PROJECTS
Below is a selection of development diaries for projects I'm working on. I try to keep these up to date; if I've been working on something then I tend to post an update at the end of the day. This is my alternative to posting on social media.
Most recent updates are at the top.
Riso
One of the other "Floodland" prints I printed out just to get a sense of the design at larger than screen size.
FALLiNGWATER
Got the first batch of FALLiNGWATER notebooks done. There's going to be 32 in total and I need to design some "belly bands" for them still, but beyond that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them.
Handmade Notebooks
I made a second revision! And there wasn't much, I just added an extra "nodule" to fasten any loose thread off. I realised it'd be handy to have somewhere to wind the end of the thread around and then hold it in place. So a new bit was added. I...
Studio and Life
Each day I start my day job at 10am, but get into the studio around 7am, giving myself three hours each morning to do my own thing. Monday mornings are for planning, Friday's are for editing the #weeknotes, which leaves Tue-Thur, nine hours. At the moment, and for the next...
Various Zines
Popped into the studio this morning, to make sure I got all the zines done in time to send off on Monday. Here's the rest of the pages all cut and folded and ready to put together.
TWSBI Eco Fountain Pen Holder
I've refined the pen holder design a little bit. I've decided to just go with TWSBI sized, which is fractionally too small for LAMY pens. But if I make it a little bigger the TWSBI wobbles around a bit and it just feels a bit off. I can of course...
The Sea Howls From The West
And another jump in time 😅 Since starting the project I bought myself a printer, and having decided after all my pen plotting ink tests that I did indeed want to use the inks I figured it was time to focus on the design and try to move the whole...
Rubber Stamping Machine
Having rubber stamped the pages I saw that there needed to be some kerning and corrections going on. Not all the stamps are level (within their own design), so probably the best thing to do is correct that in code, adding small "nudges" to the position of each letter. Which...
Oil Pastels Machine
Okay, back at it today, and a few more passes, and I kinda love it.
The colours really pop in the photos and it just looks like a wonderful thing to have going on in a drawing machine.
Another part of me is worried about all that dust near the machine though, so 🤷♂️
Generative Handwriting
Hmmmmm, I should really upload and back-date all the handwriting photos I have so far, but as I'm starting these dev diaries now I guess I have to start somewhere. These photos were taken so I could add them to my newsletter, but I didn't use them in the end....
