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The Word of the Week
So, two years ago I started an outdoor installation projects I called the Word of the Week and Please Leave a Message. I created large letters (about 12 inches high) out of astrobright ® Fuschia paper that was laminated. I would then find obscure and less known words and place them in front of Spazhouse. I would Then shoot the word and then upload it on various sites with its definition. I had several articles printed and a section for an artshow displaying the compiled words.
The problems I had were that the letters would fade and split. My boss had started a new hobby of welding, so I asked her to create some letters that would be permanent. Well, I waited and waited I had the word of the week placed on hold. That was two years.
Well it now back. I have been utilizing our shop's discarded metal plates to cut letters out. The font I am using is Black Gothic from the HP Lovecraft Historical society's font collection.
The First Week's word is Umbra um·bra
plural umbras or um·brae \-(ˌ)brē, -ˌbrī\
Etymology: Latin
Date:1638
1: a shaded area
2 a: a conical shadow excluding all light from a given source; specifically : the conical part of the shadow of a celestial body excluding all light from the primary source b: the central dark part of a sunspot.
I picked this because of the Market seems so dark.
This week's
scher·zo
Pronunciation: \ˈskert-(ˌ)sō\
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, literally, joke, from scherzare
Date: 1852
: a sprightly humorous instrumental musical composition or movement commonly in quick triple time.
Question to anyone is there a way of uploading a photo for the blog?
The problems I had were that the letters would fade and split. My boss had started a new hobby of welding, so I asked her to create some letters that would be permanent. Well, I waited and waited I had the word of the week placed on hold. That was two years.
Well it now back. I have been utilizing our shop's discarded metal plates to cut letters out. The font I am using is Black Gothic from the HP Lovecraft Historical society's font collection.
The First Week's word is Umbra um·bra
plural umbras or um·brae \-(ˌ)brē, -ˌbrī\
Etymology: Latin
Date:1638
1: a shaded area
2 a: a conical shadow excluding all light from a given source; specifically : the conical part of the shadow of a celestial body excluding all light from the primary source b: the central dark part of a sunspot.
I picked this because of the Market seems so dark.
This week's
scher·zo
Pronunciation: \ˈskert-(ˌ)sō\
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, literally, joke, from scherzare
Date: 1852
: a sprightly humorous instrumental musical composition or movement commonly in quick triple time.
Question to anyone is there a way of uploading a photo for the blog?
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