OUGD504 PRODUCTION CRIT

In my crit I shared my current ideas for production. I showed my binding options, materials I could use and also different metals that I could use. I was then given some decent feedback from my group and perhaps a few other techniques I might try.

• Make box - outside sleeve - box or coffin shape
• hard back - emboss
• etch
• good binding method
• emboss into the metal?
• leave marks when covering with chosen material for cover?
• good relation to topic - well considered
• look into metal workshop
• good research which aids production

I think the most important advice I go here was to try a hard back cover alternative. This would reflect the gravestones heaviness and weight really well. It would also be easier to place the metal inside the book. I will try embossing some harder material along with other materials to experiment with the cover design. An issue that came up was that when I place the metal sheet behind the cover it would raise my de-boss. I'd have to craft the metal sheet around that type somehow. Other then this everyone supported most of my ideas and said to continue with it.

I was stuck between two titles for the book which was important as I had to put something on the front in my chosen type. The first title idea was taken from the quote I found previously by Lawrence Weaver. It ended with 'a new terror to death' which is basically stating exactly what Im showing within the concept. The other title I thought of was 'in loving memory of' which can be found on a cast majority of gravestones. When I was sourcing my photos for the content I saw this quote on a lot of graves, almost all of them and found it quite fitting as the book is about a dead art. The book is 'in loving memory of' memorial masonry. My group decided that that was the better title and should be used.