Publication Design
4.5” x 7”Handbound hard cover book, saddle stitch and perfect bound, 46 pages
November, 2019
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This book is dedicated to my late grandmother, Lois Davis. This is an interview book with my mom, accompanied by my own self reflection on the same questions I asked her. Originally, in additon to interviewing my mother, I was going to interview my almost 100 year old grandmother, as well—she had a different plan! The questions were reflecting on motherhood—how our mothers have affected us and how it affects our parenting.
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I began with interviewing my mom and editing the copy, and doing a self analysis on the same questions. I began collecting images from my grandma’s photo albums. In the final form, I was inspired by my grandma’s carefully collected and compiled photo albums. I used heavy, off-white paper to mimic the age of her books. I hand bound the book using saddle-stitching and perfect binding. I bound the hardcover using faux-leather to push the materiality of the photo albums.
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The words are accompanied by a couple oil paintings that my grandmother did of my mom, scans of the diligent photo albums she kept, and the photo collaged placemats she had on the table.
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The eulogy given by my mother at my grandmother’s funeral.