Progress to Date

Yesterday i had my first review of my work since i have come up with the concept so it was good to hear that it's a viable and exciting project. I also met with Chris Pollard from Dayfold later in the afternoon to discuss the project.

He was really helpful and gave me some great insight into what he's often asked by designers and how he thought the best way of informing them would be. Chris was very generous and gave me a massive folder full of samples of the stuff they print & design at Dayfold. They really know their stuff and the quality is brilliant. He also very generously gave me a couple of copies of their publication 'little black book' - with is a book designed to act as a reference for designers looking to print the perfect black on both coated and uncoated stock.

He also mentioned GF Smith and a contact who he has there and the possibility of sponsorship for stock.

I'm really keen to make this project just as much about the paper stock as the print process, after seeing the difference paper types can make to processes i'm really keen to get more involved with differing stocks.

Some more good news is that Paul Haslam from Benwells has offered me some work experience, either 5 whole days to start with or 10 mornings so i don't have to miss tutorials/work etc. I'll be starting asap. This will be a great learning curve and a chance to work with people who know a lot about the area i'm looking at.