Fun with letters
Saturday, July 23rd, 2005
I’ve been experimenting more with calligraphy in the past few days, so I thought I’d share. An illuminated capital A, a bit larger than actual size, which is probably around 2.5×2.5 inches. This was very fun to do and I’m planning on making a small accordian-style book with all the letters of the alphabet. (watercolor and black and gold ink)
My name in Lombardic capitals. (watercolor)
I’m warming up for a full project, doing a calligrapy version of a meditation I found in Ireland called “What is dying?” It’s not as morbid as it sounds, I promise:
“A ship sails and I stand watching
Till she fades on the horizon
And someone beside me says, ‘She is gone.’
Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all;
She is just as large as when I saw her.
The diminished size and total loss of sight
Is in me, not in her, and just at the moment
When someone at my side says, ‘She is gone,’
There are others who are watching her coming,
And other voices take up a glad shout:
‘There she comes!’
…And that is dying.” (Bishop Brent)
I’m planning on using an A similar to the one at the top to start it off with. More on that when I actually start.
