Swatchbook
March 21, 2021 4:09 PM Subscribe
One of the things I miss about print production is playing with halftones. Even with my eyesight getting as bad as it is, I would need much longer arms for these color swatches to be useful. But they are beautiful and fun and funny. Talk about committment to a project, though!
posted by rikschell at 4:55 PM on March 21, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by rikschell at 4:55 PM on March 21, 2021 [2 favorites]
The whole book is designed in InDesign, so it's first digital and then handmade.
If I had a color printer, I'd print out an image just to keep it going. And then maybe embroider over it, I dunno.
posted by clew at 5:00 PM on March 21, 2021 [1 favorite]
If I had a color printer, I'd print out an image just to keep it going. And then maybe embroider over it, I dunno.
posted by clew at 5:00 PM on March 21, 2021 [1 favorite]
Both the finished book and the dedication to finish the book are impressive.
And here I am, sitting on the couch thinking it's too much trouble to mend my jeans.
posted by donpardo at 6:28 PM on March 21, 2021 [8 favorites]
And here I am, sitting on the couch thinking it's too much trouble to mend my jeans.
posted by donpardo at 6:28 PM on March 21, 2021 [8 favorites]
I want this more than pretty much anything I've ever wanted, except possibly the two kids I have. But I really REALLY love my kids.
posted by erinfern at 6:46 PM on March 21, 2021
posted by erinfern at 6:46 PM on March 21, 2021
Dear me from twenty minutes ago: that period is a thousands separator, not a decimal point; the last number is the largest number and there is no such thing as a milli-stitch.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 7:16 PM on March 21, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 7:16 PM on March 21, 2021 [4 favorites]
I don't understand, these look nothing like cheap 80's fashion wrist timepieces...
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:56 PM on March 21, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:56 PM on March 21, 2021 [2 favorites]
This book is about print, but printed without a trace of ink.
It is a personal project that I have been slowly working on past 6 years. This massive project brings together my love for book design and my experimental approach to craft.
Very interesting, demonstrating the crossover between art and function.
But then we get into the subjective -- what exactly is blue? At what point is it green-blue, or violet-blue, or grey-blue? And why do we use the same descriptor for the color of the clear sky at midday, the color of certain birds (bluebirds and blue jays are not the same color), and the color of one part of the rainbow? Are blue eyes actually blue?
So many questions, so many limitations in the words we use and the way we perceive the world around us.
posted by TrishaU at 7:57 PM on March 21, 2021
It is a personal project that I have been slowly working on past 6 years. This massive project brings together my love for book design and my experimental approach to craft.
Very interesting, demonstrating the crossover between art and function.
But then we get into the subjective -- what exactly is blue? At what point is it green-blue, or violet-blue, or grey-blue? And why do we use the same descriptor for the color of the clear sky at midday, the color of certain birds (bluebirds and blue jays are not the same color), and the color of one part of the rainbow? Are blue eyes actually blue?
So many questions, so many limitations in the words we use and the way we perceive the world around us.
posted by TrishaU at 7:57 PM on March 21, 2021
this rules
posted by DoctorFedora at 10:03 PM on March 21, 2021
posted by DoctorFedora at 10:03 PM on March 21, 2021
Surprisingly beautiful & fascinating. Reminds me of Grunbaum & Shephard’s mesmerizing book, Tiling & Patterns... only without the proofs... and with stitches.
posted by brambleboy at 12:43 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by brambleboy at 12:43 AM on March 22, 2021
This is magnificent! And made my eyes go a bit funny...
posted by Fuchsoid at 5:44 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by Fuchsoid at 5:44 AM on March 22, 2021
Thank you for the link! I teach art and design and work with a married couple composed of a print designer and a book artist. I sent them the link!
posted by Tchozz at 5:58 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by Tchozz at 5:58 AM on March 22, 2021
My favourite part of this is the pictures of the backs of the pages.
posted by jacquilynne at 6:05 AM on March 22, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 6:05 AM on March 22, 2021 [2 favorites]
This is impossibly delightful. Thank you so much for posting it.
posted by kalimac at 7:20 AM on March 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by kalimac at 7:20 AM on March 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
Yeah I just (very ugly-fully) darned a couple socks that are just too comfortable and worn in to toss, it's not hard, remembering to get the right thread and needle is the hard part, but omg keeping the colors straight for just one page, I can not imagine.
posted by sammyo at 7:53 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by sammyo at 7:53 AM on March 22, 2021
huh, i wished i could pinch in to see it smaller, or as someone else said, grow longer arms.
posted by elgee at 8:19 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by elgee at 8:19 AM on March 22, 2021
I love that. It seems like the sort of thing the Renwick Gallery would acquire if she were from the US, so I wonder if there's a museum interested (and if she'd be interested in letting them have it, which, well, maybe she wouldn't).
posted by fedward at 8:56 AM on March 22, 2021
posted by fedward at 8:56 AM on March 22, 2021
This is terrific, thanks for posting! It gives me all kinds of ideas for my slapdash darning & mending jobs.
posted by winesong at 1:19 PM on March 22, 2021
posted by winesong at 1:19 PM on March 22, 2021
Holy shit I love this. Wonderful concept and wonderful execution. There's something really compelling to me about playing with halftone printing outside the context of, y'know, actual halftone printing, and I think this may be my favorite thing I've ever seen riffing on that. Also really like that it spills right over into bookbinding in the process, because why not at that point.
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on March 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on March 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
It's 1992 and I'm running the demo animation that came with our new graphics card. The colors are so amazing I call everyone in the family over to our PC, and we watch it several times in a row. I'll go on to be vaguely disappointed that nothing else we run on that machine ever looks as good.
posted by traveler_ at 3:18 PM on March 22, 2021
posted by traveler_ at 3:18 PM on March 22, 2021
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