Chloe Sketchbook Blog

Created from Andale mono font, this letter "P" is an air plant and succulent planter. Made with popsicle sticks, floral foam, real dried moss, and artificial succulents, this project was intended to look like a hanging succulent planter, with the succulents growing out of the shape of the letter. I chose to photograph the planter in the most likely environments for a hanging planter (hanging on the wall) as well as with another succulent in the cactus and in a place as random as sitting on the floor next to a dog. Overall fashioning the "P" into a planter was not as challenging as it was time consuming. Carving the popsicle sticks into as much of a curve as possible was difficult without the proper tools (I mostly used scissors and a hunting pocket knife). While the font Andale mono was simple, perhaps a more boxy font would have been an easier choice. Overall, I was very please with how the project turned out. 

For my letter "P", I chose the font Andale Mono. I chose this font due to the clean lines, and I thought the project I had in mind would be most successful with a less detailed typeface. Here are the supplies I used for my project:  1. Small balsa wood pieces that would make the bottom of the planter of the "P".  2. Floral foam to stick air plants, succulents, and moss into/on  3. Sand paper for rough edges  4. Hot glue  5. Moss  6. Fake succulents and air plants I then laid out the wood backing in the way I planned to hot glue them together. After hot gluing the pieces together, I used popsicle sticks to re-enforce the joint of the "P". I then cut the floral foam to fit the backing of the planter, about 2" thick. The edges of the foam was then shaved down with a knife to make a smoother edge for the curves of the "P". After cutting the wood backing with a saw, I sanded the edges down to make them more rou...

For my letterform project, I chose the letter P.  I chose "P" because it is the first letter of my last name. I also feel like "P" is appealing to the eye in most any font/typeface. I chose a simple typeface for my project as I knew that it would be difficult to add much more detail to the "P" in the time I was able to alot for the project.  For my design, I plan to make a 12" x 12" wooden frame out of popsicle sticks. I plan to stain the popcicle sticks, and then fill the planter with 1" or so of floral foam. I then will use fake succulent plants to fill the foam and create a letter similar to the look of this letter "H" I am very excited to see how this project turns out, as I would like to use it to decorate my home once it is finished.