Exploring Shadows.

Once I had finished the cut-out of Dinant, I thought some interesting results could be found through experimenting with light and shadows. So in a dark room and using a small candle I photographed the map I made.

First Cut-out Map.

For the first paper cut-out map I did, I used the small street map from the Dinant booklet. I like how the few buildings there are curve along the river.


More Miniature Souvenir Postcards.

Miniature Souvenir Postcards.

More Old Maps.

I also found an old pocket street map for the Belgian city of Bruges. This has a more thorough street map which I have found useful to work from.

Old Maps.

Instead if using Google Maps like I did for the Site Project, I looked for some old street maps in second-hand bookshops. I found pocket street maps for tourists visiting European towns and cities. I found a small booklet for the Belgian town of Dinant which has a basic map with illustrations on the back cover.

Bookbinding workshop.

Recently I attended a bookbinding workshop by Hilary Judd, artist and lecturer. To start we were shown the basics of folding paper in different ways to create fast and esay books.

Then we made our own notebooks from old envelopes. Envelopes from bank statements or phone bills are cut along 3 edges and folded over, so the inside print is out. Placed into an order we liked, we stitched through with bookbiding thread and then the notebooks were guillotined for neat edges.

Lastly we made small concertina books covered in book cloth.