Calligraphy off the page

 Back here I was being ever so analogue as I tried to make some calligraphy turn into something else.

I managed to send my drawings to my talented niece, who could trace and vectorise them. Which was exciting because it meant I could send them off to our friendly metal cutting folk to try and cut them for me.

Geoff used the water jet cutter to cut these for me. They are pretty small (much smaller than he usually works with) and he was a wizard who managed to get them me the day before we flew out!

They still have their protective coating on the front. I was also testing out brushed steel versus polished steel.

So I have wandered a few beaches here looking for rocks and stones that might work with these words.

I am thinking this rock would look good if the words were cut in cortex steel that rusted...

These slim, flat stones might work for the shorter one.

This longer slightly wobblier stone might work for the longer words...

Maybe, just maybe.

And of course my mind then turned to timber and wondered what if??? Even tho timber is not a stone, perhaps I could add in some pebbles? Who knows.

So lots of good fun exploring, testing and trying things out.

And something to do with stones I am not sure I can use - and a piece of distinctive drift wood!