December 2006 already

December already. Where did October/November go to.
I have finally finished my studies for 2006. And am enjoying some time around home doing other things, like setting up the xmas tree. We had a lovely day in Wangaratta today . We met up with my parents for lunch at a nice cafe. Then we visited an exhibition of work by the TAFE students in Wangaratta. Mum had some work on display. It was an interesting exhibition. There was also a display with some of the Shepparton andWangaratta Graphic Design students in the gallery, it was good to see what the other campus is doing for the same assignments.We took the kids to the park in Wangaratta and they had a lovely time twisting the swings around and getting really dizzy.
Enjoy the next few images of my last 3 assignments all feature different styles of book making in them.

Inside Substrates book

This image shows the edge of the pages inside the substrate book, it was spiral bound. I designed and printed the pages and stuck them onto card with a black backing card as well. Then placed plastice pockets in between each page. Spiral bound.

Substrate book final assignment 06

This is the cover for my substrates book, in the pages are some pockets and I have put my collection of different printing techiniques into this book. ie varnished, uncoated, embossed, diecuts, different materials ie rubber, plastic,
It was an interesting exercise to collect different samples.

Colour activity book assignment for prepress

This is a colour activity book, The image at the top is a slip cover to keep the book in. The book has a cardboard cover, made in 3 pieces, then the pages are spiral bound onto the cover inside it.
The content on the pages was to highlight the difference between, printing colours , ie one spot, two spot, CMYK, using one colour to achieve several different tones, colour separation. This was an assignment for Graphic Prepress.

Resume dec 06

Sorry about the size of photo .
This is a picture of my resume I did for my last assignment. It has a filigree back and front , and folds open in a trifold. Inside is a cd with my work on it, and concertina pages come out with examples of my work on . The filigree at the back is a slip case for the resume to fit into.

Phone card assignment

This was my last assignment i finished, we had to create contemporary phone cards.

The photos i used were from the kids playground in town. Colourful and bright.

resume in the working

This is my resume so far. Still a lot of work to be done on it.

Check this sound from the clock

Dave showing hugh how the clock works and how inspiring the alarm sound is.
Fancinating. The mountain behind is Mt Bogong , with very little snow on it for the end of winter.

Clock from Bahrain

This is the gorgeous clock that Dave brought back from Bahrain for my boys. Apart from its wonderful tackiness (pointed out to me by davd's girlfriend) the alarm sound is so eeiry. The noise and chanting that you hear from a mosque, all to surreal. The kids loved them thought they were rather different and kept playing the alarm for quite a while.

table talk book cover

This was the result of my last assignment. A book cover theme of Coffee.Photo was taken about 10pm the night before i handed it in.

New assignment is to create a phone card image.

update

Hi we had a lovely weekend on the 12/13 August in Albury and Mt Beauty. We are now enjoying a lovely quiet weekend at home. Kids have had some playmates over . I have been trying to complete some posters for the school art show , next weekend. I have made a batch of choc chip cookies today, the kids enjoy eating the dough the best.
My next assignment for tafe , is a book cover, with a theme of Coffee. So imagery has to show some sort of relationship to coffee or a cafe. Still eluding me on this one.
My learning of web pages is coming along. We will hopefully have a front page operating next week, not online . Then have to learn how to add everything onto it. Very time consuming.
A logo for the local hospital's cafe that is to be opened in 5 weeks. The best logo out of the class will win $500 and hopefully be used by the hospital.
Thats it for the moment

florist logo assignment for tafe

Here is a picture of the with compliments slip i created, to match with a business card and letterhead as an assignment for a florist business .

The business cards had same imagery and folded out.

What has been happening

Well the bathroom renovations are finished for the moment, just have to do the painting .
We didnt do much for the school holidays, as we waited around for tradespeople pretty much all the 2 weeks. But it does look great and the new toilet is fantastic.
We saw "over the hedge" and "cars" at the movies ,I personally enjoyed " over the hedge " better than cars. It was really cute.
We had a family day out to the Avenel Maze, the kids have a ball there. The quiz to get around the maze is all about Ned Kelly, who lived around the area and not far from Glenrowan. We had a nice picnic, and did the mazes. We visited Mitchelton winery on the way home, showed the kids the look out tower and the playground and the art exhibition. but didnt get to taste the wines, maybe next time.
Kids are back at school and I go back to Tafe this week also.

Nearly new bathroom I love it so far

This is what our bathroom reno looks like at the moment, still have to paint the wall and later this year we will re do the shower with matching tiles and new shower screen. So nice and light Also have to paint the door.

stage 3 bathroom destruction

What a transformation from livable to destructable. The plumber has finished inside for the moment. Waiting for the plasterer to measure up today. Hoping most of it will be done by the weekend. :). Then the tiler, cause the old tiles couldnt be matched up. so we have new ones going in.

stage 2 bathroomproject 19 june 2006

monday 19th june
I removed the bathroom tiles ready for the plumber to start, see next photo.

school holiday bathroom project

stage one original bathroom, we are putting in a new toilet where this vanity unit was. Turning into a total bathroom renovation .

photos of the books

The books in the last 2 photos are the sample books i made at a handmade bookbinding workshop, run by Papermakers of Victoria.
They did a fantastic job and it was a really great weekend.

handmade books part 2

handbooks i made in april 2006

These are the side views of the books I made in april at a handmade book workshop for 2 days. Orange and white is a pocket book, Brown cardboard with stitching in has pamphlet stitched pages and corrigated card cover, blue spine is a 3 piece cover with concertina insert, 2 small ones are envelope books with coptic binding, the thinner one is my trial i did at home, still got to work on the technique. The front book is japanese stab binding, black and red one is pamphlett stitched and last one is another one i made at home just for practice and made a small story in it. My first story book. a bit corny but all practice.