Reading booklet for 78, Typing Project. Feranda Chua Jie Min

Reading booklet: INK TYPING

PAPER The crinkles of the paper can reveal the environment the ink typing was done, as the humidity of the air affects the speed at which the typing dries.

(Image of Stream of Consciousness: Paper, 23/4/14, 11.12pm)

A flatter piece indicates that the typing was done in a humid environment.

(Image of Lyrics: All Alright)

More crinkles indicate a dryer environment, such as an air-conditioned room (like the studio).

If you happened to be typing near rain, or a broken sprinkler, the paper will show a colourless dot, with crinkles spreading out from the point of contact.

dots Dots can show the typing speed of the person, the time in between dots in the same spot, and how much ink a person loads up on, or keeps refilling while typing.

Rings are created when the ink below has already dried, before the next dot is made over it. The darker each ring the longer the time lag.

Again, the relationship between time lag and dryness of the dots are affected by the environment.

Tails of dots indicate the movement of draggin fingers across the page.

When the time lag is short, the above dot melds with the one below it,

ink The type of ink used can be, if not identified, at least differentiated, from one another.

Unlike the printing ink, which I eventually used, piling on of dots in watercolour only results in less obvious rings, indicating the spreading out of liquid per added dot.

As can be seen, the size of the resulting spot is not strongly correlated to size, for both mediums, as the amont of ink gathered onto fingertips each time differs.

A study of the spread of dots in the same spot, the number of dots is indicated below, Watercolour (above) and printing block colour (below)