Tutorial 1 21/2/25
- How can I disrupt this tool?
- The beauty and insight is in the making
- Use this method in a way it was not intended to be used
Having been intrigued by the imperfections of the hand stamped letterforms, and the experience of type outside of a digital space, my intention now is to ‘anti-stamp’…
Letterpress or hand stamping GIVES ink to a surface, it adds, augments, usually in a very direct and confident way (ref Anthony Burrill’s work). I would like the wood type to TAKE or SUBTRACT from the surface. Instead of a clean and refined, typeset piece of printed matter with a clear message, I’d like to use wood type blocks to take away pages, images and form from printed matter.
I intend to collate a set of printed matter, coat a wood block ampersand with glue, wallpaper paste or turpentine and place is on a page. Then after drying, I will take it away in the opposite action of stamping, pulling away. This will create insight into the space left behind, what is revealed.
Can I use other surfaces like plaster on a wall, wallpaper, food, the bark of a tree?
Can I reprint with what I take away?
Some experimenting to do this week…., and also keep in mind the written element and how I view my work through it.