Sunday, April 26, 2009
Question 3: Book Cover
I'm having a hard time designing the cover of my book. Because it will be made of rough handmade paper, I'll print the title and back description on a label. I'd also like the cover to include actual samples of some papers that are inside the book. Right now, the label and samples aren't working well together, probably because they are both squares that are similar sizes. Any ideas on what I can do? Should I abandon this idea?
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Why don'y you capitalize on the similarity of the sizes of each paper sample, and create a square grid with 16 or 25 or so samples of each paper, on the actual cover? You can make each sample the exact same size, and it will look like a nice mosaic with the contrast of the different paper colours and textures. But at least that way you will have a more organized format to give readers a 'taste' of the papers on the cover. You could frame it flush, so that the samples cover both the front and the back cover, and the labels just sit on top. That, I think, would look appetizing to paper fetishers.
ReplyDeleteI think that you could have your collage of paper and then you could use that stamping technique that we learned on Friday (I can't remember what it was called!) That could probably go solidly through the rough paper. I think it would be a really nice combination of textures, the press type and the paper.
ReplyDeleteHey I was just thinking it would be cool if you cut out a hand from some handmade paper and had the left hand on the front and right on the back or something like that? It would really drive the concept home and be pretty interesting to look at. Then the type could be either on or around the hands.
ReplyDeleteOkay, just throwing this out there, but since the book is comprised of handmade paper, why not do something different for the cover? You don’t necessarily have to have a paper cover all because your book is made up of paper samples. Also, if you really wanted to have a paper cover, why not try a material made from paper? There are some papers made from t-shirt cutoffs, some from old blue jeans, others from recycled linen sheets. It could be a different way of showing paper, and add something different to the cover of the book.
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