After reading that the process of making art can be as
interesting as the finished product, I’ve made more of an effort to record what
I do.
At the moment I’m working on a large format (A1) typography.
Let me just say that getting A1 paper is a pain in the arse. Once a year I take
a train into the CBD specifically to get the right sort of A1 paper (I think
that it’s about 250 gsm) from a snooty art supplies shop. Last time I was there
I spent about $100 on paper just so I could put as much time between then and
the next paper-buying mission as possible. Geez! I can’t even think about it
without getting my rage on!
Anyway, the word is “biodiversity”. I worked each letter out
on drafting paper first:
The inking is my favourite step. It’s much easier to see whether
something is working once all the lines have been filled in:
Each letter is different, so getting the whole thing to look
balanced was a bit tricky. There are individual letters that I really like but
I’m not sure what I think of it as a whole just yet.
