finis

You know you're really done with thesis when your grandmother has approved it.

synonyms - work in progress

synonyms - work in progress

all business and no play...

Finished the design for my business cards. Picked up films yesterday and made plates. Ready to letterpress later today.

This most likely won't be the colors. Will be printed on Crane Lettra 220 Pearl White.

synonyms - work in progress

Option A

Option B

Will be screenprinted with a split fountain (gradient). Only two films will be required. Ordered French Paper Speckletone Sand 80lb cover. Unfortunately 100lb cover isn't available in the Sand color.

Sketch for submarine sandwich synonyms.

expenses itemized

Good Impressions
10 sheets Crane Lettra 220 Pearl White, $58.14.

Photo polymer from Boxcar Press, $43.54

Films from Alpha Graphics, $13.52

= 120.20

Alpha-Mail/Consonants & Vowels
Chipboard for both, $94.12

500 A-7 Speckletone Kraft envelopes, $59.20

3400 yards baker's twine, $18.15

= $171.47

Opposites Attract
Magnet board and chalkboard paint, $16.41

Magnets to test, $34.44

Magnets to use, $76.70

Plumbers putty, $7

Plasti Dip, $14

= ~$152.55

What do you call it?
French Paper, $30.70

Exhibition
Metal shelf, $148.40

Cork, $11(?)

Multiple small frames, ?? (still need to find)

=~$159.40

Total
~$515

thesis is expensive

Ugh. Thesis is getting expensive. Why is shipping so much!? Bought 5 more in addition to the 1 set I have. Hopefully I just need one to test on.

Still need to buy plumbers putty and Plasti Dip.

exhibition ideas

Purchased shelf pictured from Avenue Antiques in Hampden, $140 (with tax ~$150). A 14" x 14" magnet board that has been spray painted with chalkboard paint will be mounted in the center. It fits perfectly height-wise, but there is a little room on either edge of the board horizontally. Will have to work around.

All small items—Alpha-Mail, Good Impressions, and Opposites Attract—will be featured in this cabinet of curiosities. Additionally I plan on printing out definitions of synonyms, homonyms, and antonyms and framing them in small frames to be displayed on the shelf as well.

My posters—Consonants & Vowels and What Do You Call it?—will be hung on the wall next to it. I have decided against framing them as I think it will change the intention of the work, and instead will back them with cork or some other material to elevate them off the wall.

antonyms - work in progress

Opposites Attract:

1. here & there
2. now & then
3. back & forth
4. in & out
5. this & that
6. left & right
7. more & less
8. major & minor
9. over & under
10. above & below

Might not be practical cost-wise to do all ten.

Many were inadvertently generated when I started mindlessly humming this song from The Sword & the Stone.

antonyms - work in progress

Alnico magnets to purchase from here. Going to buy another set to test how they repel when stacked. At the moment the magnets when placed on a board do not repel as much as I would like. I'm hoping by stacking them less of the magnetic force will be carried to the magnetic board. $12.95 x 8 = ~$104 (not including shipping).



The magnets are not as finished as I would like, and are stamped with N and S representing the north and south poles of the magnets. I plan on using plumbers putty to fill in the stamped letters. I will also dip each stacked magnet into Plasti Dip (~$10) to create a rubber coating on the magnets and make them more finished.

Found a tutorial for rubber coating magnets here. The internet is great!