The exhibition aims to draw attention to the often overlooked (and relatively small in size) marks as the lead role of the show, by presenting a series of prints where the marks have been enlarged.Julia Syrzistie is a designer and printmaker, working predominantly in letterpress. She is interested in exploring metal type, wood type, and other letterpress tools both through processes, as well as the themes within her work through design-focused research and visual experimentation.
Throughout the 10 months spent in Tartu, she has been exploring TYPA’s archival type collection. Being particularly interested in diacritical marks found in Estonian alphabet, she was drawn to the dots, lines and waves of Ö’s and Õ’s in wood type – often a hand-carved addition to a finished typeface based on the printmaker’s need for Estonian characters.
