After my paper project I became interested in other ways people created tiny scenes. I explored pinterested for a while, and found a small group of craftsmen and women who use altoid tins to make the most beasutiful words. Unfortunately I wasn't sure if I had the money or time to make some of the things they made but I thought back on how I used paper as an econmical way to make a stage and joined the two.
Some Altoid Tin scenes that I like:
The simple altoid tin scene didn't take me too long to do. I found a beautiful sailor themed fudge tin in a vintage sweet shop in Falmouth and decided to go with the nautical theme. Once I was finished, I started wondering what my character's story was, and if she were a poster or some sort of advert, what kind of words would be paired with her to describe her story. I decided to type up some random words and make them into magnets, then I got my friends to look at the tin and a word and they had to write a story fitting the two together.
Then I published it all into a book that I designed on Indesign. It was the first time I used that program. It was terrifying. I'm usually confident in my computer and software skills, but I was a complete mess when I tried to work it. Thank god for youtube. I watched a few tutorials that showed me the basics. It seemed to work. For the final end to this project I designed a cover.
I was inspired by the screen printing workshop, unfortunately I couldn't make one in the workshop itself, but I
Then I published it all into a book that I designed on Indesign. It was the first time I used that program. It was terrifying. I'm usually confident in my computer and software skills, but I was a complete mess when I tried to work it. Thank god for youtube. I watched a few tutorials that showed me the basics. It seemed to work. For the final end to this project I designed a cover.
I was inspired by the screen printing workshop, unfortunately I couldn't make one in the workshop itself, but I