calligraphy – Page 16

Thou lonesome one

Here is a fragment from Thus spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche that I really like.
I wanted to give rise to the first word of the text, thus I drew it from a typography and made it half embossed, half engraved on metal.

The remaining part of the text is calligraphied with a fraktur, I felt it was the accurate script for it.

As usual, to see the whole work, have a look to the gallery.

The Flies – final version

I’ve just finished with my version of the text from The Flies by Jean-Paul Sartre.

You can see the whole work by clicking here.

As it is quite long, one cannot really see anything on this pic, that’s why I took close-ups :

The Flies

A long time ago, I did a draft using bits of the text The Flies by Jean-Paul Sartre.
I eventually find the energy to get back to it, here are a few pics of the work in progress.

Ogni danno lascia dispiacere nella ricordazione

Engraving on slate of a sentence by Leonardo Da Vinci.

Still to add the finishing touches, soon a pic of the whole work.

On the wall – 4

Back to black to add this time a fragment of De Tranquillitate Animi by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

For this new addition, I used a visigothic script with a larger brush.

On the wall – 3

This is the next step in the calligraphy on my wall, this time the text is a fragment from Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse in its french version and with a gothic script.

Two steps to go and this work will be over.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness

Or, in the latin version (the one I used) : Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis corde (Psalms CXII.4).

I used my engraving technique to create this candle holder which is in fact holded by the candle and not the opposite but let’s not be bothered by such details 🙂
The script is the NEULAND designed by Rudlof Koch and I’m quite happy with the result even if, as always with zinc and acid, the engraving is somewhere irregular.

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