ISTD Brief
The concept behind my letterpress assignment was to show the four different voices and opinions that were experienced by different groups of people during the British Corn Law debate of the19th century. These voices all contribute to setting the story and scene of what happened before and during the Corn Laws.
Voices:
Historical Overview
Government
Media
Working-Class people
I chose to present this in the form of a documentation like booklet, reflecting on the events of the time and acting as a timeline, portraying what happened, why, and the consequences.
The A4 pages surrounding the A5 reflect the reaction from the people, and contain media headlines that are in response to the Government and Historical voice in the A5.
Using laser cut wood type, I scanned in my prints to form the letters into words, creating sayings and sentences. I chose to use Blue and Red as patriotic symbolism to the British national colours.
They also act as a means for differentiation in the Working-Class voice for protest, anger and opinion (Red), and the Blue acts as the background for the Historical Overview, differentiating from the Government voice.
I used turpentine transfers for all images and documents, giving them a sense of originality and age, lifting the story, and bringing it to life. All sourced images are original documents from the 1800’s, this being the newspapers, Corn Law documentation and imagery. This was essential to have a consistent feel and flow of the era.
The concept behind my letterpress assignment was to show the four different voices and opinions that were experienced by different groups of people during the British Corn Law debate of the19th century. These voices all contribute to setting the story and scene of what happened before and during the Corn Laws.
Voices:
Historical Overview
Government
Media
Working-Class people
I chose to present this in the form of a documentation like booklet, reflecting on the events of the time and acting as a timeline, portraying what happened, why, and the consequences.
The A4 pages surrounding the A5 reflect the reaction from the people, and contain media headlines that are in response to the Government and Historical voice in the A5.
Using laser cut wood type, I scanned in my prints to form the letters into words, creating sayings and sentences. I chose to use Blue and Red as patriotic symbolism to the British national colours.
They also act as a means for differentiation in the Working-Class voice for protest, anger and opinion (Red), and the Blue acts as the background for the Historical Overview, differentiating from the Government voice.
I used turpentine transfers for all images and documents, giving them a sense of originality and age, lifting the story, and bringing it to life. All sourced images are original documents from the 1800’s, this being the newspapers, Corn Law documentation and imagery. This was essential to have a consistent feel and flow of the era.
