A while back I’d picked up a copy of The Prayer Book of Michelino Da Besozzo. It’s got a lot of nice examples from the original prayer book to include illumination and calligraphy. I’d planned on using one of the plates for a scroll at some point. The last time I went to visit […]
Originally this had been done as a fun quote piece in my practice book. It turned out REALLY well, and I shared it on various social media. Katie fell in love with it. Neither of us could convince me to cut it from my book, so she requested a framable recreation. The original was done […]
My friend Keziah requested a custom berth announcement scroll for some friends of hers. Turnes out they’re huge Lord of the Rings fans. As I’m steadfast against teaching myself Tengwar (the official elvish script of LotR) I decided to go with Insular Miniscule and Insular Half-Uncial. the Miniscule is close to Tengwar, and the Half-Uncial I […]
Mostly freehand work. Needed to do a quick sign to let people know the parking situation for our party. I used baselines and eyeballed the rest based on the nib width of the pen. It’s “sloppy work” but I’m pretty happy with my uprights and most of the letter forms/heights given the amount of room […]