Fig 1. scribble (author's own)
'The key is to be playful,' our graphics tutor Andy couldn't stress this enough. Being able to see your work as play opens your eyes to a whole new way of working. We were asked to create shapes by manipulating any form of media in any way we like and then turn them into letters. In Fig 1. you can see a shape that could be accepted as an 'M', 'E' or 'W' depending on the direction it is looked at. I used charcoal, masking tape, paper, fibre point pen, pencils, a craft knife, glue, I smudged, scrunched, stamped on, poured water, etc. My outcomes were not fascinating, especially compared to others', but I sure did play and I'll make sure to approach my future work with a similar mind set.
Fig 2. scrunch (author's own)
Fig 2 is an image of the piece of paper I poured water on and then manipulated into this shape. I see an 'M', how about you? You may not even see a letter at all. If I was to redo this task, I would probably experiment with water colours and drawing around shapes of objects we find lying around.
Fig 3. combined (author's own)
Fig 4. amazing experimentations (author's own)
In Fig 3 and Fig 4 you can see a wider range of experimentation, and more obvious letters than my ones. When all the work was put together it created a chaotic sight, the colours and shapes engage you immediately. The alphabet has never looked so interesting.
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