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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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Category Archives: design
Book with embossed pages
In our class in Uncial lettering, we wre to create a book of 5-6 pages, including a colophon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)). Its size was to be half a page with wide orientation. The paper was to be folded in half with the … Continue reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — in Calligraphy!
Just for fun, I made these four Star Wars character names in calligraphy on bookmarks. Occasionally during the year, several of us calligraphers will attend a function, such a book fair or outdoor art fair, set up a table and chairs, … Continue reading
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Tagged bookmarks, Han Solo, Kylo, Luke, Rey, Star Wars, The Force Awakens
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Inspiration in my Flickr account
I have two 3-ring binders of material that I had printed out over time and assembled. When I see an inspirational calligraphic work on the Internet, I save the image to my hard drive in a particular folder for that … Continue reading
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Typical Calligraphy Pitfalls
These are different kinds of mistakes I’ve seen in myself and others over the years with calligraphy work. Do you see yourself in these areas? In what areas can you work for improvement? Jumping right into an important project instead … Continue reading
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Publishing my Book on Lulu.com
Here are the steps I followed to self-publish my book, Spiritual Calligraphy, on lulu.com in 2013. I went the POD way: Print On Demand. What this means is that I created the pages and cover artwork of the book, uploaded … Continue reading
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My Cardboard Whopperplate
I made a Whopperplate. Out of cardboard, tape, glue, and two pencils. Yep:
Prayer Promises Accordion Book
I had a 30″ x 5″ strip of paper left over from my last class homework’s accordion book (previous post). I had cut it to use as a backup in case I needed to redo. I decided to turn it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible verses, calligraphy, Italic, pointed pen, Uncial, watercolor
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Accordion book project
Barbara Close gave her class the homework project of creating an accordion book with our calligraphy on the inside. Once again I was faced with filling a blank sheet of paper. After talking to my architect brother about the project, … Continue reading
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Trying out lessons from “Scribe”
On pages 88-89 of Scribe by John Stevens, John gave several kinds of exercises that he gives to his students. I thought I would try them out with the Copperplate practice I was doing at the time. In the first line, … Continue reading
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Tagged book, calligraphy, John Stevens, modern calligraphy, pointed pen, Scribe
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Memorial Day piece: In Flanders Field
After I saw several small calligraphy pieces in a Boston bookstore, I was challenged to do my own “small” piece using a Brause 1mm nib. The result is this famous poem rendition in Uncial. Each letter is only 1/8″ high, … Continue reading
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