Craft
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#knitting
#Rüdiger Schlömer
#typography
Moderately than construct the letter “A” or “R” by digital layers, Rüdiger Schlömer constructs the alphabet, numbers, and fundamental symbols sew by sew. The Zurich-based designer devised Typeknitting, a undertaking that interlocks two distinctive artistic types right into a methodically constructed, tactile hybrid. “Typographic knitting to me is a means of translation between two very totally different fields, hand knitting buildings and sort design. That is what makes it so attention-grabbing to me,” he shares.
Schlömer first melded the 2 practices when refashioning soccer scarves. He knitted group colours, phrases, and the occasional mascot into lengthy wearables, a course of that taught him to pair the mediums. He discovered that “patchwork knitting works higher for large-scale pixel designs or modular typography. Mosaic knitting has quite a bit in widespread with geometric Kufic calligraphy and works higher for small letterforms and repeat patterns.”
From that got here his first typeface, Knit Grotesk. Taking cues from the san-serif Futura, the design options squares that evoke a low-resolution pixelation and is made for slip stitches moderately than the attribute “v” of the fundamental knit sew. Schlömer provides:
When creating a typeface for knitting, I continually change in between analog and digital. That is essential with the intention to not get caught within the logic of both medium. Some particulars may look nice on display screen however grow to be problematic or boring when knitted. It’s a sort of cross-medial prototyping between the display screen and knitting needles.
Since publishing his first e book Typographic Knitting, Schlömer has leaned into educating and can lead workshops in Could for Zurich’s Craft Week and one other in July with the Berlin Letters Competition. He additionally launched a sample for the blue-and-white striped alphabet blanket above on Ravelry, inspiring a number of knitters to tackle the undertaking. “Figuring out how a lot work this takes, this implies quite a bit to me,” he says.
Subsequent up is designing a typeface accessible to newbies who could be making an attempt their hand at lettering or knitting for the primary time. Maintain a watch out for that launch and information about upcoming workshops on Instagram. You additionally may take pleasure in these stitched CMYK research.
#knitting
#Rüdiger Schlömer
#typography
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