I began by looking at examples of handwriting and text from the 18th century from archived magazines and genealogy research and then I combined elements of both into a handwritten font for myself to use as a guide
For the tag, I had the idea of printing or hand writing it on cloth and using the format of an old magazine cover page that I had found as inspiration. On the back I could add one of the short vignette writing pieces I've written to go along with the project.
I was really inspired by the landscape works of a painter from the late 1700s named Joseph Mallord William Turner and decided to use those as the base for the drawings I would do for the tags.
Shields, on the River Tyne, JMW Turner
South View of Christ Church from the Meadows, JMW Turner
For the logo I wanted to continue using the motif of foxgloves to represent healing and harm intertwined. I had the idea to try and combine them with the historical british military insignia, the broad arrow or crow's foot. The bells of the flower look kind of similar.
I also added the squiggle for the motif of a wattle fence, representing containment vs freedom, that I used on the buttons I cast for the coat. Here are some iterations and also tests of the font.
