“Love Letter,” 9” x 7.5”, made by Pam Geisel June 2013
The design element for this piece is the use of letters or words
as graphic elements. The use of text as a graphic element is more noticeable in
graphic design but has been become more popular in fiber arts.
Our assignment was to choose a letter and print it out in several
different fonts, then play around with it: stretch it, rotate it, whatever. I
wanted to represent the capital letter ‘E’ without actually using an ‘E’ so I
played around with upside-down ‘3’s and ampersands. (Fun fact: the ampersand
symbol originated as the letters ‘e’ and ‘t’ squished together.)
The literal interpretation I went with is a love letter. (See if you
can find the letters ‘L’, ‘O’, and ‘V’ in the envelope; the ampersand can also
be read as the letter ‘E’.)
For this quilt I made a fabric envelope and appliquéd it to the
quilt top.
Tomorrow...Adventures in Design: Proportion and Scale(s)
1 comment:
It's fun to see these again Pam! They look great together!
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