Graffiti writer turned fine artist Trevor Wheatley uses fabricated letters to create beautiful installations, usually outdoors. The letters are made to an extremely high standard in collaboration with Cosmo Dean.
Their work has been commissioned for festivals and brands. They often feature bright colours and chrome finishes and are suspended from the ceiling.
Their text will say names, brands or phrases, but often their work is shown as a collection of letters or symbols, jumbled up and stacked in no particular order. I appreciate the idea that the individual letters can be seen as art themselves, without needing to SAY anything.
The art itself seems simple, a sign or collection of letters that spell something out. However it's the clear craftsmanship that goes into these sculptural fabricated letters that I am enamoured with. Something that we're so used to seeing in everyday signage virtually all across the globe, turned into contemporary art and made to absolute technical perfection.
Sign made for Rolling Loud Festival, LA, 2022. Layered, fabricated letters in rainbow fade with chrome fascia's creating a 'bubble' like text.
There is limited information online about how these artists make their pieces. From my research into processes for fabricating letters, I would guess they are made using CNC routers or lasers, then hand finished with spray paints - paying homage to Trevor Wheatley's graffiti roots. The design values are immaculate in my eyes, with seemingly no imperfections in any of their work.
These artists have been a HUGE inspiration for my current piece. I aim to create similarly well made fabricated letters, studying each post and picture to try and figure out their process.
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