Project 2a: Old School

For this task I had to make a landscape format 20 page saddle-stitched book with 5mm diameter holes alongside the right side of the cover.

For this task I had to make a portrait format 12 page stab-stitched book.

For this task I had to make a perfect bound book with a spine that was at least 5mm thick.

For this task I had to window mount a postcard behind an A4 piece of mounting card.

For this task I had to surface mount six postcards, in the same orientation, onto an A2 sheet of mid grey card.

For this task I had to flat mount a piece of coloured card, 210mm x 90mm, onto a piece of foamcore.

For this task, using a pen, I had to draw the outline of a 40mm square onto a piece of layout paper, directly in the middle of the sheet. The paper had to be kept in pristine condition, meaning that the only marks allowed on the paper were the pen markings.

For this task I had to emboss a circle, square and equilateral triangle, 45mm high, share a baseline and be centered, onto an A4 piece of cartridge paper.

For this task I had to carve out a perfect circle, with a 40mm radius and centred on the page, from an A4 piece of cartridge paper.

For this task I had to cut the word SHOP out of thin grey card and mount it on an A3 sheet of cartridge paper. The letters had to be 80mm high, be carefully spaced on a common baseline and the font to be used was Rockwell Extra Bold.

For this task I had to create my own paper carving, being A5 in size.

For this task, using cartridge paper, I had to make three 3D shapes: a perfect cube, pyramid and cylinder.

For this task, using black paper, I had to make a 3D letter R using the Rockwell Extra Bold font. The dimensions had to be 130mm high and 35mm deep.

For this task I had to create and experiment with paper cutting and folding techniques and take well lit photographs of them.

For this task I had to create a pop-up book based on a well known saying. The book had to be A3 when opened and A4 when closed and be made primarily using coloured card.

Overall I learned that making things can be very time consuming and difficult, however, taking time on each creation will be rewarding and will be reflected upon the effort put into the work. I also learned that paper can be used in many creative ways and exploring these ways can help expand my artistic knowledge.