The Process Book behind That Fine Madness. Hand bound, soft cover canvas wrapped book, measuring 6 x 8 inches.
Spread from the process book. Timeline and categorization of Van Gogh's letters, as well as project brainstorming and project name translation.
Development of the event's logo and beginning visual stages.
Exhibition layouts, as well as the distribution piece concept stage.
Typography experimentation, which involved combining various typefaces to echo the manic / depressive stages of bipolar. Also, logo exploration.
Typography exploration in materials, as well as an excerpt from the thesis itself.
Typography exploration inspired by the Kay Redfield Jamison book, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament.
Textural exploration with acetone transfers, as well as fabric samples.
This is some of the process behind That Fine Madness, a year-long thesis completed in May of 2008. The visual exploration spanned 3 sketchbooks, and dozens of pieces of research material.
The abridged version of my process was compiled into a hand bound soft cover canvas booklet, allowed to sit side by side with the final piece during the exhibition.
Spring 2008