by Mark | Aug 14, 2021 | Experimentation, Journal, Promotion
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...
by Mark | Aug 2, 2021 | 3D Printed Letterpress Type, Experimentation, Journal, Production, Promotion
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,...
by Mark | Jul 2, 2021 | Experimentation, Journal, Promotion, Uncategorized
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...
by Mark | Jun 24, 2021 | Experimentation, Journal, Primary Research, Promotion, Research, Secondary Research
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...
by Mark | May 27, 2021 | Journal, Promotion, Reflection, Research, Secondary Research
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...
by Mark | May 19, 2021 | 3D Printed Letterpress Type, Experimentation, Journal, Promotion, Uncategorized
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...
