“This is a self-initiated typographic experiment that explores the relationships between upper-case and lower-case letters, and also records the transformation between them.
“In this experiment I drew shapes with ink on one or both of my hands, manipulating my gestures into the corresponding shape to signify an upper-case letter. Then, using the same shape on my hands, I manipulated my gesture or changed the perspective through which the shape is viewed in order to transform the upper-case letter to a lower-case of the same letter. Removing or redrawing the darkened shape on my hands was not allowed in the experiment. The only way to make the model transform from an upper-case to a lower-case (or vice versa) was changing the gestures or the perspectives.
“I created 26 sets of these inked shapes and drew them on my hands. Each set is made to create both an upper-case and a lower-case letter, such as A and a. I also created some italics, handwritten letters, and some new typefaces with the same shapes.”
Creative skills by Tien-Min Liao. Via inspire me now.
More handcrafted type (though not so literal) with ChickenBrainKen’s hair logo on Logo Design Love, and with these handcrafted typography posters on CreativeRoots.
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Tien-Min was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. After graduating from National Chengchi University in Taiwan with a BA degree in advertising, she won the Ministry of Education Scholarship to advance her education at Pratt Institute.
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