Examples Of Tools In Use
With my 4 initial tools finalised I was able to undertake a series of experiments to see how they could be used to create different forms. Letterforms created using the Blocks Letterforms created using the Randomiser Letterforms created using the Stencil Letterforms...
Blocks Development
With my digital tools progressing and the sets of components defined I have begun to make my final tool, the blocks. These are 3D printed blocks that can be printed with on a printing press. The components are all designed to relate to each other in terms of size,...
Stencil and stamp tests
One of the things that I identified earlier in the project was making tools that are accessible. Not everyone has access to a 3D printer, or to the printing presses required to use the 3D printed blocks. With that in mind I experimented with different physical ways I...
Open Collab – Typo Session
Open Collab is a experiment in digital collaboration. Throughout the month they put out an open call for submissions on a theme that are the randomly combined with other submissions to create new works of art. This month it was the Typographic Session and they asked...
Perception of Letterforms – The Brain and Gestalt Theory
My project focuses on the development of western letterforms based on latin alphabets. In the 2014 documentary about her by Edward Tufte, Inge Druckrey posits that "the classical Roman letter is the ancestor of all later formal developments of our alphabet." From...
Chaos Blocks
While printing a set of blocks for printing I ran into an unexpected problem. The printing of a set of blocks takes around 1.5hours, during which time I was teaching and did not realise the resin in the printing vat had begun to run out. The result was a failed print...
How We Learn and How We Teach Design
In her book Teaching Design, author Meridith Davis comments that todays "design fields began as trades, rather than professions" with many of the practical skills being acquired through making (2017). The rules of graphic design are not enshrined or enforced by any...
Glink – 3D Printing Experimentation
Glint Club B1309/10 (Bethel 1956) The current idea for Glint club originates from the exploration of the Glint border and ornament. Writing on the glint club blog in 2015 the authour explains "In April 1956 David Bethel submitted his design for the Glint border &...
EL Blocks – 3D Printing Experimentation
This week I have been exploring the use of resin 3d printers to be able to generate printable blocks from home without the need for other tools like laser cutters/routers etc. The results so far have been promising – producing blocks that are sturdy enough to print...
Print Room Tests
With lockdown lifting I have been able to get access to the print room to finally see how my test blocks print. First impressions are very promising, the surface takes ink very well and transfers the design to the paper without slurring or marring the design. When...
