A Letter a Week 2014: Jac's first alphabet assembled

Friday, June 27, 2014

Jac's first alphabet assembled

I’ve finished assembling the first alphabet for 2014 in a book.

It consists of 26 monoprints made with acrylic paint on a gelli plate (plus front and back covers)

I was exploring how little of the letter was needed in order to make it ‘read’

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Maya Sara MatthewJune 27, 2014 at 5:05 PM
Precious.Really beautiful. What is the method of binding?
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UnknownJune 28, 2014 at 12:40 AM
This minimalist approach is such a refreshing way to make the letters. I'm also charmed by the binding. It seems to allow all of the pages to open flat. Is it a type of coptic binding?
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Fiona DempsterJuly 7, 2014 at 8:21 PM
I really do love the 'there and not-there' expression of these letters Jac. And the colours! Must feel good to have finished and that it worked so well.
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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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Friday, June 27, 2014

Jac's first alphabet assembled

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