Printing Expressively with Furniture and Reglet, a Typographic Map

Participants will compose a type and image map to be created using only the materials already available in the studio, from type cases to furniture, and reglet as image.

Participants will type set in wood and metal type on a letter size sheet of paper the cities/states where they have traveled. They will then overlay an abstract map of their city, using furniture and reglet set on quarter inch board to raise to type high and use the grain of the wood to embellish the image.

Each participant would get a set of prints to take with them as a documentation of the experience. This collaborative map reflects the participants locations and diversity.

The studio project is to produce type and image of each individual and explore different media, bringing the class together in a group project that speaks of the participants’ diversity.