A small commission, the letter is 3cm high.
Prussian blue, cobalt blue and gold leaf on paper.
Category: decoration
Solitude and society
On the weekend of 18 & 19 April 2020, I will teach a workshop at the Welkenraedt Cultural Centre. It will be devoted to the writing and part of the decoration of the second Bible of Charles the Bald.
I worked on this manuscript more than 10 years ago and, in preparation for the workshop, I am getting back to it and trying some variations (especially of hues) based on a text by Seneca.
Decorated capital letters and original text with walnut stain, French translation into a later writing in iron gall ink.
Colors
a bit of R
Fame !!
I am very happy, there is an article dedicated to my work is featured in the last issue of Bound & Lettered, an American magazine published by John Neal.
In addition to many illustrations & explanations of my work in general and in particular on filigrees, you will find there the pictures of the different steps of the letter E I was telling you about earlier and that is now finished !
Primer – the cover
Primer – next steps
Primer – the A
Tired of only doing small letters, I asked the help of my friend Pascal Aussi to create a primer.
So he selected words that appeared in his songs, and I’ m in charge of putting them on the page.
Today, the first letter with the word “Arbre” (Tree).
As usual, the initial is about 2 cm high.
