TASK: Explore ceramics as a medium and relate it to your interests.
SOLUTION: An exploration into the three-dimensional realm of and abstraction of typography.
SOLUTION: An exploration into the three-dimensional realm of and abstraction of typography.
Photography by Kyra Allen
Full Alphabet
The history of letterforms is abstraction. The first written language was pictograms that represented quite literally what their meaning was. As technology and social practices changed, writing became more symbolic of the sounds that we spoke, closer tied to our spoken language.
I aim to progress that abstraction in unheard-of three-dimensional letterforms. By interpreting our current English letterform’s character into a tangible form, I am able to add my own piece to humankind’s abstraction of letterforms.
Individual Forms
My letterforms started cautiously. Careful of their resemblance to historic typefaces, principles, and measures. While that was beautiful to learn, my letterforms have become less like letters as I have gone through the alphabet, which is ultimately the goal.
My letterforms started cautiously. Careful of their resemblance to historic typefaces, principles, and measures. While that was beautiful to learn, my letterforms have become less like letters as I have gone through the alphabet, which is ultimately the goal.
Process
Big glaze days, dissecting historic typefaces, sketching abstraction, and creating new solutions.
Big glaze days, dissecting historic typefaces, sketching abstraction, and creating new solutions.
Though my craft and technique isn’t perfect, that makes my sculpted language more human.
The human hand and the nature of written language are what I'm studying.
