Extended Practice Workshop

Today we had our first session with Nick as an Extended Practice starter workshop. We created prints from dissected typefaces (Baskerville, Cooper Black and Neue Haas). 

I really enjoyed the session and found it really chill and calming. It reminded me a lot of the kind of experimental workshops we did in first year and the kind of visuals we can make in a limited amount of time. I also enjoyed how it was very handmade and a very rough and raw process which makes me think of how important creating rough ideas and experiments are; I feel like definitely in 2nd year we kind of lost this process and went straight to digital ideas and creation, and I think this was one of the reasons why this workshop was very helpful and was done. 

Looking at other people's visuals I really liked the textures that some people made on their designs. It something that really separates handmade processes to digital ones as every textures is very different and something hat you can control or not control yourself, which is fun and interesting at the same time. You wont always get the result that you want- good or bad. 

I also liked how some people played with the spaces that they had. Constricting or trying to use/ balance the space with the design. I think it really works for the shapes that they used as well as how they laid out the shapes as well. Like (1) looks very natural and has a very organic feel to it, whereas (2) looks more polished and controlled, working more towards a more geometrical and clean aesthetic. 

Thoughts & Reflection:

I liked the session as it kinda made me take time off thinking about COP too much and just have fun with creating prints and experimenting for a while. I also made me appreciate handmade prints and processes again and how much of an important process it is for us. It's good for idea generation  and overall creating more unique designs rather than going straight to digital processes.