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Bookbinding by SeungYeon Sarah Lee, RISD '13 |
For Freshmen Foundation Design(2D) Class in spring, (Spring, 2010), with Nicole Juen, the final project was to make a book about myself. We did a couple bookbinding and paper making sessions throughout the course, and as a final project we were to make the book and fill in the book with our stories as well.
I didn't have a clue about what I wanted to fill the pages of the book with, or any idea of what the book should look like. So I just started mixing up some fabric ink that I had left from Drawing Class and dipped wet paper. I didn't use good paper to start with, I just ripped pages from my first semester English textbook that I was about to throw out, in case I didn't like the ink. Contrary to my concerns, the pages turned out pretty well. The way the blue was dyed irregularly reminded me of the sea, and I decided to use these pages directly from a paperback book. After 2-3 sittings of dyeing, I was able to get about 70 pages dyed in a gradation. Then I sorted out 50 pages that worked well together.
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Paper Dyed in Fabric Ink |
Deciding that the theme of my book to be the sea, I wanted to represent myself as a little boat lost in the sea, unsure of the future but experimenting and trying to move forward. I cut square subsequently smaller in the middle of the page, and in the inside of the back cover of the book, I made a boat, so that it will show once you open the front cover of the book.
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When you open the Front page... |
I binded the book using the wire-o-binding method. Then circled words that are important to me with white acrylic paint.
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You can close the book by wrapping the strap around the Oar |
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The Sea |
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Boat reveals it's position clearer as you flip the pages. |
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Towards the end |
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The Little Boat at the End of the Book |
materials: bookbinder's board, fabric ink, paperback book, acrylic paint, wire-o, yarn,
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