I'm really happy with the way the package turned out! I also printed it in Deitsch for fun! These are shot with my iPhone, I have to take legit photos this weekend.

The idea for this piece stemmed from the challenge to use typography to say what it doesn't necessarily read. In other words, through the typography design I gave my Granny's words a voice and a presence. The goal for the typography was for it to feel hand-made but not ratty, and like Scherenschnitte with many connections between letters and words. My process began with researching and trying different fraktur/blackletter typefaces to find one that spoke to me as representing

Last week I printed my apron out onto canvas and hand cut the entire piece out. I touched up areas where the ink pulled up with paint. Next I tacked the piece to tulle in order for it to have more structural integrity while hanging vertically. Last night I sewed the dress that will go behind the apron. I am really happy with how the piece came out and feel that this project will grow to become my thesis. Giving typography a voice and connecting the words of my family to my de