Process
Process
To bring Sousanis' work of expression to life, a scanner takes in a picture from his book, "Unflattening". We use a computer to change the file to grayscale, and edit the lighting on Photoshop.
In order to make the Lasercutter understand the lengths of our image, we have to use black and white as much as we can by changing the contrast or shadows of the picture.
Our last step is making an Illustrator file so we can place circle cuts where we need the Lasercutter to place our final photo.
After that, the printing will happen. It's a lengthy process. My cut shown below took almost an hour and a half!
Sousanis and Unflattening
For one of my assignments, I was given the role to reproduce an image from Sousanis' "Unflattening". While the whole book contains more than 160 pages, page 60 stuck out to me for showing how an ever changing field has so many forms to produce. A Bachelor Degree studier known as Darren Joe Follero, notes all the different branches it takes up in the first link below, showing how diverse the field has become.
From nonfiction historical references to fantasy comics full of wonder and bewilderment, literature holds significance to people. Even in the form of being the writer and creator itself, it holds value. In 2018, Nick Sousanis held a Humanities Comic Workshop at Duke University where he encouraged expression of people through their unique experiences. The video of him demonstrating this act can be found below.