I’m sorry

Another week hi-jacked by commercial work. The next six days it’s go time.

‘Liewe Schalk Venter’ Typography Progress Revisited

Ah man, I didn’t do a single thing I set out to do this week, those pencil sketches never even reached my desk.

I can’t say that I'm surprised by this anti-climaxial, perhaps anticipated, start. As I mentioned, If I had a healthy integrated work pattern, there wouldn’t be a need for this blog.

But in my defence though, my pc reached a point of no return in terms of functionality, thus I spent two days formatting and installing drivers. Secondly, I did some commercial work (which I generously underestimated - by about two days to be exact).

So - back to square one. Fingers crossed.

‘Liewe Schalk Venter’ Typography Progress

This project’s estimate deadline is long overdue, unfortunately upon realizing it, I resorted to rushing it. However. I feel I didn’t really have a choice, since I need to start on my other work.

In a nutshell, it is basically a collection of poems I wrote for the course I did with English Honours students. These all take the form of letters addressed to your truly, hence they will be bound into a book titled Liewe Schalk Venter - each screen printed duotone on 24 x 24cm cartridge paper.

This is the general direction of each of the 18 pages, except for the six who haven't ventured past pencil sketch state. I’m currently busy fooling around in the screen printing studio with the rest of my class, so I will (hopefully) only be able to ink up those remaining six pencil sketches.

Schalk Venter Versus Introduction

One year into a MPhil degree, with hardly any relevant work to show, is quite a problematic situation to exist within. With my final exhibition scheduled for March 2011 (one more year-and-a-half devoid of deadlines), I started this blog as an effort to maintain myself accountable on a regular basis (every Monday to be exact).

And to clamp down on the distraction monster (who is lately doing overtime in my working space). So that means that I will (boringly enough) only focus on content that is relevant to endeavours within the context of my degree (read: practical work and thesis).

Therefore, this blog is, unfortunately, just an honest account of my creative process. Not a portfolio, promotional platform or networking device. Just an unedited documentation of my work in progress.

If anyone actually follows, digs or enjoys this kind of thing, that’s really rad, although secondary to the aim of this blog.

But really rad none the less.