SB9 - Production

The cover design was made using resin and a mold that I bought online, originally I wanted to create a cover that had bit of rubbish in it, however the mold were to thin to be able to hold the plastic and set firmly, so I decided that I will apply a think layer of crinkled plastic to create an interesting under water effect. The cover design will offer an aesthetic of plastic submerged in water through the use of resin (that can be separately recycled from the book) and was made at the University facilities, using a silicone mold. The sizing of the book was determined from trial and error - the smaller the cover the more sturdy and less prone it is to breaking.
The process required book and managing a training session for the day - I have learnt a new skill.

The pages of the book were printed on recycled paper stock with a gsm of 350; the thickness was important as the book will be printed in a single pages format to work alongside the mold of the resin cover. Once printed, the pages were manually clamped and the holes were made with a power drill (could not take photos of evidence due to strict no phone rule in the wood workshop room). With the resin cover having curved edges the pages of the book were cut on every corner using a corner rounding punch.

The book was bound using found bottle rings from recycled plastic bottles, cut and re-joined using a glue gun. Practise runs were made to make sure that the glue from the glue gun was strong enough and hot enough to join the plastic back together.

The reused plastic bag that holds the book was made from used plastic packaging found in the workspace, cutting to size and cutting out a handle to mimic a plastic bag.