Flecks of Light

Description:	The students did research on medieval pigments, because the names of the pigments are so evocative, and the process of making the pigments so onerous. I brought in books on the history of color, including color encyclopedias. We asked our painting professor to give a talk about how painters decide on colors in painting, especially when the images are abstract. We looked at books on Turner, Rothko, Sonia Delaunay, Malevich, and Diebenkorn. Next we looked at the difficulties of color printing, especially interesting since the students are so used to digital printers which so easily print in color.After long discussions and the making of several models, the students decided on their color palette: the rainbow. They were inspired by an origami-folded book and decided to choose that structure. They started printing colors on Mohawk Superfine cover paper and worked on the designs and texts for their own pages. Many of the pages had two and three, and even four press runs on one side. They used jigs to fold the paper, so that the paper could be scored first before folding in half, in half again, and on the diagonal. The gluing process had the dangerous potential of gluing together parts upside down, so we worked on gluing all of two parts together first, then four parts together, and so on.The book springs open, and so the magnets hold the pages together until you want to open it. The magnets are useful for when you want to hang the book for display: put a loop of string up high, and then just place the two magnets together around the string. It turns slowly in the breeze so that you can see both sides. When you close up the book, make sure the magnets are situated at the edge of the books so you dont get a dent in the cover. The ribbon slides so that you can do this.I-ART: Library has 81/92.
Origin:	2015
Created By:	Bence, Malia; Dorit, Marissa Remy; Eskilson, Christopher; Fahey, Sophie; Maryatt, Kitty; Tsui, Nelson
Publisher:	Claremont, Calif. : Scripps College Press, 2015.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/2362
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Color--Poetry. Student works California Claremont 2015. Poetry. Artists books California Claremont 2015. Accordion fold format (Binding) California 21st century. Artists books California. Typefaces (Type evidence) Goudy Modern. Linocuts California 21st century. accordion fold format mohawk superfine, museum cover boards, ribbon

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