Design sheet explaining the process materials and textural qualities that i want to be involved with my second artifact an artist book. I want my concept to explore isolation by allowing the viewer to move through the book and pages that represent the layers of isolation and the way older people have felt trapped through this COVID19 pandemic both physically within the confines of their home and mentally. I have chosen to use hand made paper in this book as I believe it is representative of the brittle fragility of elderly people. this is also the same for the transparent crinkled papers. the stitching explores the same theme and pushes the idea of depth as it defines the layers between the pages. I am hoping I will be able to emphasise the distant loneliness by placing the isolated man on the bench at the end of the book so the viewer reveals him beneath the layers. this will be the end papers and the book will be concealed behind a hard back cover, potentially just saying the word isolation in letterpress.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 