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Developing the Bridget Riley inspired Fish Puppet

To be completed

Bookbinding and printing on buckram

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Book Binding Pamphlet Stitch Stitched book, uses odd number of holes and bookbinding cotton. 9 sheets (1 coloured 8 plain). 8 sheets for book one used as jig. Tools - awl, needle, knife, ruler and cutting mat. Pamphlet Stitch Book Stitching tied in middle Stiches show on spine of book Japanese Slab Stitch Stitched book, and bookbinding cotton. 9 sheets (2 coloured 7 plain). 8 sheets for book one used as jig. Tools - awl, needle, knife, ruler and cutting mat. Japanese Stab Stitch Stitches on outside Concertina Book Glued book with book covers on front and back. 1 long sheet folded to create pages, grey board and buckram. Tools - Glue knife, ruler and cutting mat. Concertina Book Paper folded to create concertina Other Books I've Made Different style of concertina book Pamphlet made with coloured paper Pamphlet stitch made with mono printed paper

Laser Cut Patterns

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I designed alternative backgrounds for my shadow puppet in Illustrator and cut them on the laser cutter. As I can no longer use the light studio I decided to look at alternative uses for the grids. Wave Grid for laser cutting Straight Grid for laser cutting Creating Repeat Patterns with grids Creating Repeat Patterns with grids Creating Repeat Patterns Creating Repeat Patterns Creating repeat patterns Creating Repeat Patterns                      I was so happy with these I decided to attempt to create more on Illustrator. Illustrator Patterns Illustrator coloured patterns Illustrator coloured patterns Illustrator coloured patterns Illustrator coloured patterns Illustrator coloured patterns I really enjoyed this process. It was inspired by the fact I am now unable to use the lighting studio and also the fashion workshop with Susie, when we were using random objects to create shapes and then create patter