First Test

Our project with Tiia is finally coming along.
From the very beginning we had the idea to work on a typographic installation in Espoo but we had our fair share of troubles regarding the material and the placement. After a few different ideas here and there, we turned back to our first desired location, the river.
We found some sort of an insulation material which we can mold into letters and due to its foam-like nature we hope that it will float on the river. Material itself is grey so we decided to paint it white to make it more visible on the brown background of river but we had doubts regarding whether the material would hold the paint or not, we did the first tests last week and everything seems to be working.

Here we go :)

Spray paint didn't do any harm to the material and was not effected by the water.

They float quite well in the sink.

We inserted metal strings to mold the tubes, we will also use cable ties to fit the letters and tubes together.

Material is very flexible, they mold very easily with the help of the strings.