Paper Order

The different paper samples are shown below. Left to right they're Peregrina Majestic, Lorenzo Vellum, Original Gmund, Parch Marque, Lorenzo Topaz. 

I decided to go with Lorenzo Topaz because it has a naturally aged look about it very similar to the pages of the older copies of books I read as research for my essay. I placed the below order:

Lorenzo Topaz 150gsm A4 x 50
Lorenzo Topaz 220gsm A4 x 10

Unfortunately I wasn't able to test print on the different stocks to try out what weights of paper don't bleed through to ruin the other side of the paper, but I did some quick research to inform the weights I ordered. The heavier paper is for the covers.

http://paperworks.com/about-paper-weights

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/products/perm/merch020622_paper_buying/

The 150gsm seemed the best option of the choices on offer by G.F Smith as it was closest to the suggested weights from my research. I'd used their 270gsm paper before and it showed no bleed through at all. Between this and the advice from the internet, I'm confident the 150gsm will work well.

This thickness of paper should also provide a reasonably thick spine, so the publication shouldn't look particularly thin or thick.

Practical Element - Digital Publication

Over recent weeks I've been ill which has stopped me from experimenting with stock for my publication. I now find myself in a position where I'm not going to have to experiment with the stocks and printers before ordering them, which could result in a poor quality outcome. This has highlighted to me the experimental nature of the project. 

For this reason, publishing it in an e-book format would support the experiment and would be validated by the idea that it's a re-appropriation of the meaning of a publication and goes along with the idea that the shadows of the past need to be eroded away at like the shadow of God. The distribution of my own ideas over the internet also allows my will to power to be expressed in a more active way than just producing a printed publication. 

Unfortunately this would remove the capability of having a spine on the right because of the lack of spine in general, but I could still produce a physical book alongside the e-book as an experimental/conceptual piece, which would minimise the importance of the printed quality, which could potentially be an issue.

Case Study - Interview With Protestant Preacher Dr John Revill

Having re-read the latest draft of my essay, I realise that my reference to an episode of the Simpsons is, while very appropriate, not very academic. I feel the point needs to be backed by a more academic source. My grandad, Dr John Revill, has been a Christian preacher for the majority of his life, and seemed like a good person to talk too about this. The interview went as follows:

*Interview starts by me showing Dr Revill the first 13 minutes and 30 seconds of The Simpsons, Series 2, Episode 13: Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment.

Q: How long have you been a Doctor?

A: 53 Years.

Q: And how long have you been a protestant preacher?

A: A bit longer, 59 years.

Q: If you were Reverend Lovejoy having the conversation with Lisa Simpson, what would your advice to her have been?

A: Certainly is not to watch the forbidden fruit as it were, but then to tell her farther that he ought not to be involved as he may get into trouble with the law.

Q: Is this not going against the fifth commandment?

A: Not really, no. She’s still respecting her father, and he ought to set an example as a father not to encourage his family to use methods of stealing which were dubious.

Q: So does this mean that, on occasion, there are situations where any rule, even one of the ten commandments, will find an exception?

A: Yes. The ten commandments have to be taken together as a whole and sometimes one of them is much more relevant than the others, meaning that sometimes you can not obey one of the commandments without breaking one of the others. We call this situational ethics, so stealing a loaf of bread for someone who’s starving isn’t necessarily wrong.

Q: You said something to me the other day about the war with Isis, and how you don’t believe in war, but you believe in peace, and you believe in defending innocent people. In defending innocent people in this instance, to some extent there’s a case of accepting war. Does this mean that you don’t think moral rules should have some wiggle room in them?

A: Yes, this is situational ethics.

Publication - Stock Samples

I requested some paper samples from G.F Smith this morning to print my publication on. I was specifically looking for textured yellowy-cream papers to try and re-create the old-fashioned look that some of the books I've read have had because of their age. I requested:

Peregrina Majestic Candlelight Cream 120gsm

Peregrina Majestic Candlelight Cream 290gsm

Original Gmund Beige Verge 120gsm

Original Gmund Beige Verge 300gsm

Parch Marque Natural 90gsm

Parch Marque Natural 176gsm

Lorenzo Topaz 100gsm

Lorenzo Topaz 150gsm

Lorenzo Vellum 95gsm

Lorenzo Vellum 220gsm

I thought G.F Smith were a particularly appropriate foundry to request from given the high-end nature of their papers, as it's a sort of indulgence that supports the idea of the will to power.

I have particularly high hopes for the Parch Marque Natural 90gsm and the Lorenzo Topaz 100gsm samples.