Monday, February 9, 2009

type

(Questions what is?) 

  1. Can a plant grow into a letter form-with the use of a cage or a wire frame?

 

  1. Can foliage or organic material be incorporated into the letter form, while still keeping it legible? How much?

 

  1. Can objects be used to complete a printed letter-form? Similar to Illuminated Manuscripts but with letters instead of bodies of text.

 

  1. Can type be made more legible with added elements? Maybe elements that represent that letter, like an apple for “A,”

 

  1. Can letters be used to create recognizable images

 

  1. Can Organic materials be used to make a letter form

 

  1. Can letters be used to make a specific letter form

 

8. How can type be portrayed in a new way? Like on trees or signs. 

1 comment:

thenewprogramme said...

blake,
the things you are making are actually more interesting than most of your questions, and that's okay. it's very good in fact. i think you are exploring and questioning through the making in a better way than you are with writing things out.

as we discussed in class, your most interesting explorations are the ones that look at "illuination" differently using new materials and processes, such as time-based or kinetic illumination (using the flaming letter), or the sewn wire piece, or the knife blade T. builing those ideas out as a large theme or concept could be interesting. also playing with whole words (as opposed to individual letters) could be interesting.