In a college photography class, Sue Tenerowicz was introduced to letter art. Her assignment that was to go out in the world and find letters that the world created. Then spell something.
She says, “A simple idea, but the concept stuck with me.”
“I’ve always used words in pictures to send a special message. Sometimes, it was a message written in the snow, captured in a photo, and sent to a loved one. Other times it was an “I Love You,” written in the sand to capture a beautiful testament with a glowing sunset on the beach.”
“When my husband, Rob, and I moved back to the Bay Area with our boys, I started noticing the letters that were all around us ”“ like the great H on the span of the Golden Gate Bridge. I kept seeing letters in everything from fences to flowers. It brought me back to that college assignment.”
I want to do this with my kids! I think it would be so much fun to go out on hunts for letters in their names, snap photos and then print them out for a bulletin board or the door of their room. (Although I’m sort of envying my friends who named their kids Max and Ty right now. I don’t know if any of us have the attention span to seek out Julian and Scarlett.)
I used images from Sue's site to make Scarlett's name
Want to try this?
Here are three ways to go (the first being the most hands-on):
- Take your children on amazing scavenger hunts until you find (and photograph!) all the letters. Print your photos and choose one of these multi-photo frames to display your masterpiece.
- Find your letters on flickr using this fun tool. Print and frame.
- Let Sue do all the work for you and buy your chosen word from her on her website SpellItOutPhotos.com
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