Wood & Type
A combination of salvaged wood canvases with custom lettering brought to you by Brian Phillips and Bobby Dixon. That pile of scrap wood in your garage or on the side of the road can become something of aesthetic value. Learn how to transform that heap into a patchwork canvas for creative work. On top of that, this workshop will cover the basics of hand-drawn lettering in order to customize your newly constructed wood canvas. From script to blackletter, create custom type for a unique context.
This is an example of the scrap wood canvases that Brian pre-made for our workshop and an example of Bobby's hand-lettering:
Basically we all just got to pick one of those canvases that Brian made for us, and then Bobby showed us how to graph out a word to plan the sizing and kerning. He gave us some demonstrations and pointers and a bunch of designers just sat in a room and did arts and crafts at camp. It was amazing.
Bobby's style is very street-artist, as you can see from his black lettering above and slang copy. I have always been inspired by hand-lettering. I love calligraphy and I look up videos and people just throwing this stuff on paper all the time. It was so cool to be able to see it in person and interact with these acclaimed artists.
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