All design & content © Emma Harrison 2009.
Emma Jayne Harrison

A typographic representation of the life cycle of a tree.

Stages go from empty space through to paper production. The sheets are unbound to show the continuous cycle.

I used Clarendon because it is a wood-cut typeface.

10 sheets, digitally printed.
260mm x 260mm.
Wooden presentation box.

 

 

 




01: Empty Space


02: Seed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 




03: Tree growth: seed, seedling, sapling, pole, mature tree, old tree, overmature tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





04: Tree felling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


05: Bark removal, revealing 'naked' tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





06: Transportation from forest to mill by helicopter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07: Mashing pulpwood logs

 

 

 

 

 

 




 










08: Bleach to white

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 








09: Drying and shaping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

10: Paper