I wanted to make my endpapers for my final artifact a bit more interesting than just black hand made paper. I decided to etch a drawing on the old man. This man I have been using through my bowl, video and second artifact so I found it fitting that he should be placed at The end of my book. I wanted to make him seem small and vulnerable so I played around with the scale in order to find the best fit for the book block as well as the best size to represent the feeling of being small, isolated and vulnerable. In reflection this was interesting as I had trouble matching up the images and took me a couple of attempts to realise everything i was drawing and printing had to be reversed so that it was in the correct placement on the page. I think this was successful and a small detail that adds to the overall outcome of the book.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 