Passage of time

I focused on personal family dates for my passage of time project including weddings, births and deaths. I felt it would be interesting to focus on the typography, composition and colour of the numbers and wanted to challenge myself in creating an interesting visual with no image. I began my experiments by exploring texture, I used a range of mediums, the most successful outcome involved using tape to remove numbers from the paper. However, I was unable to control which dates the tape collected; this meant the technique created unexpected and unique outcomes. I also explored sewing the dates onto a rough piece of paper - I really enjoy the old, used visual of this outcome and this inspired me to continuing exploring texture.

 I went onto investigate 3Dimensional forms and was delighted with the outcomes. The use of light and a white background emphasised the focus onto the numbers whilst creating a sense of the unknown as the dates become difficult to read and understand at certain angles. I chose to highlight the impotent dates in red as I felt this would make my audience question the meaning of each one. I feel the tracing paper form is successful because the light complimented the transparent material. 
I also enjoy the shadows created from the delicate sculptures and feel they contribute to the dimension and texture of the image.
I was drawn into one image because of the form, shadow and light captured. I used Photoshop to enhance these features and blurred the earliest dates to represent how memories can fade. I explored adding typography onto this image as I feel it would be successful if used on a family history website or book.  
Overall I feel my outcome is successful because it is visually interesting and represents a unique way of presenting a passage of time. I also feel I succeeded in challenging myself to focusing on typography without combining it with and image.