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Category Archives: Calligraphy
Procrastination anyone?
Posted by on January 16, 2008
I thought you might like to know that at last I have started work on my Etsy store. It’s quite complicated to set up but I have made a start and all being well, and if I can get my arse in gear (as we say in the UK) it should be up and running [...]
Calligraphy book
Posted by on December 16, 2007
This book turned out much better than I thought. The cream and black is such a classic combination and it works beautifully. The paper is an Italian graphic paper on the outside and a Japanese Chiyogami on the outside. Very multicultural. I had some very bad news this morning so I’m not going to write [...]
The Italian Job
Posted by on December 15, 2007
This paper is an Italian design – a traditional pattern called a Florentine pattern (although the inner paper has a design of ‘Fleur du Lys’ which are French). Whenever I have visited Italy, (which is often, as it is my favourite country in the world) I have visited a chain of shops called ‘Il Papiro‘. [...]
How very odd….
Posted by on November 19, 2007
OK a bit more masculine I think today. These books do have characters of their own …. or maybe that’s just me becoming too attached again :) I must stop thinking of them as my babies….. please stop me if I start to give them names. I particularly like the inside paper on this one. [...]
Chrysanthemums and other stuff…
Posted by on November 14, 2007
I’m back to my Japanese papers for this one – the chrysanthemum (which happens to be my birthday flower) is a recurring theme in Japanese art. It is known as ‘kiku’ in Japanese and is the crest of the Japanese royal family. Tried to compose a Haiku about chrysanthemums But couldn’t do it. Now it’s [...]
