For my latest meeting with Stella, I showed her my last dummy books, as well as a digital copy of my eighth dummy book; she stated that the images work nicely together, but I should consider full gloss for the full spread conceptual images, as it goes well with the aesthetic.
For the grey abstract images in my eighth dummy book, due to how I've laid them out, she said it would interesting to print them separately on tracing paper or acetate, and overlay them on the images; this will create a space within a space, which also connects with the displacement theme and creates agitation in the work.
Furthermore- we discussed what type of book would work well for this project (e.g. hardcover, softcover etc.), and we both agreed that a zine would be interesting due to its flimsy and easily breakable nature, linking in with the idea of displacement and memory.
Finally, she gave me bookbinders and book websites to see how other artists have laid their work out, and look at items that can help with making books. She also said to play around with spacing in my text, in particular the word 'I'; when I presented the book to her I forgot to capitalise I in the text, but she said that if I left it as it is and spaced it out in the sentence, it would reflect the loneliness and displacement I feel.
Overall it was really helpful to receive feedback and collaborate on how to improve the book; I am looking forward to using the feedback that's been given today and develop my latest dummy book even further.
