ALPHABET SOUP

The aim of this brief is to 'produce a set, series or sequence of ten visual variations of a letterform that explore and communicate my interpretation of the words I have selected'.

The word given to me by the "randomizer" was 'build'.
At first I was extremely disappointed with this word. After a few attempts at some examples, I became increasingly frustrated with it.
There are a few evident ways in which I could go with this word, however they seem extremely obvious. The first thing that would come to mind is use of 'bricks' to build up a letter. This could also be ventured off into the use of 'lego' and so on.
To get a bit more inspiration, I collected some definitions. This could also be ventured off into the use of 'lego' and so on.
Strangely enough, I had previously featured the work of Paul Henri Masson on my blog during the research section of my summer brief, in which he created an alphabet from lego blocks.

build

verb /bild/  building, present participle; builds, 3rd person singular present; built, past participle; built, past tense Construct (something, typically something large) by putting parts or material together over a period of time - the factory was built in 1936 Commission, finance, and oversee the building of (something) - the city council plans to build a bridge Incorporate (something) and make it a permanent part of a structure, system, or situation - engineers want to build in extra traction Compile (a program, database, index, etc.) (of a program, database, index, etc.) Be compiled Establish and develop (a business, relationship, or situation) over a period of time - he'd built up the store from nothing Use as a basis for further progress or development - the nation should build on the talents of its workforce Increase the size, intensity, or extent of - we built up confidence in our abilities - the air of excited anticipation builds (taken from google definitions) Looking at the definition of 'build' gave me a lot more inspiration. It's easy enough to just think of one thing when given a word, but when explored further there are plenty of different directions it could go in. Only having one letter in each box, however, would rule out the possibility of building letters upon letters, which is what I originally started to do (a lot) during one of the module workshops.