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Continue reading →: more fusion
Not so happy with the ‘r’ or ‘x’ yet…but I have an idea of how to change them…
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Continue reading →: a fusion of cultures
New direction for my thesis: a typeface that blends elements from my travels overseas with more western conceits. I looked through my photos and selected ones that had details that pleased me, whether they were details of a henna design, the flowing curves of a Sudanese tobe, or the inlaid…
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Continue reading →: the fragility of paper
We were asked to read an article called “Paper Paper, Skin and Body” by AIGA voice, and respond to it. I initially really liked the quote ‘paper is the skin for the tattoo of ink’ but instead I focused on the fragility of paper, and how that relates to books.…
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Continue reading →: art imitating life
A friend sent me this article the other day. It was pretty neat to watch how one typographer’s inspiration for a font came full circle. I think I might have my students read it and reflect…
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Continue reading →: fortune cookie fortunes
For my current project, I am designing a book in which the content consists of chinese fortune cookie fortunes that I have saved over the years. Some I kept because I liked them, others amused me because of how silly they were. My thought is to have as many pages…
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Continue reading →: an Echo Thrown: images
I finally remembered that I’d never posted pictures of the final versions of these books. So here they are. Click on any image to enarge.
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Welcome to Becca Making Faces, a blog that started out as a grad school project and has become a place where I post experiments in Japanese stab binding.
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