Assignment Four

 With each book I make I love the craft more and more. Its certainly a test of my abilities, makes me think about my work in new ways. 

All that is to say that I enjoyed this project and I am satisfied with the results.  

I received a fascinating criticism, that the work could be expanded upon, could go further than what I had set up. I certainly agree. Formulating ideas for books I've found is exceedingly difficult, trying to juggle what is feasible with my limited skill set and time with my grand ideas. What I landed on I find fun, but ultimately somewhat shallow in concept. An exploration of a small clipping of paper, a piece of paper with limited context... the idea is there but I hadn't thought it out thoroughly. I was so preoccupied with following in the footsteps of LennOno humour and absurdity that I lost my own voice within it. 

Despite this, I still love my books. I love the colours, the simplistic yet not overly mulled over arrangement of words and images. Phrases that are nonsensical, but also maybe they aren't nonsensical at all. I say they are mostly random, but I like the idea of everyone who reads it extracting their own meaning. Says more about them than me or the books themselves. There even are small bits that make me laugh. This is what I like in a work and I did achieve that in my opinion. 

Here are pictures of the covers of each book, as well as the pages arranged in order, ready for print and assembly. 








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