Pottery experimentation

​Initially I was considering a typeface made using flowers, however after finding smashed pottery on a walk, I decided to try using it to make a typeface. I do plan on exploring a type face with flowers , however this idea peaked my interest more so, I will work with this.

For the pottery I have two ideas on how I can utilise it. My first idea was to physically put the pottery into the shapes for the typeface. I started with the handles of what I'm guessing used to be teacups and tried forming a few letters from them. However, I was unsure of whether or not the handles could be used to make every letter in the alphabet, so decided to try the other pieces of smashed pottery to form the letters.

Using another handle from my pile of pottery I tried to see if it was possible to form previous letters that had failed. I do think it could be possible, but I would need more broken handles and specifically thinner handles in smaller pieces. I will try again if I'm successful in finding more broken handles, however I'm not sure if ill find more where I found the rest.

After playing around with the other pieces of pottery, I have found that it is more flexible. this idea will allow me to produce the letters, numbers, and punctuation I need to fulfil this projects brief. I would still like to try the other idea, but for now I know I can rely on this idea.