Paper that can tell stories

WEEK 3 - DAY5

1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY

Something different! Why not a National Anthem? What do we think when we think about National Anthems? Football!Het Wilhelmus, the National Anthem of the Netherlands, music composed by Adrianus Valerius and was adopted in 1932.It's the oldest national anthem in the world. It tells of Willem van Oranje (William of Orange), his life and why he is fighting against the King of Spain. As a result, the anthem is written in a first person perspective, as if it were sung by William himself. I've listen to it on TV (yes, football) and always found it a wonderful piece of music!

2. PLACES TO KNOW

The Netherlands - The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one metre above sea level. This distinct feature contributes to the country's name: in Dutch (Nederland), English, and in many other European languages, its name literally means "(The) Low Countries" or "Low Country".

3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER

Evelien Lohbeck - creative Dutch freelance designer, animator, concept artist

Javier Mariscal

Maravilhoso Mariscal. Este fala a minha linguagem.

The studio

Hieronymus Bosch, born Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken (c. 1450 - August 9, 1516):was an Early Netherlandish painter of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of his works depict sin and human moral failings.

Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony

4. QUESTION OF THE DAY

5. INSPIRATION

Noteboek by Evelien Lohbeck

The uses for paper:
Architecture
Edible rice paper
Villa Julia house of paper by Javier Mariscal
The akari light sculpture of isamu noguchi
Issey Miyake and paper lamps
Bruno Munari's Travelling sculptures
‘softblock’ modular system with LED lighting by moloHow to make paper

Palm leaf manuscript

“You begin with the possibilities of the material.”

Robert Rauschenberg - 

Robert Rauschenberg: American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art

The site 

And now, two online diary projects:

Lisa Congdon’s “A collection a day”

Jonas Mekas’s “365 day project”

6. I found the coptic binding notebooks when I was searching online the other day and I wanted to try it. And here it is! It was sponsored by Pepe Jeans! Once again, I recycled. I used a 2006 fashion catalog from Pepe Jeans. Models are Sienna Miller and Romulo Pires. For the cover decoration I used the catalogue. The cardboard inside was from the sheet pad bottom. The paper inside is the paper I use to draw sketches when I do not use wasted paper. It's from Ambar, a Portuguese brand, 120g/m2, A4 format. I used 40 sheets. I wanted to create something usefull. I know this paper works and it's not expensive. It's something I tested already. Doinf this I am preventing waste. I think my notebook looks sexy! It wasn't very easy at first. The thread keeps entwining! I watched a tutorial but the girl does not say how much pressure we must apply to the thread. Also I had this feeling that the signatures were not strongly  tight. In the end I think the result is not perfect but it will work. Next time I'll do better!