Utopia Project | Pages 1,2&3

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Hello! I have finished some of the pages in my sketchbook and would like to show and talk to you about it. Like I've said before I've been using it like a scrapbook and I plan to continue this throughout my book.

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Page one is a combination of research of Utopia and things that I would include in my own utopia.

I've used a mix of collarging methods where I have stuck objects and layered paper over the top of each other. Using masking tape to stick them in place.

I have some photocopies from out of books, a photocopy of a postcard, a mind map, some writing about the postcard, some leaves and some writing about utopia which reads; Mid 16th Century based on Greek ou not + topos place; first used ''Utopia'' (1516) by sir Thomas More.

This is a mind map which I used to pick things from this world that I love and would take with me to my own utopia. I've just used a brio pen for this and tried to make it as busy as possible.

I wrote things like snow, crunchy leaves, flowers, Christmas lights...

I might plan to draw some of these things later on in my book.

This is a map of Utopia by Ambrosius Holbein, from Froben edition of March 1518, photocopied from Tomas More's Utopia, published in 1516.

I love the look of this map but I thought the map of Utopia would be much bigger then this!

I have also written about the other things on this page that you can read about here: Sketchbook Sneak Peeks | Utopia Project










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As I said before I'm going to try and continue the whole scrapbook theme so here again I have used collarging and masking tape to stick down the things on this page.

Theres brown paper that got printed out wrong - notes about it, a photocopy of the Utopian alphabet and a quote I pulled out of Dylan Evans ''The Utopia Experiment'' on page 28.

The quote reads; ''To call something utopia is, of course, not entirely positive. The connotation of a perfect society is offset by that of a hopelessly impractical ideal.''

I agree with Evans on this statement because even if you was to create your own utopia it would have many problems, kind of like a film with plot holes.

Utopian alphabet with a quatrain in that language followed by a translation into Latin, from the Froben edition of March 1518. Photocopied from Thomas More's Utopia 1516.

I have also talked about the missed print on the brown paper over on my other post, that you can read here: Sketchbook Sneak Peeks | Utopia Project












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This page shows research from Disney's (cartoon) ''Alice in Wonderland'' and Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. I've also included a quote from Dylan Evans ''The Utopia Experiment''

I've hand wrote the quote in the bottom right and it reads: ''...we might dream of a perfect society, we will never find it in this world''.

In the bottom left I have typed up the lyrics of two songs sang in the Disney's cartoon version of ''Alice in Wonderland'', In a ''World of my Own'' and ''Very Good Advice''.

In a ''World of my Own'' Alice sings about having her own world, at the top of the page I have wrote about this being like her own utopia. In ''Very Good Advice'' she sings how she has got herself into trouble and in my writing I've said how her own utopia becomes a dystopia as she doesn't want to be there any longer.

This is page 33 photocopied from Lewis Carrol's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.

I've included it into my book because it reminds me of my miss print on the brown paper and got me thinking about how Wonderland seemed perfect to Alice at the start but then turned out to be a kind of dystopia.

If I have missed anything on these pages that you would like to see/ read about I have another post I did before hand with the missing things on, that you can read here: Sketchbook Sneak Peeks | Utopia Project





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Thanks for reading! I hope you have enjoyed this post and it has given you some ideas for your own sketchbooks and research! Be sure to check out my other social medias linked below.xx

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Sketchbook Sneak Peeks | Utopia Project

Hey hey, I have been working on my sketchbook for my utopia project. I have found more things that I would like to place in my perfect world. Here are some photographs I have taken of things I have suck into my sketchbook. I have been using it like a scrap book as I find that easiest to work with and I think it makes it look really interesting. 

Here is a happy accident. I have tried to create the effect of typewriter on brown paper with the definitions of utopia that I found on the internet. My printer wasn't happy with the brown paper, I'm not sure why but it chewed it up. Though it didn't go to plan I am happy with the outcome, the writing has been distorted - moved - enlarged - miss printed. This works really well for the idea against utopia - dystopia. 

This is a photocopy of a postcard stuck in with masking tape. The postcard is of 101 Dalmations 1961 - Characters Roger Radcliffee and Pongo. 
The reason I have chosen to include this postcard is because of the house they live in. In my perfect world I would live in an old town house/ a house built in the 1930s which is furnished with antiques such as things shown in the postcard - the fireplace - piano - chairs, I also love to have a vintage record player and type-writer. Being made in the 1930s the ceilings would be high and I'd convert the attic so that I could have an art studio. The walls around/in the house would be covered in prints/art with mix and matched frames that are different woods and colours. I'd be married to/have a partner who is tall and blonde similar to Roger. The house would be located near the back of a small town - I've described it being like Stars Hallow from Gilmore Girls in previous posts. The town would then be surrounded by fields and there would be many fur trees that the town would decorate around Christmas time.

I have stuck this leaf into my sketchbook using little strips of masking tape. I have chosen this leaf because I think it is stereotypically a autumn/winter leaf and I wanted something to represent that my utopia would be autumn most of the time. I have written in previous posts that I would still keep spring and summer but I have deiced that I want my world to be 80% autumn and 20% winter. When it is winter it will be snowy a lot of the time. 













Leafs, writing and printed up text.
I have also suck in a bay leaf, its from my dads bay tree and again I have suck it in using little strips of masking tape. I chose it because of the colour it has - it's hard to tell in this photograph but it is a very dark red brown colour which I think works perfectly for the idea of autumn as again they are stereotypically autumn colours. 
The writing is just my handwriting explaining why I have stuck them in. 
The printed up text, I have also used the masking tape for (I just love masking tape)  this but I have covered the text in one strip. The masking tape is translucent so you can still read the text through it. The text is the same as the text of the brown paper (definitions of utopia) but obviously has printed out correctly. The text reads as ''Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; Idealistic''. I think the masking tape works well with the idea of my utopia as it gives it a rustic feel that I want my utopia to have.




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