This would be for people wanting to do formal calligraphy such as certificates and citations and also people who are interested in drawn lettering for typography or letter design.You may ask why I'm so adamant about this classical training? Times Roman and other classical fonts have their origins in Carolingian, Foundational Hand or Bookhand as it is also called. This is a good moment to chat about other historical scripts. Mostly, they are frozen in a time warp, so Gothic may be used for a … [Read more...]
Last Exhibition of Glisters
I had a lovely day yesterday putting up the Glister's exhibition in Bath. The venue is in the Bath Central Library (above Waitrose - very convenient, good sushi) and is a large airy room with beautiful windows.By 1.00pm only 6 pieces of work were up, but after lunch, because of all the planning and deciding what should go where, it was plain sailing and we finished at 4.30pm.It's a great exhibtion and good to see CLAS reaching into as many corners of the UK as possible. We were chatting and Jan … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes – Screen Printing
Well, my orchids are complete (13 paintings) and are at the printers being scanned professionally for cards. My scanner is not up to the fine nuances of shades of white.So this is a good moment to tell you about my screen-printing journey.The banners which I printed last summer will be on exhibition in Sunderland. All that Glisters is opening there today, and later in Bath.Design Centre Sunderland SR1 3SD: 23 April - 9 May Bath Central Library Bath, BA1 5AN: 15 May - 25 May (logo Mary Noble)I … [Read more...]
All that Glisters
I went to the Private View at The Oxo Tower last night. Well what can I say? Lovely!Mostly I would describe the work as a series of exquisitely crafted little gems, each produced with many careful hours of skill and delicate gilding.The venue is fab and the standard of work is high.I had three earth-coloured banners - here is a detail of the other verison - gold on white - not quite the little gems described earlier.(For exhibtion details see blog 3rd April under Happenings.)Share|| … [Read more...]
All that Glisters
All that Glisters is opening tomorrow.This is the Calligraphy and Lettering Society Exhibition which is at the OXO gallery in London.I have some work there - but I'll tell you more about it after I've been.Its travelling around the UK and the details are:Gallery@OXO, London: 4 April - 15 AprilDesign Centre Sunderland SR1 3SD: 23 April - 9 MayBath Central Library Bath, BA1 5AN: 15 May - 25 May (logo Mary Noble, Pamphlet design: Patricia Lovett)Share|| … [Read more...]