Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Fiona's first four letters...

I have really enjoyed the start to ALaW this year - I have sat in the studio fiddling around and have eventually come up with something I can work with.

I went for white on white (one of my all time favourite combinations) and pierced the letters through the paper. I only had the i-Phone over at the shed studio so the colours appear more dove-grey on dove-grey; but the sense of them comes through I think.

This is my response to the dotty alphabet - all those little pin pricks make such nice dots!

Here is where I have gotten to so far A, B, C and D





And this is what they looked like lined up together on a piece of blackboard - yum!


And then just because I am who I am - I took a shot of the multi-pierced piece of mat board I had been using to pierce into - the lovely pattern left was too good to ignore!


The alphabet is based upon the style of writing Charles Rennie Mackintosh used to use in his plans and designs.

8 comments:

  1. White on white - fabulous! These letters look great. So classical.

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  2. Very stylish, and restrained, Fiona. Just like you.

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  3. Terrie those letters look so cool on that! iNspires me to do some for myself!

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  4. Great idea! It's going to make an elegant alphabet for sure. And I love the abstracty mat board!

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  5. Beautiful, understated and stylish - I agree with Jo, and such a lovely font.

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  6. What a lovely beginning to your dotty alphabet - the tiny holes almost look like pearls. And the matboard is fascinating in its own right...I always think it's interesting to see the 'byproducts' of a project - countless strips of creamy thick paper, multicolored threads, curls of backing paper, fluorescent post-it tabs, etc. - and am often inspired to photograph the contents of the waste bin before cleaning up the studio!
    - Lisa

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  7. Oh just fabulous piercings Fiona! Stunning. I am all for piercings lately. x gb

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