Typography design – Experiment #1

So, as my first attempt at my typography sculpture I chose the word “love” as when seen most in signs or slogans etc it is most commonly written in a serif font to represent its meaning. I began by sketching out the different fonts I wanted to use, and sketched the added wires and flowers I had planned on top.

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And then the creation began. I used three or four wires at a time and twisted them in a irregular pattern and shaped them into the letters. I thought it would be easier if the letters were joined so then the wire could just be continuous… I then ran out of wire. Despite this, I added a couple of flowers to what I had of the word “love” to see if they worked well with the wire, and I loved the finished product!

As a first draft idea, I was pretty happy with my end result! However I wanted to change my idea so I had more letters for my final piece, with a variety of upper case and lower case to show my type design clearly. I searched through Google short quotes and sayings and discovered the quote I want to use, “Beautiful Chaos”. I also wanted to add more materials to my sculpture so I am on the hunt for ideas of metal/wiring I can use.

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