. Layout the interior type in InDesign.
  2. Be sure to incorporate color and imagery (the imagery can be digital or added by hand).
  3. Pay special attention to the use of book and display type.
  4. Develop at least two drafts of the cover. Select the one you like best and use it for the final book, but bring all the versions into class so we can discuss the directions you considered.
• Prep materials for next class:

Tools Needed for Week 4 

• Bone folder
• X-acto knife
• Ruler

*SUMMER HAIKU

1. Blowing in an afternoon wind,
   on a white fence
   A cobweb
2. Man dying —
   Harbor lights
   On still water
3. “The wind agrees with me
   not the sun” —
   Washlines
4. The flowers don’t seem
   to mind
   the stupid May sunshine

Homework Due Week of 2.8

• Read the handout on the grid from Layout Essentials to learn about the use of grids in page design
• Using one of the forms we learned this week, make a winter-themed book, and be prepared to discuss the rationale behind your design decisions. Your book should be:
  • Based on one of Kerouac’s “Winter” haiku (below)
  • Designed using InDesign and around the grid
  • Incorporate imagery and color
• Prep the materials you will need for our next class:
  • 8 sheets of paper to be used in the pamphlet binding (all the same size). You may choose your own dimensions, but I recommend you do not cut sheets any smaller than 5×5. Be sure to consider grain
  • 10 sheets of paper for your stick book. You may choose the size, but I do not advise anything smaller than 5×5 or larger than 8×9. Consider the grain.
  • Cut 8 sheets of paper to 5″x4″, grain long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tools Required for Next Week

• bone folder
• thread
• needle
• awl
• x-acto knife
• ruler
• a pad of heavy weight paper or card stock, at least 9×12 and 90-125lb.

Winter Haiku

1. Two cars passing
   on the freeway
   — Husband and wife.
2. The clouds are
   following each other
   Into Eternity
3. Snow in my shoe
   Abandoned
   Sparrow’s nest
4. Kneedeep, teeth
   to the blizzard
   My cat gazing at me