Website Credits

Colophon

The purpose of this website colophon is provide reference for the sources, assets, and technical details of this website. For documentation of the creative process for the Mother Mercy design library, please visit Color Plus Form.

Technical details

This website was created on SquareSpace and utilized the Mojave template as a base. The domain was registered by Dynadot.

Mood board & Inspiration

The mood board included pieces from “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963 - 1983” exhibition and a number of artists whose work reflect themes of Afro Futurism and Surrealism. Artists include:

  • Carolyn Lawrence

  • Wadsworth A. Jarrell

  • Barbara Jones-Hogu

  • Romare Bearden

  • Kara Walker

  • Lorna Simpson

  • Gustav Klimt

  • Mati Klarwein

  • Don Bbw

  • Lovie Olivia

  • @byshefon

We pulled heavily from the book Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown for reference and inspiration throughout the design process. For more details on the creative process, please visit Color Plus Form.

Mood Board

Sources

The portrait photography utilized in the artwork featured on this website was collected by JME.

All other digital images including the photographs of nature, landscapes and abstract art that were utilized in the Mother Mercy artwork and logo design were sourced from Unsplash.

Photography sourced from Unsplash

Typography and Logo Treatment

The font used for all website titles is Futura PT. The font for the body copy is Proxima Nova.

The font Raleway is used as the base for the logo typeface. In Sketch, the type was converted to outlines and then the stroke paths were edited to create this hieroglyphic inspired treatment.

The background behind the logo shown at the top on the homepage was animated to follow a figure eight path in Adobe After Effects. This video tutorial for attaching an object to a particular path was particularly helpful during the creation of this animation.

About the People Involved in making this Website

JME is the founder of Mother Mercy, also a poet building community and exploring the creative process in Boston and beyond after year in the non-profit sector. She's a graduate of Emerson College's MFA program in Creative Writing, as well as a graduate of Hunter College and UMASS, Amherst.

JME recently collaborated with Whitney R. McGuire on establishing new language utilized in communicating the vision and purpose of Mother Mercy and in the launch of a new pilot project, Call to Create. JME reached out to Jane Vora of Color Plus Form to design the logo and website for Mother Mercy.