{"id":239,"date":"2013-06-08T17:10:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T17:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/?p=239"},"modified":"2013-07-21T22:43:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T22:43:06","slug":"brothers-wedding-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/2013\/06\/08\/brothers-wedding-vows\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother&#8217;s Wedding Vows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When my younger brother got married earlier this year, I asked him to send me his wedding vows so I can create them as a calligraphy project. He emailed me two vows, one spoken by the bride and the other spoken by the groom. I put them aside, not knowing how I wanted to execute the design yet.<\/p>\n<p>Then in Barbara Close&#8217;s Uncial\/Gothic workshop, she gave a homework assignment that I thought would be perfect for the vows. The assignment was to cut out around the letters on a page, with some text written underneath. In my case, I used the first word of the vow, Rebecca, and the vows under the name. Here was my assignment:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_241\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vows1-June-4-2013.1000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241\" alt=\"Wedding vows to Rebecca\" src=\"https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vows1-June-4-2013.1000-211x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vows1-June-4-2013.1000-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/stevehusting.com\/calligraphy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vows1-June-4-2013.1000.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wedding vows to Rebecca<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was created on 11 x 14&#8243; Strathmore 90lb. Mixed Media paper. I first spattered the page with Finetec metallic watercolor with a toothbrush. The gold R was painted with the same paint. Guidelines were put on a separate page and I used a lightpad to see through. The vows were lettered with a Lamy fountain pen. The first letter indicating each vow&#8217;s paragraph breaks were lettered with green ink then lined with a Sakura&#8217;s Gelly Roll gold metallic pen.<\/p>\n<p>I cut a sheet of heavy paper from Stampin&#8217; UP! to size (green to match the capital letters below), splattered more of the gold paint on it, then wrapped it with Stampin&#8217; UP! multicolored ribbon, and place it behind the cutouts.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t sure how the R separated from the rest of the cutout letters would fare, but I went with it because I wanted the lettering cutouts to be as large as possible, and adding the R to the left as a cutout would diminish the overall size. However, most people were stunned by the overall effect.<\/p>\n<p>The groom was pleased with the result, so I&#8217;ll be doing the bride&#8217;s vows to him next. Instead of green accents, though, I&#8217;ll use wine-red accents. This is an excellent idea of how we calligraphers can use our skill to create gifts for others.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t thrilled with the variable letter-spacing and letter-widths; they could be more consistent. I&#8217;ll need to practice that more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my younger brother got married earlier this year, I asked him to send me his wedding vows so I can create them as a calligraphy project. 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