{"id":16565,"date":"2022-05-05T00:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T00:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2022-05-06T13:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:15:22","slug":"drawing-machines-machine-image-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=16565","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Machines: Scrap Calligraphy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This piece is a set of brown paper tapestries painted with white acrylic ink and a gel pen. I also have the tools I used to make the piece mounted beside them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this piece, I was really interested in exploring calligraphy even though we didn\u2019t have a very long time working on it in class. I was looking forward to learning different writing styles and working with handheld \u2018drawing machines\u2019 compared to the more tech-based machines we\u2019d explored previously. I was also interested in breaking down the function of the calligraphy nib or brush because there is such a variety of calligraphy tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this project, I started by practicing different calligraphy styles, I eventually started mixing gothic and old English styles to make letters I liked. For tools, I used an assortment of sponges, tools, and brushes, then I experimented with breaking things and putting things together. The tool that took the longest was my gel pen contraption. I wanted to recreate the way that tines on fountain pens can spread apart and make thicker strokes depending on pressure on a bigger scale. I ended up making a little accordion by gluing lots of small tiles of cardboard together and crushing the fluting down to it could bend in an arch. I glued that between the ends of two gel pens so that the pen tips met together in a point, secured by a rubber band. I secured that between two popsicle sticks with a cylinder glued to sit under the pen tips, pushing them apart when you push the popsicle sticks together and coming back together when you release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I felt like I had enough tools I took white acrylic ink and demonstrated the different stroke patterns and letters by using the different tools to write my first, middle, and last name on large strips of paper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This project was a little difficult because I wish I had more time with it, especially with the presentation. I feel like there is a better way to demonstrate the tools, maybe with more layering and colors, or maybe so that people could watch the tools as they draw. Still, I got a lot of really interesting study out of this project, and calligraphy has been something I\u2019ve wanted to get into for a while so I really enjoyed getting to know the genre a bit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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