Lettering for Alfonso Calza’s keyboard
Bespoke commission
Music, audiovisual and performing arts
Signs, plaques and wayfinding
Cutting and fretwork, Installation and on-site assembly, Cleaning and stripping
Acrylic
The project
Photographer Alfonso Calza commissioned us to personalise the keyboard he plays in his studio. The work combined making and fitting the letters with preparing and repainting the instrument’s surface.
The work involved more than adding lettering. To integrate it with the existing finish, we removed the original stickers, scraped back the paint and applied a new coat intended to blend with the original paintwork. The aim was for the personalisation to look like a factory detail rather than an unrelated addition to the keyboard.
The letters were laser-cut from white acrylic and fitted to the casing. The white lettering contrasts with the instrument’s black surface, giving Alfonso Calza’s name a clear presence.
Archicercle’s contribution brought together two parts of the same commission: making and fitting the lettering, and working on the finish of the surface beneath it. The result is a personalisation connected to the photographer’s studio, applied to an instrument that forms part of his everyday life.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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