Still using the telegram image I used as my initial
inspiration I discovered that the information was not printed directly onto the
telegram paper but typed on a typewriter and then ripped and stuck down to form
the message. As I did not have a typewriter, but still wanted to achieve this
effect I found that I could use a stamp that was used for stamping addresses
onto documents, I simply used the small letters provided to form My desired
message, which was the date, place and name of the exhibition. I found that
using simple phrases and short sentences worked very well, because the point of
a telegram was to be short and to the point.
By using the stamps and the ripped paper, I created a poster
that gave the required information while still retaining a feel of the 1940’s
wartime Britain. When this was scanned some of the colours we drained from it,
as it appears slightly darker in physical form.
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