Jeanette's German Blackletters

Alphabet 1 for 2011 is on a background of text from the obituary of Johann Sebastian Bach. The script reflects the German blackletter. The letters are in watercolour, on smooth watercolour paper, the small letters with an automatic pen and the large letters with a broad brush. The first four letters are B-A-C-H, appropriately. But as I am late, I have also posted the next six letters.

4 Letters for...

...Valentine's Day!

Getting Started with 2011-Resisting all the way

Well, found a fabulous bed valance to recycle and do some resist on and finally get started. Black and White with a touch of brilliance.....well it will be black and white with a touch of antique brilliance I think this time round. I have started my film roll!!!!!

Thanks

First 4 letters

Well, here is the first try, I love calligraphy but as you will see, I am no calligrapher, but I love type in all it's forms and I especially love the shapes of letters. For the black and white letters I decided to use my own hand writing, scan it, and then layer it, hoping that just the shapes would carry the day. This is such a fun project and I really appreciate joining this group and look forward to getting to know you all and see your work.

Alphabet Conversations

As one of nine children growing up in Sydney we had to create our own fun of course, no such thing as computers, DS' etc. One of the winter activities was to create what we then called "conversations". They usually revolved around boy/girl themes and depending where the conversation stopped after counting and moving our fingers back and forth as the conversation moved, questions like "tell us who you boyfriend is?" would be asked. I am sure we all ended up running madly around the house driving our mother crazy.

Anyway, these are my "Alphabet Conversations" using the same folding method we used as children. Mind you I had never folded them so small until now. Try folding a 7cm square and then you'll know how small these are. Enjoy my Alphabet Conversations!

First 4 weeks - Lyndell

This is my first time posting anything on the web! Many thanks to Fiona for her great instructions.

I decided that I'd start with the black and white with a little touch of (in my case) marbling. I used some of the marbling paper I did last year.

I am in awe of what has already been posted and am looking forward to seeing the rest.

Alphabet Conversations ... are on their way

What wonderful work so far. It is a little bit of a late start to the year for me but at last, my Alphabet Conversations are underway ... stay tuned ... until later in the day.
Keep on creating!
Gemma

Between the Lines

We did a program at WCS (Westcoast Calligraphy Society) called Between the Lines Valentine in January and I was having so much fun with it I decided to use this technique for the first set of letters. The dull copper letter is actually iridescent but that does not translate well when scanning. I was going to do something "Zentangle" like for the second set but see that Wendy beat me to the punch so I'll keep thinking about that one for now and hopefully come up with something different.

I am amazed, in awe and so inspired by all the work already posted to the blog. WOW!
Violet Smythe, Richmond, BC Canada

Pat's first post for the year

Being involved in ALAW 2010 really got me thinking about alphabets and trying different ones and playing around with letters. This alphabet, in all its simplicity, came out of sitting in a meeting with 3 pieces of paper on my lap and a dark skirt or trousers and taking the corners of the papers and fanning (while I was listening well of course!) and seeing a "W" appear and liking the contrast of the white with the colour and the basic, clean shape.

This alphabet is quite different from other things I've done and I'm not sure how all the letters will go. I'm not particularly happy with the "C" but it looked like a "D" the first try and I didn't want that. I decided to go with a different colour for each letter as it just seemed to fit. One thing I hadn't thought about until I went to make the first letter for this, was whether the letter would be the white or the coloured part. I tried both and decided on the the latter, although the former might get made at some point, too, just as a counterpoint.

Metalfabet 1

I sculpt, there for I am

All the letters I will be creating for " letter a week'' will be formed and shaped out of steel into 3D objects. For my first encounter with the art that lives inside the written word I have decided to focus more on the letters as objects then on what colour I will employ to cover them up with. The letters will be made of raw metal, a bit rusty in some places, a bit shiny in others and very organic. They will be cut by hand out of thin steel sheets into 10 mm strips and then folded into letter shapes with some extra bits that will form connecting tabs. There will be no welding nor soldering done, no bolting and no gluing.

By connecting various letters which will spell words or sentences that express my thoughts I will form abstract shaped objects or....

"thoughts that stand up by themselves, for themselves"