There are still a few places left for this weekend’s class in the workshop.
It will be dedicated to Art Nouveau and composition.
As an example of what will be covered during this course, some pictures of a work in progress on a fragment of Rilke’s Sonnets at Orpheus.
first pencil version
second version reworked for justification
third version in ink, first draft of the final version without the decoration
If you are interested, you can still contact me 🙂
It was on hearing this serinerant slogan on the radio for the umpteenth time that I decided on my calligraphic occupation of confinement.
Most of my colleagues are involved in “challenges” and my gregarious instinct being what it is (.i.e non-existent), I had to find my own way.
So I compose from advertising slogans, one maxim a day.
Here is my production for the moment.
You’ll tell me that it’s nonsense and I’ll tell you that you’re absolutely right 🙂
Romantic writers are good. Physics is good too!
First item in what I hope will be a long series, with Schrödinger to start with.
I’m quite happy with the variations on the Greek letters as well as the ², not to mention the () and the +.
I’m going to take out my college physics books to calligraphy some more equations, it’s quite fun, especially to add a legend.
This time I did it in English, the next one might be in French, German or Latin, I still hesitate.
So as I have a lot of time, I decorate the ceiling of my workshop with 0 and 1 stamps (hand-made by cutting out old erasers), a binary translation of a text by one of my favourite authors, Albert Caraco.
I’ve “written” about one twelfth of the text for now, I think I’ll be done before the end of the confinement 🙂
Be well and stay home
It’s a tired old saying, but it’s nonetheless true.
And it’s also my way of telling why I haven’t posted for far too long.
I first took part in the book fair in Montreuil-Bellay, with courses given before and after the fair, then I got back home and, since then, I’ve been working on the next courses I’m going to teach, the first on the list abroad being the one on the second bible of Charles the Bald in Welkenraedt next April.
So here’s a reinterpretation of the decorated capital letters that will be taught during the course (I still have to create the minuscule model so don’t expect any new posts in the near future).
Poem by Paul Althof, found in Ver Sacrum magazine.
It was therefore obvious to calligraphy it with the Art Nouveau lettering that I recovered from the same magazine.
The calligraphy was done with a palette nib, except for the separations between verses which were done with a drawing pen, all in acrylic ink.
And for those who would like to learn how to make this alphabet, I remind you that I am organizing a course in my workshop on April 4 & 5, 2020.
To register or for more information, contact me 🙂
This project will have been going on for almost three years, but it is finally over.
It is therefore about the beatitudes in the version of Saint Luke and according to the text of the vulgate.
The cadel B was made on metal and the embossing on a rag paper whose provenance I have totally forgotten.
I’m rather happy with the result, especially with my abbreviations, ligatures and Tironian notes in the NEULAND style, but even without mentioning these details, the overall view is rather nice, isn’t it?
