TOOL
Realise a new project by identifying a new skill or tool that you can learn that will project your work into new territory.
Materials, processes, editing, and refinement are all crucial sites of meaning for graphic design practice. Think
about which tools, craft skills, or techniques might benefit your work. It could be something you’ve never tried
before, or it could be an existing skill that you’d like to take to the next level.
In the first week, find a tutorial, series of lessons, or instruction manual relevant to your new tool or skill, and
quickly learn the basics. Don’t worry in the first week about applying the skill to your project. If your tutorial
includes a set of introductory projects to complete, do those. You might find a new opportunity in them that you wouldn’t otherwise.
Papier-mâché shrubs. This week I have been making sculptures out of ripped up pieces of paper. The paper comes from miss-prints of a book I published a few years ago that I have had no purpose for. I have used a flour and water combination to create the “glue” and used a wire and paper support for the structures.