Aberdare Art

Bench patterns

As part of the printing heritage project in Aberdare; Sebastien Boyeson, the artist who designed the new benches and other features in the town centre gave a talk on how he came to produce the designs he did. Here are some of the patterns and samples he brought along. The bench supports, made from cast iron, actually represent individual cast sorts. The front is the type face. and the back represents the foot and groove of the sort. The rest of the benches are made from aluminium.

The theme for his artwork follows the brief to produce benches that would reflect the rich printing heritage of Aberdare.

Aberdare Printing continued

Poster Ideas

 

One idea for the poster for the exhibition of printing in Aberdare is to use the masthead type faces as a form of typographic art. Here are some of the proofs hanging up to dry.