Book making process ephemera
Inspired by the trees circular behaviour, in which oaks produce natural materials they can consume and share, Clare Hewitt collaborated with artists Carolyn Morton, Danielle Phelps, Alice Fox, and book designer Emily Macaulay, to create a biodegradable photobook Everything in the forest is the forest, that can be shared and then returned to the environment it originated from.
Displayed here is a selection of ephemera created during the book making process. This involved originating a CMYK scale of botanical inks to pass through an inkjet printer, deriving a biodegradable screen printing ink from oak galls, making paper with mushrooms, designing book dummies, and testing the shared book distribution system.
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1. Botanical ink tests 2. CMYK botanical ink tests through an inkjet printer 3. CMYK botanical ink test strips 4. Note from book designer Emily Macaulay to Clare Hewitt posted with a book dummy 5. Hand processed and spun linen thread made from locally grown allotment flax 6. Screen printing test with oak gall ink 7. Book distribution test correspondence.
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8. Screen printing test with oak gall ink (front) 9. Screen printing test with oak gall ink (back) 10. Book dummy.
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11. Botanical ink sediment on filter paper from inkjet print test 12. Test cover for a book dummy 13. Pressed flower sent by book designer Emily Macaulay to Clare Hewitt during the book distribution test 14. Oak gall ink test print screen printed on handmade mushroom paper 15. Oak gall ink test print screen printed on newspaper 16. Book dummy made with mushroom paper 17. Book spreads printed onto acetate in preparation for screen printing 18. Book distribution test log book 19. Book distribution test correspondence.