Wait, what’s scrap?

Scrap • noun • /skrap/

1. a small detached piece

2. a fragment of something written,
printed, or spoken

Scrap is an exploration into the mundane, following
the mundane of life and picking up the scraps of the moments that happen.

Why can something be so boring to me, but so exciting
to someone else? This question made me wonder, should I be putting more effort into remembering the moments that I’d just forget?

So, scrap aims to take these moments and highlight them, while I tried to answer the question:

Hello?

Hello? is a typographic exploration of conversation that I’ve had throughout my fourth year. While trying to figure out what to actually do for my project, I ended up having lots of conversations with my peers and professors. Then I thought: “what’s more mundane than a conversation?”

Hello?
5 x 7 in
Perfect bound by Hand
Laser etched cover

Hello features two parts, a hard cover case a soft cover bound book. At first glance, the hard cover only allows
the words “Hello?” to be seen. Once open, it reveals the multitude of languages that hello can be said in.

Just like how conversations are a window into someone’s life, the case to Hello? is a window into a simple greeting.

Hello? encourages the reader to interact with the book. Because just like in conversations, to fully understand them you have to find ways to open up.

A Slice of Bread to Go.

A comic born from my disillusion and inability to let go, A Slice of Bread to Go. follows my journey of chasing the completion of my grad project. This self doubt and self destruction is personified in the form of a seagull, while my project is represented by a slice of bread.

A Slice of Bread to Go.
Comic
Receipt Paper
Collage and Illustration

As the weeks went on, I found myself distancing away from my friends and family to just work. I was consumed with creating, that I didn’t even consider that maybe letting go was the best option. In my eyes, that would be giving up, and I couldn’t just give up.

In the end, there is no one right way to read it, and there isn’t a definitive conclusion. Just like the mess my mind was in during my grad project, the comic follows a similar narrative. Confusing, frustrating, and messy.

Ultimately, it represents a story of constantly asking myself: Is this really worth it? Or should I just let go.

I’m still not sure, but scrap has taught me that the small moments of my life make up a big part of my memories.

These small moments of my life should still be recognized as something important, an important break between the madness of everything else.

I can’t tell you how you should remember life, but I can tell you to cherish it.