Three-Dimensional Typography

Lauren Moran and Alanna Santiago

As always, sketches are indesposible as a brain-storming tool in the creative process.

Even if the ideas seem a little far-fetched...

Some of the most interesting designs on paper would unfortunately never quite work out in reality.

However, some ideas do end up creating beautiful end-products.

Lauren, warping a paper mock-up of a spherical design.

We

then

entered

the

physical

stage

of

production.

....and then a curly-cue variation, ...and another.

...and another, and another,

We made sure to document every idea we had, just in case one turned out to be spectacular.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Many valiant ideas gave their lives during the

process of this project, and while they did not

come to full fruition, they will not be forgotten.

RIP.

None

more

dissapointing

Than

paper

mache.

However, we finally found which idea fit our goals best.

The exactly placement was something that we debated for a long time.

We ended up with a right angle design that resembles a book-end.

We also loved the design because of the diverse angles of viewing.

It’s visually interesting and appealing from many angles in the round.

And so we got to work with the large scale-mock-

up! The plan was to use cardboard squars to

make the thickness of the curve.

The

full

scaled

killer

end

product

From start to finish, the design was evident in all stages of the design process.

We originally planned on making the C’s out of clay but sadly the clay kept cracking. We spent time trying to figure out ways to pre-vent the cracks from happening. We added more clay, re-wet the old clay, used paper towels to try and make the clay dry from the inside out, nothing seemed to stop the cracks from happening. So we decided to change our materials and try and come up with a new solution.

Enter, paper mache 2.0

It worked! the next step, of course, was the final coating of paint.

Due to a blizzard, we had to McGuiver a paint box in my basement to control fumes...

everyone was safe!

The finished product! We decided to use a hammered texture black spray paint as opposed to a matte black because it looked more finished

along with the paper mache texture.

Looking at the finished product in it’s final position, it reflects the important aspects of the

original design, while still growing into an interesting object from many perspectives.

FIN