Steve Husting's Calligraphy

Diversity in unity exists in a well-formed local church, each part doing its share so it contributes to the whole: to mirror Christ. Christ, not self with its divided loyalties, conflicting philosophies, and chaotic thoughts. 

Like a calligraphy piece. 

I love God’s Word and I love doing calligraphy of God’s Word. So I created this bookmark for my use. All the verses are about God’s Word and our relation to it. I can use these verses to get my heart ready for when I study God’s Word. I hand-wrote them all in ink, scanned it into the computer, and chose four colors to color the letters.

I made a PDF download for my readers as well. They are all verses from the Tanakh, or the Old Testament. Print it out on white card stock if you can. You might need to reduce the size to fit.

I haven’t been doing as much calligraphy as I’d like to for a long while. I was writing and editing a book or two, then I started taking Bible college classes. That is ongoing and intense, giving me less time for calligraphy. However, it has also given me more ideas of what I’d like to do when the time opens up.

Celtic P artwork

I attended an Orange County Society for Calligraphy monthly meeting when Sharon Allende gave a workshop on making Celtic knots. Continue reading →

When my employer decided to start selling some spare parts for the radio-controlled race cars it designs, manufactures, and sells, I began to familiarize myself with the processes so I could do my part. We are using Shapeways.com sell product. Shapeways (SW) hosts storefronts that take orders, prints the 3D parts, and ships them, very much like Apple iTunes hosts storefronts for app developers to sell their products.

SW receives the model files from the designer, prints it with its proprietary process in a choice of a variety of materials, including various plastics, aluminum, brass, steel, and other materials. Once printed, it is shipped directly.

Shapeways recommended several easy online tools to create our own items for uploading to SW. One of the free online programs that you can use to create 3D models is Tinkercad.com. I went there and familiarized myself with their software and created a couple of pen holders with them. Here’s how it works. Continue reading →