Dienstag, 22. November 2011

Amber



Amber - nature´s most spectacular way to preserve its ancient creatures for millions of years. Insects or plants get caught on the sticky surface of fresh resin and are fully inclosed by additional flow. After millions of years of hardening, the resin becomes amber containing a perfectly intact inclusion. If letters were of organic origin they might have been trapped in tree resin too. During the age of digital print processing the letterpress letter became extinct - but we still can marvel at its amber inclusion.






Exhibit 16/1-9 of my project series "Evolution of Type" is my first experiment with polyester glass casting resin. It´s a sticky business and the form is half the win. I cut some letters, then covered a stone in plasticine, took the stone out and used the plasticine as a mold. Working with polyester glass resin is tricky when it comes to coloring, timing and calculating the amount of hardener. Since the liquid resin is a yellowish substance - which gets clear while hardening - it is hard to estimate how much color to mix in. While adding more hardener speeds up the hardening process this heats up the casting block considerably which in turn might result in a cracked piece. I guess everyone working with this material had to learn some lesson. I deliberately included some air bubbles, bread crumbs and pepper in the liquid resin to make it look like natural amber. Check out the whole project on http://www.behance.net/andreasscheiger

Mittwoch, 16. November 2011

CR and GD





Two friends asked me to craft a present for their respective wedding anniversary. I simply combined the initials of the couples´given names while trying to maintain the character of one single letter.

4 pages in Zeixs


Proudly announcing my inclusion in Zeixs´ popular cube book series "New Typography 2". A great showcase of experimental typography by great graphic designers you might have stumbled upon in the net. Get the book here.