Cinque Ports Scribes meet in various locations in the area of Hastings and Dover. I have given workshops there about 5 or 6 times and have always been warmly welcomed by this very active and talented group of calligraphers. The Art of Adolf Bernd Adolf Bernd combined crisp modern letter forms with decorative elements from illuminated […]
Available for your event to engrave on wine bottles and glass stemware You provide the item, I provide the unique talent. Creating callig...
Driven by my momentum in my border of filigrees, I composed this J. Alizarin paint for the letter, a few gilded dots to bring light and a rectangle of filigrees to finish.
Deze tekst (de warmste wensen) schreef ik met een spitse pen en watervaste inkt (in één beweging, dus zonder te stoppen) en dan ingekleurd met 4 kleurtjes aquarelverf. Ik gebruikte het ontwerp ook om zeefdrukjes mee te maken. I first wrote the text (the warmest wishes) with a pointed pen and indelible ink (in one go-so without lifting the pen from the paper) and then coloured some of the spaces with watercolour paint. I also used this design to make some silk screen prints later. Bedankt om even langs te komen ! thanks for stopping by ! LETTERLINO 2 vriendinnen verjaren ook overmorgen, op dezelfde dag dus: oudjaar. Ik maakte thuis nog deze lino met 5 letters 'smile', maar omdat het geen les is op de academie (vakantie) kon ik het niet afdrukken (dacht ik) Zou het ook lukken met de 'cuttle bug' i.p.v. een linopers ? Ja dus ! Ik beinkte met gewone stempelinkt (rood en grijs) en kreeg dit resultaat : The day after tomorrow 2 of my friends are having their birthday, so I made this lino with the word 'smile', but because it's a holiday (academy is closed) I couldn't print ...or could I? I tried the cuttle bug instead of a press and it (kind of) worked. I ran it through the cuttle bug using plain red and grey stamp ink and these were the results.... Dan voegde ik nog een regeltje tekst toe: I then added one line of text and finished !
Here is a picture of the cover and one of the pages of the Adolf Bernd book, entitled (or subtitled?) The Painted Letters of Adolf Bernd. He lived in Germany from 1909-1994. Peter Thornton was instrumental in getting the book produced. In the introduction Peter writes, "...to me it is Bernd's superlative use of colour that is the most impressive and satisfying aspect of his work. The more we look at the paintings of this modest and highly talented man, the more we can be rewarded by their sense of inventiveness. They not only have an ability to refresh the eyes, but the sheer joyousness of their invention and colours can truly uplift our spirit."
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Copying the work of a master is a tricky place to be in! You need to ‘copy it’ for a while, then put it away, then work at it for a long time until it no longer looks like his, but carries your own signature. The influence of a master will however remain. I did […]
From the recent Canberra Calligraphy Society exhibition 2024: three little pieces
A blog about a calligraphic journey through pens, ink, brushes, canvas, paper and thoughts/ideas.
Gerade hatte ich wieder das Vergnügen einen Workshop bei Peter Thornton zu besuchen. Es war mein 3. Workshop bei ihm und es wird sicher nicht der letzte
I'm continuing with something I started during a workshop with Lin Kerr - I started looking at some letterforms base on a regular rectangle which I then filled with the new watercolours from Lay Members Day. I'm finding the continuous rain quite useful as I get out early to walk the dog usually making it before it starts to rain and then the rest of the day I am happy to work inside while it pours outside! These were the first experiments. Then I took a very short poem by Kathleen Raine and worked on it in watercolour first - decided that the colours were not quite working together and started to work over the top of the watercolour with watercolour pencils used dry. This is only partly finished on as I work my way down the page. I'm thinking a lot about numbers these days having spent some time on a large commission recently (details of which will be posted later!)
May 3–4, 2008 The desire to decorate lies within us all and for over 1500 years the letter has served us well. Beginning as a signpost to the reader it quickly became an object of beauty as an end …
Myrna Rosen’s exhibit, “Written Art,” featured a retrospective of Rosen’s calligraphic art in a variety of mediums. These photos are from the gallery reception on November 22, 2009, at the Monroeville Public Library “Gallery Space.” The show’s dates have been extended and it will run through December 1. Myrna Rosen has been adjunct instructor of Lettering and Calligraphy at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Design since 1985. She is a founding member of the Calligraphy Guild of Pittsburgh. Her work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally. A local highlight is that Rosen worked on the restoration project of the benefactors marble tablets which flank the exit of the Duquesne University Chapel.
Adolf Berndt combined crisp modern letter forms with decorative elements from illuminated initials. Using masking fluid and water colours t...
Just recently I taught two workshops on Purely Pencils II. One in Sydney for the Australian Society of Calligraphers and the C...
Weekends are not long enough. After 6 hours of work (I don't count the preparatory work), here is the status of the last monogram in progress. There is still a long way to go!
... from today's journal entry I would like to share this paragraph: "And on that point of feeling blessed, I do feel blessed not...
Copying the work of a master is a tricky place to be in! You need to ‘copy it’ for a while, then put it away, then work at it for a long time until it no longer looks like his, but carries your own signature. The influence of a master will however remain. I did […]
Het ontwerpen van een kerstkaart is voor mij- en voor vele kalligrafen met mij- ieder jaar weer een uitdaging. Iedere decembermaand zijn we weer benieuwd naar elkaars kerstkaart. Op deze pagina ziet u welke kerstkaarten die ik in de loop van de jaren heb gemaakt.
Adolf Bernd was the German artist, left many works with various letters with fantastic colours in 70-80s. SLLA (South London Lettering Association) had a workshop with the artist Linn Kerr, to stud…
Just recently I taught two workshops on Purely Pencils II. One in Sydney for the Australian Society of Calligraphers and the C...
