Informational Project: No Pain, No Gain

I haven't blogged in a while due to the sheer amount of work I've been trying to finish (or in some cases put off till last minute) but one in particular has been a real pain.. literally.

For an informational project based on Fish I've been stencilling and cutting out cards (like trump cards) with the picture of them on the front and a scaly reverse. It's been pretty time consuming and finally, now that I've lost all sensation in the tip of my right index finger, along with some skin on my middle finger and thumb... I'm almost done!

Here's a little glimpse of what I'm up to and why my hands are in such bad condition at the moment. 

Please excuse the bad quality photos, I don't have time to take fancy ones!

I've been using masking tape on my hands to protect my skin and reduce the pain in my fingers!

A small preview of the back of the cards

Step by Step Video of Bookmaking Project

Here's the video relating to the post below! As promised! :)

Book Making Catch-Up: Stencilling work

I came home today from a week away from pretty much all of my work and as nice as it was, I knew how much I had to come back and finish. The first thing I picked up today though was my old Book making brief for our first assignment, which was to re-style a book in a sense based around the theme of 'Point'. Mine (which there will be a video for soon, to show the process) bases itself around Points around the world. 

I've cut out the centre of an atlas and the stencils pictured below are going to be positioned correctly to make up their respective images within the hole. It'll then be put onto a wire and that will enable the stencil wheel to spin. 

ANYWAY!!! These are the stencils in their various layers and forms and then at the bottom I've layered them digitally (and adjusted the colours) for you to have some idea of what it's going to look like and what bits of each layer go where! I'm not sure if my final presentation will have anything other than white card though, I dont really like the colour. 

Final layered image makes up 5 famous landmarks:
- London Eye, England
- Sphynx, Egypt
- Eiffel Tower, Paris
- Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles
- Great Wall of China, China