Visualizing Sounds

Letterpress /  3-poster series, 18”x24”    

The designs of these three letterpress posters were inspired by visualizing sounds. First, a series of sounds were recorded and sketched out as graphic images. The objective was to accurately portray our three chosen sounds: a screen door opening and closing, a washer on spin cycle clicking off and a cat purring. After using typography as image and creating designs in Illustrator, they were die cut in wood and made into plates. Color and paper decisions and craft were the final steps in running off prints on the letterpress. One of the posters was displayed on the Graphic Design page of the College for Creative Studies website.