Format for Asemic Book

[cheryl penn]

This is TWO sheets of A4 paper folded in half then nested.  Please use a thicker quality paper for your work - computer paper is too thin and tears easily in the binding process. Again, at the end of the project I will blog binding instructions. You will need to make 15 copies of your work to post to the other artists participating in the book you are in.  A list of names addresses will be put in separate discussions. You will be notified of this.

[De Villo Sloan]

Hi again Superhero, here's something Cheryl wrote earlier. She says 30cm X 21 cm.

A4 paper is standard size computer paper - 30cm x 21cm. This is folded in half -which yes, gives you 8 sides.  How you choose to fill those sides - up to you.  Each of your sections form a new chapter in the book. Should you wish to cover the WHOLE area, PART of the area - up to you.  The work is YOURS.  Is this any clearer? :-) ??

 

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

30cmx21cm!

aye aye!

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

amanda says she can't find A4 cardstock on amazon, after much trying.

so i'm going with letter size. :(

[cheryl penn]

S.H - thats fine  - looking forward to your work - thanks for taking the trouble :-)

[Liliana Bogao]

Cheryl,

It seems clear to me. Is it there any deadline?

Regards.

Liliana

 

[cheryl penn]

Hello Liliana :-) - the deadline for book # 3 is 10th August.

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

after more hunting (i got the cardstock and HATED what it did to my art)

i found out about PRESENTATION paper, and ordered some of that.

hopefully it works better than the cardstock i had, which dulled everything!

should be able to try it in a couple of days! ;-D

[cheryl penn]

Thank you Angie - you Americans have an INFINITELY greater choice than us! That paper sounds wonderful.

[cheryl penn]

Nancy - here are the photographs of the folded paper :-) X

[Jan Hodgman]

Seems what's needed here is some instructions in truly great illegible asemic writing....

just sayin'......

[De Villo Sloan]

Interesting comment, Jan. I think something like 70 artists contributed to the books. They used all sorts of different approaches to creating asemic symbols ranging from found materials, to calligraphy, to cut-ups & much more. We adopted a very broad definition for asemics. Cheryl posted a lot of information about paper size, mailing instructions, etc. so that the books would all fit together. So this post you've found is more practical than theoretical.

Somewhere in these threads are some really interesting discussions about asemic writing from different perspective. There is one where John M. Bennett posted pieces of rocks & wood. Some people were like: "Those are asemic? How can they be asemic?" We came away fairly convinced they were. That stuff is in there, but there are LOTS of old threads. Have fun, if you have the time and inclination.

[Jan Hodgman]

Many thanks for the welcome and yes, I'll poke through now and again. There are some great asemic pieces on Pinterest, along with several that bring a chuckle, as they really are Japanese writing, albeit in such unique styles as to be well-nigh unreadable (which poses another question......)