Ranking Project: Handmade Bookcover

Idea Generation

Idea Sketches for handmade book

more of a child-like take on the concept of identity

Language War Concept

Final Idea Brain Storm of Materials to use.
A jacket that represents a false strength exterior (slightly beaten), a falling apart interior.
The jacket is hanging on a barber wire hanger- caught in it/stuck.
Rocks in the pocket with text.

Finalised sketches
Materials:
Exterior: metal/tin foil with fabric pockets.
Interior: falling apart wall paper or fabric with tags
Barbed wire hanger

Prototype for handmade jacket book cover process:
Sewing the fabric together for a base jacket

Adding a button and a pocket

I used tinfoil for my exterior as the metal from the cans was too stiff and did not sit how i wished.
Also i like the idea that tinfoil gives the look of metal but its weak- representing the false exterior of the boy.

 Mock up: Handmade barbed wire, rocks falling out of the pocket with a quote on it "we are the 'Breac' people".
Interior made using paint on tissue paper- for wallpaper effect.




Final Handmade book cover:
The concept behind this piece is that the boy in this story is judged by his clothes in the outside world.
The exterior represents his false peronality or strength that he has when he goes outside-tinfoil.
The interior is made of handmade wallpaper. In the story he says "your home is your country" however he is confused about who he is and who he doesnt want to be so the wallpaper is ripped. He is searching for his home and identity.

The tags have quotes on them that i feel relate to my concept behind this book:
'We are the "breac" people' and 'your country is a place you make up in your own mind'.
I stitched each quote by hand and then stitched the tags onto the jacket

The hanger is made out of actual barbed wire as it has more strenght. The jacket is caught in the barbed wire to show how his clothes and culture are a barrier from the outside world.

I filled the pockets with rocks as he throws these in anger. One pocket has a hole and rocks have fallen out. These also have a relevant quote: "homesick people carry anger". He releases his anger through rocks when he was young and now through this book.