How does a letter sound when you take away the word? What story remains when only its shape is left behind?
With Tinted Tales, I created a collection that explores exactly these questions. It is about letters – but not about what they say. It’s about what they leave behind when they disappear: lines, spaces, fragments.
The starting point was handwritten words. But instead of using the letters themselves, I turned to what usually ends up as waste: their negative shapes and counters – the empty spaces around and inside the letters. What lingers between the lines. What vanishes as soon as you read.
Three color worlds – three perspectives
Each of the three palettes carries its own mood, its own rhythm of storytelling:
- Berry Bliss is vibrant, playful, and full of life – like the taste of ripe berries on a summer’s day.
- Ocean Whisper feels calm, fluid, almost meditative – like a thought carried away by the sea breeze.
- Golden Bloom glows with warmth and earthiness – like late sunsets, ripened fields, and the quiet radiance of midsummer days.
The play of fragments
For each colorway, three designs emerged – like chapters of a story:
- The Collage: Negative shapes are woven into dense compositions. The words are no longer readable, yet their energy still lingers.
- The Stripes: Long, narrow snippets line up in silent rhythm – like a visual verse.
- The Scatter: Tiny cut-out counters dance freely across the surface. What is usually overlooked takes center stage here.
Writing as a feeling
Tinted Tales is my homage to writing – not as message, but as expression. This collection connects color and form, handwriting and surface, order and chance. It is quiet, yet layered. And perhaps that is where its strength lies.
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