Exhibition Text:
Real In My Book
9in x 8.5 in
Book Art, Photoshop
November 25, 2016
About two years ago my interest for reading book were so high. I enjoyed reading in my free time, I read The Twilight series, and The Hunger Game series and small short books. I stopped reading because I had a pile of homework to finish, a job and I was also practicing soccer. I always thought a book was to read , analyze the author and it's way of writing. When I entered art, I was introduced to many mediums, though while researching I discovered art in books. Not only are the words empelling but the art that can be done with or in them. This art piece shows how art can be done in books.
9in x 8.5 in
Book Art, Photoshop
November 25, 2016
About two years ago my interest for reading book were so high. I enjoyed reading in my free time, I read The Twilight series, and The Hunger Game series and small short books. I stopped reading because I had a pile of homework to finish, a job and I was also practicing soccer. I always thought a book was to read , analyze the author and it's way of writing. When I entered art, I was introduced to many mediums, though while researching I discovered art in books. Not only are the words empelling but the art that can be done with or in them. This art piece shows how art can be done in books.
Process:
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The highlight of my process was research. Research has always been a struggle, since I didn't know what to look for or how to organize. Thought that only happened when I wasn't interested in the subject. I've seen this type of mediums in Tumblr and Instagram. I always thought it was abstract art, and always wondered how to make an art book.
Anyways for my process I started of by searching ideas, because I thought making the template would not take long. I found many examples to get inspiration from, easy part. I found many ways on how to make a template using Illustrator or Photoshop. I tried folling the steps and doing it correctly, although it wasn't accurate. I found a website with more explicit and detailed steps, which helped me ! I did a template, up to 600 pages. I went up to 600 because I wasn't sure of the book I would find. In my research, I found that the more pages a book has the more detail the word or drawing is going to show. BUT it will take longer. I chose a book with 501 pages, enough pages for a small word. I wasn't sure if it should be a drawing or a word. I chose a word because the drawing seemed more for experts or who have experience. For my first time I chose a word, " real" |
I got inspired from the same medium 'art book' but the art or result was different. I learned many types of artwork and local artists. Robert The, used a book in a different way. He cuts a chunck (picture) and connects it the rest of the book. Behind the art piece; to give life to vandalized books. Cara Barer 's art piece is similar to mine, she didn't accurately fold the pages, she curved them. Her artpiece did well hiding where the book was, it took me a minute to figure out where the book way coming from. Guy Laramee's artpiece really caught my eyes and mind, I was amazed on his idea. To pile books and cutting a part of them, and turning them into landscapes, mountaing ranges, canyon ruts. All the artists mentioned above really inspired me to continue with my idea. The web also inspired me such as Instagram and WEHEARTIT, I couldn't find the name of the artists, just their artwork.
Meaning:
Throughout my years of highschool, which by the way I'm a senior; many friendships were started and ended. At first , freshman year, I thought of being friends with everyone so I'm not lonely. However, my mentality changed. I was friends with the wrong people, being negatively and falsely talked about wasn't what I wanted nor expected. It also didn't boost my confidence, it made it worse, I kept thinking about how I could change it or hide it. As a normal teenager I met guys who I found attractive and felt the same way towards me. But, they didn't keep real with me, either led me on, told me lies, or both at the same time. All these lessons have taught me to be real and kind . It can be possible, to say the truth without harshly hurting a peer, family member or friend's feelings. I'm almost 18, the year is 2016, I 'm old and gaining responsibilities and having my days fully scheduled. I couldn't hesitate more about how I don't have time to be wasted. My free time must be spent with my siblings and those who appreciate me and respect me. I only desire real in my book from now on.
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Reflection:
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ACT Questions:
1. The cause and effect between my artpiece and inspiration is the medium, book art. It's manupulated differently, but the art is in the book. Either by cutting or folding. If the pages are folded, the results are either a word or a picture. In my case it's a word.
2. To use abandoned books, use them for something special. Instead of having a book in bookshelf, do art in them.
3. I've discovered book art. I expanded my knowledge, because I never knew art book existed. Also, I didn't figure it was common, and that it went as far as cutting and painting.
4. The central idea was to again challenge myself and actually do it. I've seen so many book art in social media. All I would say "That seems difficult I want to do it" I would never do it, but finally I had the chance to.
5. As I was doing my research I discovered how art is highly connected to technology, in order for the process to be more fluent. I was highly challenged when using photoshop and Illustrator. I didn't think it was that useful, however it is.