Final Work and Evaluation

 

Throughout the project, I have really enjoyed working with paper and figuring out the logistics of constructing my book. I like the physical aspect of making images through doing things like screen printing and pottery, so paper cutting and making dioramas was another way to enjoy that. I liked researching into women of the wild west and also women of colour as it gave another perspective of that era. I feel that most scenes looked really good and were able to get the narrative across also I love how it folds out and you can turn it around to see the narrative so I think that my choice of style was good.  I wanted the colours to get lighter the further back they were to give a better appearance of distance in each scene. Working with paper cutting in the past inspired me to develop that further in this project by making it more 3D. I was inspired by artists such as Kathy Fahey and Jim Doran with their layered paper cuts and dioramas. My biggest influence was looking at carousel / star books as I thought they were a great alternative to just a normal book, yet they can still fold up and look like one. Some scenes are easier to see what is going on than others due to placement of each card piece or I think I needed to look more at the best angles to place things and people in order to get the best representations of what is happening.  I didn’t take into account the extra card I used to make the scenes so the cover doesn’t fit perfectly so that’s something to consider in the future.