AAD II, Assignment 3- Format selection, manufacture, and decisions

 Final selection of the contents were still based on the best photos, and best products from my previous portfolio.  I decided to do 10, and include 2 that were living:room works.  Pieces were still in progress and photographing them incomplete didn't make sense.  I chose a large drawing and a cast wax hand that could be easily photographed with good results (see below).

I did waver a bit on my idea and consider doing a saddle stitched booklet, but stuck with my A5 postcards (see below for a test spread from the booklet).

So I printed a test set, you'll have that, on light A5 paper.  It looked good but I thought it needed a start and end.  I thought, intaglio!  Package them up with string like a stack of old postcards.  I did a test print with the seed paper and it worked great.

I produced two etchings and printed them.  Not so good, errors on the plate, I thought the difference in plate and paper sizes would work, it doesn't.  Also, the paper which has stayed very flat after soaking, curled a lot.  Sadness ensued.

So, in the interest of time I set that aside.  I did go back and fix the typo, burnishing, regrounding, and re drawing, but did not get around to re-etching.  Maybe if in the next two days I find time?

So I went back to the drawing board.  Kennedy had gifted me some nice Japanese paper, and I decided to make an envelope.  Turns out most templates for A5 is for A5 folder, too small.  Found one, it was drawn in Illustrators with guides.  Guides don't print.  Finally found one, see below. I was able to get four envelopes out of the paper.

So packaging is done.  Slight pause to think about the 499 assignment.