Time for Typography

While browsing Chapters, I strode over to the art section, as per usual. I picked up a book on Typography called "The Little Book of Lettering" and flipped through it. The subject has caught my interest lately as I have been helping my sister to design her wedding invitations. Each double page highlighted the work of a different artist.

Two artists stood out to me. I memorized their names in the store--Dana Tanamachi and Liam Stevens--so that I could look them up when I got home.


DANA TANAMACHI

Dana starts with a blank chalkboard and draws out the rough shape. She erases, draws, erases, draws, erases, draws, until she gets it looking just right. She does a final coat with permanent chalk. Her education is in graphic design and she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Watch her work here, here, and here.

It reminds me of the style of writing at Death Valleys Little Brother, which I posted about back in December.



LIAM STEVENS

Liam is a pencil and paper enthusiast. He is an image maker and designer in London, England.

Perfect Prints

Reading the Etsy blog, I found a Fresh Shop from August 2013 which I had to share. It is called Rachelignotofsky and the article may be found here.

The designer shares my name, love for science, and interest in teaching children!

She has made a whole set of body system prints including nervous, skeletal, respiratory, digestive and cardiovascular systems.

She has prints of the heart, cell contents (plant and animal), and layers of the earth. 

If I worked with the school board with kindergarten children (which is my dream) I would totally buy all of these to use with the children! The faces on each item are too cute!