Observation and experimentation
Our first brief was to consider the use of letterforms and stencils provided to produce line. I had to closely study these letter forms and start to deconstruct them and see them more clearly as perhaps a three dimensional form consisting of curves, straight lines, angles. I had to produce design sheets consisting of these letterforms but perhaps in a more abstract fashion of maybe just a curve which may have been influenced/taken from an ‘O’.
I started my design by over lapping ‘ABC’ , a simple yet effective technique of overlay adds dimension to the design so it seems as though there is depth to the composition. I used the technique of scratching with stick and ink to produce more unique marks and different tones again adding to the 3 dimensional qualities of the design.
Following on from the idea of stick and ink I incorporated colour into the black and white design. Adding bright colour helps capture attention, drawing in the observing eye as they contrast to the bold scratches of the ink. I overlapped the letters again as I liked the dimensions created in the previous design so decided to continue with a similar method. I think this design is effective as again it’s a rather simple composition, I didn’t want to overcomplicate the arrangement as it would make detecting one letter from the next difficult. However if I was to continue with this theme I think I would make the arrangement and letterforms more abstract leaving an inquisitive design. I could achieve this by cropping into a section of my work and enlarging it so it is purely lines composing the composition, intriguing the viewer as to what the lines could originally have formed.
I choose to use mix media in the next composition involving stick and ink and college, the block colours create more of a statement than simple line marks so allows the design to include some contrast.
I then inverted these designs in black and white as well as colour, highlighting different features of the arrangement and allowing for a more professional , clean finish. These designs could be developed further and perhaps used to promote aspects in which letter is used, such as a poster for children’s alphabet as one example.
Typographics
Inverted...
then had to continue with the idea of letter forms but was able to include materials and i was required to consider in more detail the colour, texture, tone and scale of the work. I decided to use materials such as newspaper, stamps, wrapping paper, wall paper etc..materials which consisted of some type of pattern or text already. I found adding stitch to combine the college together added textural and visual qualities to my work as it produces interesting marks. This work reminded me of kurt schwitters as he used aspects of college and typography in his work.
Back of the inverted images ...
Kurt Schwitters
This is a well known piece by Schwitters, he incorporates different materials in his work here such as travel tickets, envelopes, letters, bits of paper etc. His work, although it maybe rather intergrated in the composition, also includes letter and letter forms. However, it is difficult to read the text therefore adding a sense of intrigue to the viewer as to what the letter could possibly have been about or where he was travelling to and why. His work contains meaning from his life which i think is important as it allows one to connect with the piece and really become involved in it. I kept his work in mind when i was producing my own by adding stamps and cinema tickets to, like schwitter's work, allow the viewer to wonder what i had seen or who i was writting to.
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