A Letter a Week 2014: January Leters

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January Leters

Hello everyone, this is the first post for the Place alphabet. I came across a metal shim alphabet belonging to my Grandfather and decided to emboss the letters of various places that I have travelled to during my journeys around Australia in the past few years.

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Fiona DempsterJanuary 28, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Firstly may I say I love the purple! Then of course I love the embossing and the calligraphy. And last but not least I love that they look like smiles…happy travels!
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confuzedJanuary 29, 2014 at 9:12 PM
My first thought was that they look like little winking eyes! So sweet. I love the embossed letters too.
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Gemma BlackJanuary 31, 2014 at 2:47 PM
I love the mere fact that the metal shim alphabet belonged to your Grandfather. That along give a sense of place. I love this meaning in your work Valerie!
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Little bit of blueApril 12, 2014 at 1:03 AM
What beautiful lettering and embossing. I wish I knew how to emboss! This will be a stunning alphabet when complete.
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About A Letter a Week 2014

Welcome to A Letter a Week 2014, a project that began in 2010 and is primarily about having fun, experimenting and having a regular, small project to focus on each week.

The aim is simply to:

Write/create a letter a week

Creating 52 letters

Which must form 2 x alphabets (that is, not 52 x the letter ‘A’)

By the end of 2014

The main rule is that the letter must be presented on a piece of material measuring 7cm x 7cm

– this helps keep a sense of uniformity amongst the pieces which helps with exhibition coherence.

The other criterion for 2014 is that ONE alphabet has to meet the criteria of "Place”.

- that means the alphabet references place in some in way, but is still presented on the square. It could mean the alphabet describes a place; is photographed in a place, describes a place, reflects a place, tells a story of a place, a special place or the place where you live or work… Each alphabet must be turned into a final piece which could be used for possible publication or exhibition.

- that is, you must put all the letters together into a final piece of art.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January Leters

4 comments: