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Typography and my book cover
Dec. 19th, 2017 10:08 amPart of the project involves a hand-lettered book cover. I knew I wanted to do something with the Arjowiggins Inuit typeface, but as a bespoke typeface, it is not commercially available. I wrote to Arjowiggins Creative Papers, and they were nice enough to share it with me for my project.
At first, I was planning on replicating the typeface with tech pen, but while talking to folks at the Aboriginal Services Centre at Conestoga College, I saw Christina Restoule doing traditional indigenous beadwork. I asked Tauni Sheldon, an Inuk elder, if the beadwork was also used by Inuit, and she said that yes, it is a common element used on parkas and such. And so I decided I wanted to do my lettering in traditional beadwork.
Ms. Restoule told me she'd get me started with the technique, and on Friday, December 15, she helped me find the right sized beads and some leather to work with. I used an actual-sized printout of the title as a template.
The process is time-consuming. I worked on the beading all afternoon and into the late evening on Friday, throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, then picked the template out painstakingly on Monday before adding the final accent red bead in the tittle.
I chose black leather to contrast with white and sparkly blue glass beads. The single red bead represents blood.
At first, I was planning on replicating the typeface with tech pen, but while talking to folks at the Aboriginal Services Centre at Conestoga College, I saw Christina Restoule doing traditional indigenous beadwork. I asked Tauni Sheldon, an Inuk elder, if the beadwork was also used by Inuit, and she said that yes, it is a common element used on parkas and such. And so I decided I wanted to do my lettering in traditional beadwork.
Ms. Restoule told me she'd get me started with the technique, and on Friday, December 15, she helped me find the right sized beads and some leather to work with. I used an actual-sized printout of the title as a template.
The process is time-consuming. I worked on the beading all afternoon and into the late evening on Friday, throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, then picked the template out painstakingly on Monday before adding the final accent red bead in the tittle.
I chose black leather to contrast with white and sparkly blue glass beads. The single red bead represents blood.
