weekly Blog Post 3/26/10

We're really getting down to the wire!!

What I did:

Worked on book (cover,writing, making changes to spreads) (around 15 hours)

Thought about presentation in gallery and started sketching out plan (3 hours)

What I discovered/accomplished/encountered:

I'm really starting to feel good about my book and think I will be able to have it ready to send to blurb.com early next week (as scheduled).

I worked on a new cover, and got positive feedback about it in small groups. I also spent so much time coming up with the subtitle to the book (thanks Erica!) and finally feel comfortable with:

Capturing Confidence: women's reflections on their preteen years. Before that I had: Capturing Confidence: from exclusion to acceptance: women's reflections on their preteens years. However, today in small group we agreed that was a bit too wordy.

I also came up with a device that would tell people when each reflection ended to allow them to understand which girl they were following in case they got confused (a small star).

I am meeting with Hannah again tomorrow before I send the book out next week.

front cover

back cover

star device

I sketched up an idea of how I want the gallery to look, however this is where I will be focusing all of my time once the book is sent out. This is just a brief sketch. I want to incorporate typography which states quotes from the workshops about the girl's explaining certain photos. I also need to list the adjectives. I really want to have the capturing confidence letters which are made out of the photos from the girls in large letters and vinyl. Today Claire gave me a name of a place that prints and installs this, but I hear it is quite costly. Lastly, we spoke about not having the photos go down to the floor, which I think is a good idea. I really need to speak to Mark about the space I might have- it's so hard to plan not knowing this.

What's next:

Figuring out the presentation in the gallery, printing photos, etc...

sending out book and praying that it comes out ok!

website!