When I was trying to think of titles, my dad mentioned InnerVisions album by Stevie Wonder… I liked the name so much that I kept it as Innervision… I don’t like how I inked the title on the cover. I think it looked better without the title on it at all, but I guess it needs to have one. I also wrote a little blurb I made up on the front page. I don’t really think I like it.

The pages are two 20×30 sheets folded into a 16 page single sheet fold, then cut and glued together for an accurate number of pages.

The images are artsy photos of my friends that I took last spring that I wanted to incorporate into a project. You can see some of them in the gallery. I printed them out on heavy weight vellum, and “framed” them in the pages. When you’re looking at the book in the light and you turn the page, you can see the photo from the other side of the page as well. It makes me think of stained glass.

I studded the curve and parts of the spine to add some texture.

Okay I don’t drink coffee, but our latest project was to create a book out of “found” objects. Which means, I could make the book out of anything. So I saved my lunch bags for the week, and saved a cup from one of my chai’s, and whipped up a book monday evening as fast as I could.

The cup opens up after removing the.. holder thingy… And five scroll “pages” are rolled up inside, with their tops decorated with white crepe paper to look like latte. On each page is a poem about coffee which I found here (credit is of course given.) they are attached to coffee stirrers and fastened to the back of the cup.

I think it’s cute.

You know what that means (at least anybody who goes to school knows what that means): STRESS.

Especially when you’re somewhat of a procrastinator. Well I managed to crank out this book. The theme of my book is a secret journal. None of the letters and journal entries are addressed, and there is no titling on the pages or envelopes.. Which means i can throw away all my secrets in case someone wants to look at my book.

It has a secret piano hinge. A bamboo rod holds it together, and when you pull the rod out, it opens into an accordion which will reveal something more, such as an image, or the end of a story, etc. The pages are actually envelopes that are stitched into place, and folded up into themselves to make the pockets. The flaps are held down through a slit. The cover is made out of “leather like” burgundy brown thick paper, and the hinge is made out of fancy silk paper, which reminds me a lot like fabric. The accordion is also made of the same fancy silk paper, and the envelopes are “indian batik” in ivory. They look aged.

Originally I wanted to add some metal accents and it was supposed to be a metal rod that holds the book closed, however being a procrastinator, I didn’t have time. I wanted to use leather as well, to give it an old journal feel. Again, I’m a procrastinator and none of that was accomplished. I didn’t even get some of the materials I had to order until the monday before it was due in San Francisco. (I live across the country from San Francisco.)

This is my next book. It’s a 5 stitch pamphlet. We were supposed use 5 random words for content and inspiration. Since I’m bad at being random…. Instead I painted pictures, then decided what the pictures were and drew them in.

I think it’s cute. It’s all leftover paper from my printmaking class ages ago.

So for my Digital Imaging class I had to come up with a stand-alone image showing what something in our future would be like. Someone did a computer in a small hand-held sphere, another did a television embedded in a contact lens with the remote embedded in your palm. And another student did a robotic hand that would be able to help you with anything, like folding laundry. There were a lot of clever ideas.

Mine was, underdone in my opinion. Only because I didn’t get to have a person riding the Vespa that I was photoshopping. If I could post my classmates work here I would, but I can’t, so I won’t. And I’ll just show you mine. It’s supposed to be a Vespa powered by electric and motorized by a jet-like-engine, and it doesn’t roll. The force and angle of the engine lift the Vespa off the ground like a hovercraft. Eco- and City- friendly.

We get to revise our images according to our teachers critiques this week. So next Tuesday I should have an updated version. We’ll see!