"The creatures were friendly and they could see in four dimensions," hand-cut letterpress prints on cartridge paper (by Alida Sayer, 2009)
London-based artist Alida Rosie Sayer has combined some of my favorite things in life – typography, papercraft and literature – to create these amazing pieces. Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, Sayer created a series of three-dimensional typographic illustrations which were shown at a solo exhibition titled ‘There is no why‘ at the Marsden Woo Project Space, Marsden Woo Gallery (London) in June – July 2010.
Inspired by concepts and using quotes from Slaughterhouse Five, Sayers explores the theme of time visualization. Each piece was made without the use of any digital processes. Every sheet was printed using letterpress or screen-printing, and cut or constructed completely by hand. To create the 3-dimensional pieces, Sayer layered hundreds of carefully sliced screen prints and letterpress prints.
When asked by Katerina Biliouri of Yatzer why she chose Slaughterhouse Five for her inspirations, Sayer responded, “I was particularly inspired by the concept of an alien race conceived by the confused mind of the main character who is trying to come to terms with difficult memories. The alien race addressed various issues he felt with his past experiences by not only presenting to him alternative methods of considering time, but also oneself in relation to it, with richly visual descriptions. To me the challenge of “visualizing time” this way or trying to communicate visually what it could be like to see the past, present and future all at once was a very exciting prospect.”
Check out more of Sayer’s stunning creations on her website.
Here we are II, (detail) hand-cut screen prints on cartridge paper, by Alida Sayer (2010), photo © Philip Sayer
Here we are I, right, and Here we are II, left (2010), work by Alida Sayer, photo © Philip Sayer
All moments, by Alida Sayer, (2009)
Alida Rosie Sayer Studio, May 2010
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