Fashion Loves Art

We were trying to create differnet typefaces which related to the era in which we are interested us. I chose the 1950s and in particular the old hollywood glamour of the period. I began by thinking about sign language. I planned to change the background colour to a 50s palette however after I had scanned Sophies hands using the scanner I liked the effect of the black background. I then began to look at the typical typeface of the 1950's. I specifically looked at the mastheads of 50's magazines such as 'Bazaar'. I began to sketch out the letters and filled them in with black ink. I then used the sewing machine to go over the letters with cream cotton. I then continued to look at the magazine titles. I cut out letters from magazine and arranged them into the words. I also used some lace to add variation to my words.

Unit 38 Mixed Media Image Making

Summary Unit 38 Mixed Media Image Making

To create the word Fashion from creative mixed media typography we used found objects relating to fashion. Each of the letters was created using a different object or series of objects. This required a lot of thought and planning to execute to a high standard. We each decided on a letter and thought of possible outcomes to use on our piece. We started with the letter ‘O’. Each member of the group had a different idea for how to represent the letter and after trying each possibility we decided on a ring. We then moved on to the letter ‘S’. We wanted to relate this directly to fashion so using a scarf we created the shape of the letter. We photographed this from an aerial perspective to capture the whole image.  Next we formed the letter ‘A’, for this we used three pairs of glasses, two of these pairs had thick black frames that are easily seen and gave us a large easy to read letter. This was photographed from an aerial perspective to capture the whole image. Moving on to the letter ‘I’, we simply used one of the light fittings from the C17. This was photographed from lying on the floor, in order to capture the entire light. We feel like these are the most interesting compositions on our piece because these were the letters that required much thought to be both legible and creative.