Combined Forms is a collaboration with Anthony Burrill. Impressions of antique wood letters from the collection of Adams of Rye arranged by code to produce unique compositions which investigate the abstract nature of type.
For each page a separate piece of code generates new artwork through the combination of fixed and variable parameters. The number and size of letterforms are fixed, while their placement and angle of rotation is random. Each book features a unique cover and double page spreads. No two books are the same out of an edition of two hundred copies.
Burrill and Tickler share an interest in type and its inherent abstract qualities. The duo discussed ways of utilising historic letterforms and coding to produce an automatic compositional system. The resulting publication questions typography and explores its use as an image making tool when unbound from the restrictions of language.
