
My quest to find visually interesting typography lead me to this!
With summer officially upon us, and the 4th of July just around the corner, I can almost smell the sparklers/fireworks in the air! Thanks to good ol' helpful Google - as I was desperately trying to find a typeface I had stumbled upon Sunday, I ended up finding this one instead!
Google lead me to the Flickr page of Nir Tober, a designer in Israel. He is a wonderful designer and just graduated from art school. He made it in May 2006 and it took him about 15 hours, in 2 sessions, and every letter had about 30-50 takes until he got it right. There was no absolute clarification as to what he used to make this, but he did write that there was a lot of gasoline used - so I imagine this was produced with light torches. Simply amazing, and captivating!
Besides the aesthetic beauty that glistens your eye as you look at it, and the amount of patience and precision of form, I really do like how the images capture the artist (Tober) in the frame. I feel like with the inclusion of him, it gives it that "handmade" feel, especially because it is handmade, even though it is not print to paper.
-Erika
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