Week 17

What I did
Saturday Jan 28: [.5hr] Decided I want to just start making without thinking too much. So I did. Sketched details I remember about the docks and started pagination.
Sunday Jan 29: [3.5 hrs] 
Thinking about content for the booklets I want to make. I choose the site of the docks to start with.

Monday Jan 30: [1hr] Planning out pagination and sketching for woodblock ideas. Writing down on visual map.

Tuesday Jan 31: [5hrs]
Working on Docks booklet format. Decided on 4"x4.5" pages. Created a dock structure as a pop-up. I had decided that I wanted to seperate my writing into three different subsets: Intro-docks, mid-the fishflies, outro-swans.

Wednesday Feb 1: [.5hr] Spoke to Ana about different types of bookmaking paper that may work for my project. We also arranged for my to test print out the paper in the printers upstairs on Friday. Sketched out pagination and creating a list of goals for the next day.

Thursday Feb 2: [6hrs] 
Grids and more layout, spoke to Hannah and Stephanie. We discussed how the pop-up elements aren't aiding in the sequence. Suggestion for having single overarching pop-up as the intro for each location, perhaps having it included in the Slip case. That way, you begin with a general notion of place, then pick out specific details that "color"the scene. Spoke about cutting down the amount of locations since each will have a subsection as well. I'd rather pull out 3 really nice locational books than 5-6.
Started working on woodcut illustrations for fishflies subsection.

Friday Feb 3: [0hr (before noon)]

What I discovered 
My writing references memories, but it still holds a solitary feeling. It's as if one was thinking alone about their experiences in a location. After having a conversation with my professors, I feel like I'm heading in a good track. I can actually see a final product in my mind now.

Also, don't trap myself in a specific format.

What to do next
I need to have some layout for Friday to print out. I will then take that and do some woodblock prints on it. I want to have this prototype ready to show for Tuesday critique. I want to focus on one prototype to photograph for my postcards as well.