Flint's Pictorial Alphabet
Antique scientific engravings remixed as modern day type
Antique scientific engravings remixed as modern day type
The title is a cheeky reference to the wonderous "Heck's Pictorial Archive" - a compendium of scientific engravings culled from antique textbooks, covering the full gamut of scientific fields. I wanted to give these tiny, beautiful works of art a new lease of life and decided to collage together a whole alphabet, with each letter dedicated to an alphabetically corresponding field of study. It's all there - from Astronomy to Zoology. Having created the letters as digital files I then made a solar-etched plate for each letter, from which I hand printed the completed alphabet using oil-based inks, Somerset paper and an intaglio press, bringing the original engravings full circle. I hope you like them!
