Here are the wet proofs of the text pages and cover of the book that I have been designing for the visual artist, Rose Frain. For the two A2 wet proofs I took a selection of images from the book alongside a section of the cover. It was good to see the proofs and was an opportunity to make some adjustments to a couple of the images. The cover will be printed in metallic silver and black with a spot colour, on GalerieArt Satin: here you can see the two experiments we tried with a high gloss laminate and with a matt, scuff-free laminate. The matt, scuff-free laminate was the definite winner! The book is being printed by Allander in Edinburgh and it will be bound by Charles Letts & Co., in Dalkeith. We hope to pass on press this week.
Rose Frain features 18 of the artist’s major projects, citing stylistic and conceptual developments; it includes critical essays, full chronology and bibliography. The book has been realised with an award from Creative Scotland and will be published by Sissy Graffiti in September 2019, with launch events and related exhibitions at the Glasgow Women’s Library, Newcastle University, and Goldsmiths, University of London.
