For this workshop I was asked to think outside of the box and create some 3D typography that was explorative, cost effective and visually intriguing. So I came up with the idea to do some woodwork and to somehow mark my typography onto the wood. So I first stripped a hardwood log down to some clean wood and sanded it to a smooth finish. Doing this with hardwood was more difficult than it would have been with softwood but I did not have access to any softwood.
I then took a screwdriver and with a hammer I chiseled the letters by following a stencil. To everyones misery this made a lot of noise. I had to be careful not to make the wood split or for the counters in the middle of the letters to chip away. To finish I picked embedded paper out of the wood and chipped some more wood away to give the letters more definition and 3D presence.
The next step will be to sand down the surface once again so it is comfortable to touch, and then burn the chiseled areas to emphasise the letters more. I will need to be careful about controlling the burning so I don't just set the whole log on fire, and with the sanding I need to be careful and not chip the counters and delicate corners away.
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