Type design based off of a hand print.
Based off of this type design I wanted to try to recreate it as a three dimensional form. I decided to create "XIAO NI", my chinese nickname, stemming from the idea that the type design also worked as a personal identity for me since it is created from my own hand print.
Forms were created with long balloons and taped together using masking tape. I also used crumpled up paper to mimic muscles on a hand. After the black fiber paper used to paper mache dried, I popped the balloons and pulled at all the "stuffing" so all there was left was the black fiber paper.