Analogue Communique Session 3

This type workshop was all about scaling up our letter designs even larger with a focus on creativity and the process of creation - what tools/materials would we use to create our ' I am ....' statement at a larger scale. Although this was the case you could stick with what you had done in the previous sessions but just on a bigger scale which I decided to do. 

At the start of the workshop I decided to recreate my previous design on A3 white card instead of black card which I had used for my last design as I wanted to try on both white and black. Part way through working on the white card I realised my letters worked better on a black background so I then took my original letters on Black A4 card, scanned them in and scaled them up to A3 size, which I then printed.

My scaled up letter designs seen here:

Although I am pleased with how the letters look on a larger scale I would like to try out some other ways of creating my type like using different materials and exploring more creative ways to see what kind of outcomes are produced.

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Following on from this session I found a book in the library called 'Handmade Type Workshop' by Charlotte Rivers which includes step by step instructions for different handmade techniques to use to create interesting type messages, as well as showing different typographers' work.

I found this book really interesting and it has given me ideas to try out as well as giving lots of hand-made type inspiration through its chapters, each of which focus on a different area of hand- made type, such as Illustrated or hand drawn type, 3D/Installation type, Found or photographed type, printed stitched or cut type and creating a font family. I intend to try out at least one technique and apply it to my 'I am...' phrase and also maybe apply it to another word or phrase.