Visual References

So I've got less than a month to put together my process book for thesis and the panic is starting to set in... I have to categorize and organize my sources to the best of my abilities over the next 10 days or so, so that I can start actually putting them in a structured book. I feel like I have all of the sources and references that I need but I'm feeling very anxious and overwhelmed by how unorganized everything is - I really have to work on that.... Anyway, today's blog post is going to be visual references only, so that I can get those out of the way in an efficient manner, while the more scholarly and academic material will be summarized in word documents for now. So here are the visual references I have so far;

http://glittergoods.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5f4d53ef01156f2d7324970c-pi

This is a set of scratch foam prints that the original poster had her daughter's kindergarten class make for a school auction. I haven't been able to get my hands on any of this scratch foam material, but I've checked online and it looks like I'm just going to have to order it (as Curry's, Deserres, Michaels, Woolfitt's, and Aboveground Art Supplies do not carry it). It seems like a great printmaking medium, if only for it's ease of use.

http://designismine.blogspot.com/2008_03_02_archive.html

This is a woodblock print that the original poster found at Pedlar's (http://www.pedlars.co.uk/). I originally bookmarked it because the original poster goes on to write "It is created using traditional wood block printing, which is quite rare in London these days. I really cannot stop falling in love with all the beautiful text prints I am seeing all over these days!" which made me feel justified in my own theory that people appreciate hand crafted design over digital design, but now I've realized that it's not enough to actually prove anything; now I just keep it as inspiration.

These two images were found from the same source: http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=1226

I found them while looking for different folding techniques for my typography class assignment (I love it when classes over lap like this). Clearly, they are very interesting paper engineering techniques and I am definitely going to try them out on my own; I am even debating using them in my final work (which is still constantly changing in my mind).

These three images are taken from Reg Beatty's blog portfolio: http://rgbportfolio.blogspot.com/

They are only a small sample of his exquisite book binding works; I saw him speak at a lecture on books in October and he went through this portfolio elaborating on how and why some of his projects came to be. Beatty is a bookbinding expert and, luckily for me, he teaches at OCAD.

This is a snapshot of an Etsy.com page; the search results from the keywords: letterpress, book (under the subheading Books and Zines). I often use websites like Etsy.com and ffffound.com for inspiring visuals.

Well that's it for image exclusive sources; obviously there is a plethora of visual sources coming from my research - these were just the ones that did not come with accompanying scholarly research material, which is why they are here. Now to continue hacking back at the rest of my research...