Truth to Materials: Truth to materials means that the method of working should reflect the materials used to create the piece.So, hand cut letters should not look like laser cut letters. I'm working on a design to be screenprinted.I did a rough sketch in illustrator and had decided:1) the letters need an informality and directness.2) they need to be cut directly without prior drawing / sketching.3) guide lines should be drawn freely by hand so that the letter scale varies. Remember … [Read more...]
Oxford Summer School 2013 – 1
White on White The programme for Oxford Summer School is on line!I am teaching two three day courses and here is the first one which is from 29th July - 3rd August 2013. White on White The power of shadow will be explored in this white on white workshop as we create embossed letters. Hand embossing involves creating a stencil then gently pushing the paper into the desired lettershapes. We will also look at cut letters against the light or encapsulated in gampi which is an Eastern paper.This … [Read more...]
Behold how good…screened and cut letters
Here is the screened piece I started on Friday. I'm not too sure if I carried off the informal spacing, but I think I'm happy with it. I must say, it was really fun to just draw and cut letters without agonising. The photo was taken in the winter dappled sunshine to show the embossing. The B has a menorah behind it and there is a design at the bottom. I did four prints on different papers and I like this one where you can see the roughness of the paper through the screening (ampersand, T, … [Read more...]
Cut & Screened letters
I am making a "poster" for an elderly gentleman's 80th - he was a vicar and I was asked to do a card for everyone to sign. It's turned out to be A3, but that was because I had the idea of screenprinting. I'll put it into an folder and they can sign that. His name is Bruce, so I looked for a verse starting with B. The B and the word pleasant will be in orange and the rest in grey. Then there will be some blind-embossing over the B and the pattern at the bottom. (All this is practise for The Rope … [Read more...]