First Advisor

Elisabeth Charman

Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Graphic Design and University Honors

Department

Art

Subjects

Cosmetics, Formulas recipes etc, Herbal cosmetics

DOI

10.15760/honors.429

Abstract

In the past five years, there has been increasing demand for organic consumables in the United States every year by mainstream culture. Also, with the prevalence of the Internet, people can find resources to make almost anything. Do-it-yourself culture is huge. The marriage of these two facts allowed me to explore my thesis topic.

The goal of my thesis project was to create a book of recipes for all-natural cosmetics, similar to a cookbook. I engaged in lots of research and experimentation to create my own recipes. I used modern layout with a humanist typeface and brush-script to emphasize the process of creating something from scratch. I used all my own photography of products I actually created. These were laid out as full-bleed images. The square format of the book and treatment of the images, as well as the presence of lots of negative space serve to reiterate the natural and simple nature of these recipes.

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Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20435

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