Not being able to give my classes, I nevertheless continue to work.
And a charming lady from Canada was kind enough to order some small letters with filigrees.
Here are the first ones, there will be more!
If you, too, would like to buy a letter, a monogram, on paper, on parchment, on metal, etc, don’t hesitate to contact me 🙂
Little exercise to pass the time: what romantic text am I working on?
The clue is of course the letter which starts the text (and the gilding is part of the solution).
As it’s a bit tenuous, another clue is prose, it’s in French and I’ve already calligraphed a text by this author.
Whoever gives me the author’s name will get something when the post office starts working normally again.
And another thing for the person who finds the passage in question.
Take care and stay at home 🙂
First attempt at soapstone carving.
It is really very easy to work, the difficulty lies more in the fact of not making marks when manipulating the piece as this stone is very soft.
The stone is about 4cm high and no, it is not the beginning of an alphabet but simply the initial of my wife’s first name and mine.
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 !
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.
