Withering Wade : A Book that consolidates your Stories
photos of book, 2023
photocopies of the book, 2023
This book contains the introduction of the concepts, main characters, and the very beginning of the story.
This story is a medieval fantasy genre. The main stage of this story is a fictional world with four divided continents. The main characters from each continent represent distinct cultural backgrounds and face events that move them into different regions and continents. During their journeys, they encounter conflicts between different kingdoms, which compel each main character to solve their own problems. As their journeys intertwine, they uncover the secrets of magic and ancient technologies they were searching for.
This story is a medieval fantasy genre. The main stage of this story is a fictional world with four divided continents. The main characters from each continent represent distinct cultural backgrounds and face events that move them into different regions and continents. During their journeys, they encounter conflicts between different kingdoms, which compel each main character to solve their own problems. As their journeys intertwine, they uncover the secrets of magic and ancient technologies they were searching for.
bookcover and printing process, 2023
The title of the book, suggests a tree, so I designed the cover using wood. Additionally, since death and resurrection is a significant concept in the story’s world, the wooden covers symbolize a coffin, representing the story's completion.
To deepen the theme of the story, I set the front and back of the book as negative mirror to each other
.The front of the book contains only symbols without any text, as I wanted readers to approach it with a sense of mystery and without preconceived notions. On the back, I included direct information about the book, summarizing the essential contents to reduce confusion.
To deepen the theme of the story, I set the front and back of the book as negative mirror to each other
.The front of the book contains only symbols without any text, as I wanted readers to approach it with a sense of mystery and without preconceived notions. On the back, I included direct information about the book, summarizing the essential contents to reduce confusion.
To evoke an old-fashioned feel, I incorporated illustrations with black-and-white symbols. Furthermore, I chose the accordion binding method, one of the most traditional historical binding techniques, to construct the book. This required editing the book into a foldable format and printing it with a risograph printer. As it was bound with the accordion-binding method, which is one of the most traditional method of binding, presents various ways of folding method to read, and readers could enjoy the content from different perspectives.
book after glueing together, 2023
*Date -
May. 2023
*Size - book(4”x8”), full copy(64”x8”)
*Medium - paper, bass wood