An adaptation of Albrecht Dürer’s modular blackletter from 1525
This is a project I am currently working on.
I started by creating a digital version of Albrecht Dürer’s modular blackletter alphabet, following his directions from his 1525 treatise. Then, I adapted these letters into a modular system consisting of six, 2.5x3 inch blocks for each letter. I cut these modules on my CNC on end grain rock maple, and i am currently printing all 26 letters on my Vandercook No. 3.
These prints will then be overlaid with drawings from the same book, reproduced in pencil by my drawing machine.
Edition of 10 (I hope)
clockwise from top left:
- wood type print with digital overlay of what will be pencil drawing (by machine);
- Vector of letter ‘z’
- MWT of the letter u, on the bed of my Vandercook No. 3
- Vector of letter ‘a’