I am in total awe of Evelin Kasikov's master's thesis project, entitled Printer Matter, completed while she was a student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
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If you don't know, most full-color printed pieces use four ink colors- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black), or CMYK. The artwork is turned in a halftone which lays each color down in different sized dots. Colors are printed at different angles to prevent what's called a moiré pattern.
enlarged halftone screen on left, Kasikov's embroidered version on right
From her website: "Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It is a unique set of books, which combine cross-stitch embroidery and printing processes. These books are about tactile visual perception. By mixing high and low tech, screen based media with slower crafts, I investigate different ways of seeing and experiencing visual messages."
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This is one of those "I wish I would have thought of that first" kind of projects. So cool!
Images [evelinkasikov.com]
via [inspirationresource.blogspot.com]
OMG, that's one of the craziest things I've seen in a while! Color me impressed.
Posted by: visualingual | 01 August 2009 at 03:21 PM