Project 01: Calisthenics Exercises – Letter/Word/Text

Exercise One : Letter

Take a slice of bread, wreck it, mold it, squeeze or pull it. Use the scraps, remainders and slabs of the bread to make a letter form. Do this again, share bits and pieces with classmates. When you have a good one, take it to the photocopier or scanner and copy it. Try to not be precious!

Exercise Two: Word

Choose 4 words, write then in block uppercase letterform, memorize their shapes, close your eyes and draw the inside forms [counters] first then the outside of the forms. Try to do this freely!

Exercise Three: Text

At arms length, use a dark marking took [brush and ink, marker, charcoal] and write a paragraph [your choice of words]. Try to do this with your arm as far from your body as possible!

Homework: Make 9 interesting compositions total using your calisthenics alone or in combination due next week.

Size: 11x14 vertical.

Medium: photocopies or printout.

Finals: Make the presentation look good. I’ll learn a lot about how you think and work from this project.

Here some photos from our first class!

LETTER

WORD

TEXT

General

Whitney's fine collection of books on letterforms