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BROWSE
The Black Belt of Alabama
Production Method
Digital
Stencil
Design
Man Alive Creative
Creative Directors: Tom Bejgrowicz & Jennifer Martin
Art Direction, design, and layout: Tom Bejgrowicz
Hand-stenciling: Tom Bejgrowicz & Jennifer Martin
Brush lettering: Tom Bejgrowicz
Scapbook Illustrations: Jennifer Martin
Printing
Greenerprinter
Made as a reward for Kickstarter backers, this hand-stenciled and digitally printed photography book features photographs of Alabama’s “unique cultural, historical, and natural beauty.” Other perks for backers include prints, a quilted slipcover and a vial of genuine Alabama dirt so they too can experience the rich topsoil that gives the Black Belt its name.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
8.5 × 11 in
Page Count
80
Paper Stock
Reincarnation Matte / Cover / #100
Reincarnation Matte / Book / #70
Number of Colors
4
Varnishes
–
Binding
Perfect
Typography
Filosafia
Bell Centennial
Project Description
A Kickstarter funded photography project, the deluxe rewards package featured a signed, hand-numbered 80-page, 8.5” x 11”, perfect-bound softcover book with a hand-stenciled cover, vintage quilt slipcase, 4" x 6" postcard set, 12" x 18" giclée print on Archival Bamboo Paper, a one-of-a-kind salvaged wood cover scrapbook, and glass vial of Alabama dirt.Every book was printed exclusively in full-color on beautiful, 60% post-consumer, chlorine-free, FSC Certified, Ancient Forest Friendly matte paper that was manufactured with electricity that’s offset with renewable energy certificates using soy and/or vegetable-based inks only.
For a 00:59 video on the stenciling process, go here.
Production Lesson(s)
The print run was going to be 75 but with the hand-stencil being applied, we ordered extra copies in case we screwed any up along the way! In order to better our chances, we ordered extra paper samples and tested both the colors and the stencils themselves beforehand. This put us in good form where we only deemed 1 copy of the final, stenciled books unsellable. Because of that we were able to sell a few extra copies to those who had missed the funding deadline.
Post Author
Jessica Mullen
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
April 25, 2014
Filed Under
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Stencil
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