Etsy.com. Topiary Press. Piano Man letterpress typographic broadside print. Link.

Kyle Schledinger’s essay on broadsides was confusing at first with the multitude of examples provided but I hope I am understanding it a bit more every-time I reread his piece. Like his examples, the broadside I found uses a single sheet of paper and a heavy amount of words that create the shape of a piano. While this features more text than his first few examples of letterpress, my example utilizes the imagery aspect that can be seen in his third listing: “integrating display type”. The piece I’ve chosen was stumbled upon in one of my favorite sites and is proof that this art style is still being utilized despite my lack of knowledge before this essay. This piece, also, does not quite feature a poem but the words that comprise the piano shape do have meaning to any musical beings. I cannot be certain that total immersion, according to Schledinger, is occurring in this piece but I would argue that it is because of the text making up the image but also being readable as well.There is no overlay of text or images in this example which does not result in layering of any kind.