Lau's UVWXYZ

Here are the final letters,
The X is the only one with 4 blue pieces... can't do less...

Lau's letters OPQRST

Here are the following letters,

susan's second - completed .....

It is so nice to have ticked another project off my list.

Bliss.

Fold over box design

continuing my new logo addiction!

you can see how the cut out folds over and hinges on the central piece

the letters just sit loosely in their box

some of the letters and their box

the alphabet box completed 

susan's second alphabet .....

The second half of this year has been a very odd one for me and as such none of my letters had been done until yesterday.  I came up with this idea in January and then went ahead with my dotty alphabet - no way I could have done all those dots in one day!

I had prepared the papers and then yesterday afternoon sat down and completed all twenty-six letters of the alphabet.  Seems like cheating but there is an urgency I have at present to catch up with all the projects that have needed my attention and haven't had it.  Steve and I head away in February next year and won't be home until after Easter so those projects which are due to be completed by April 2013, need to be done before Christmas.  I don't know if you all feel the same, but Christmas seems to bleed into January and not much in the way of creativity gets done.  Is this because we are exhausted after our year, and need that time out to refresh our thoughts and energies?  I think that is certainly part of it.

As you can see, my images are not on 7cm squares but are 7cms by 16cms and will be housed in a box.  The book will be unbound.  I have used a combination of joss papers - gold and silver, the gold had two differing coloured backgrounds.  I have used my normal writing for each letter of the alphabet and used the letters as part of the visual design.  Some of the letters are used repeatedly, almost as texture, and sometimes as individual letters. I have used a combination of graphite and fine black pen.

Despite the fact that the effort seems rushed, the concept had been worked out and a number of mock ups made earlier in the year.  As such, it meant I could just forge ahead with this collection.

I have really enjoyed looking back and forth through all the ALAW posts and seeing so much creative interpretation of the alphabet.  I am looking forward to seeing the completed alphabets.

second alphabet - a to h

second alphabet - i to p

second alphabet - q to z

Lau's letters JKLMN

Voici les lettres suivantes...
White'n blue square letters.

I admire this surprising diversity in all your realizations, it's amazing !! ...and that inspires me !

Lau's letters, EFGHI

Here are the following letters.
A white square with two blue shapes...
I had lot of fun to find out how to make these letters, specially the I.

Lau's second alphabet

Here is the second alphabet. This time, I chose to work in a different way... First a blue square 7x7, then a white square (which is the letter), then I add pieces of blue paper "to draw" the letter. You can see the detail on the F photo.

JGR - ABCD Second Alphabet

Hello, hello! I hope you're all are doing fine. Summer is hot here as always 90's (F) but in a few weeks we'll start really dreaming of Fall: crisp cool air and the beginning of Football Season, I can't wait!

And now for my second alphabet.

 This is NOT what I had in mind however, I was trying out some new shades of watercolors, letting them drip and merge to see how they mixed and voila'-I began to see the shape of an 'A' so, I added the thin cross bar and the suggestion of a serif (bottom right).

I tried another one . . . and this time, I helped it along nudging the paint, adding a light sweep of dry-brushing to get the fine lines. No preliminary sketching, or thinking for that matter LOL! just listening to my music, playing and enjoying those lovely surprises that are always lurking around the next bend.

"C" is my favorite so far, I like the smudge at the top right and the way it's barely recognizable as a letter. I tilted the paper to encourage 'color mingling' then, I left it flat for the paint to
'settle' which makes for random texture.

I had to blot "D"at the bottom right, it was beginning to creep to much and I like the mottled texture it left behind. So: I veered off course and here I am with a new direction for my second alphabet. I added the rounded border to add some control to this haphazard technique. Thank you for visiting!