Spiritual Calligraphy book
See God’s Word glorified in these 16 passages from the Gospel of Mark, each one beautifully illustrated with stunning calligraphy paired with an insightful meditation. Full color throughout. Also includes information and photos about the calligrapher’s tools used throughout the book.
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Author Archives: Steve Husting
Tiny illuminated manuscripts found in Boston bookstore
I recently returned from a vacation in Boston and came upon the Commonwealth Bookstore not far off the Freedom Trail there. Lo and behold, they had several pages of illuminated texts framed for sale from $850+. What was so interesting, … Continue reading
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Updates to Fantastic Calligraphy Links
Above, you’ll see Fantastic Calligraphy Links. I made several large edits to that section. I inserted my final entries to Western Calligraphy in the Movies that I had not gotten around to adding earlier. Many thanks to those who suggested titles … Continue reading
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Letters CA Style 2015
I and many other calligraphers spent four days this past weekend in Pomona, California at the annual Letters CA Style calligraphy workshop retreat. To get an idea of the many classes and the talent that was on hand, take a … Continue reading
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Birthday Cards for Work
For about a year now I’ve been doing the monthly birthday cards for the company’s employees. In the past, the company bought giant Hallmark cards, large enough for every employee to sign, and they were given out once a month … Continue reading
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Joy to the World artwork, attempt #2 (with video)
I finished my second version of Joy to the World. The problem with the first version is that although the word joy was there, the “joy” wasn’t. So this version was an attempt to put the joy into the work. … Continue reading
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Western Calligraphy in the Movies
This is a fun list of western calligraphy being used in public theatrical films and TV shows. The calligraphy in this list may have appeared in titles, credits, used by characters in the film, or included calligraphic elements on objects. There are two … Continue reading
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Not quite right
I created this piece recently, but it’s not turning out the way I wanted. I thought I would put it up here, because it’s still nice to see!
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
After many preliminary sketches to decide which way to take this work, I finally finished Hark! today.
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Calligraphy Christmas Cards to my penpals
I created these Christmas cards for my penpals. I used ink and paint, Parallel Pen (black) and brush (gold, silver, white). Also used gel pens for added touches and lettering. We had excess green card stock so I used that, … Continue reading
Gold leaf gilding practice
The last few classes of Barbara Close’s workshop in November were spent learning gold leaf gilding on an intricate illuminated letter. We transferred found fancy artwork to our papers and added the color and gold leaf. I found this pattern … Continue reading
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