This is a collaborative piece that I did with Delaney and Chin. A tree branch, a trowel and a toy truck carrying logs to the lumber mill are reminders of the gardening and landscaping projects that D&C do.
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Calligraphy on Prayer Wheels
Doing gilded copperplate on steel prayer wheels for Delaney and Chin. This is the first time I have had to wear knee pads while doing calligraphy.
Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate, Pointed Pen
Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Copperplate, delaney and chin, Gold Leaf, instacoll, prayer wheel, topher and delaney
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Homage to Liu Xiaobo
In memory of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, who died in prison on 13 July 2017. This citation is from the Charter 8 manifesto, which he and other Chinese intellectuals and human rights activists authored in 2008.
Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Quotes
Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, citations, free speech, human rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Quotes, Xiaobo
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I’m With You
Alan Ginsberg dedicated the third section of Howl to Carl Solomon, whom he met at a psychiatric hospital in 1949. Ginsberg sympathized with Solomon, who, like Ginsberg’s mother, struggled with mental illness and received shock treatment. He describes the events that occurred in Solomon’s life, including the horrors he endured in the psychiatric institution (Rockland.)
Copyright © 1956, 2006 by the Allen Ginsberg Trust, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC
This piece was accepted into the Painted Words exhibit at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It will be there through July 23rd.
We Stand Together
In remembrance of the victims of the bombings at Manchester Arena on May 22nd, 2017, and in support of their families and friends.
O Sleep
I have always sympathized with King Henry IV who desperately laments his inability to go to sleep.
Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Quotes
Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Ink stick, Pergamenata, Shakespeare, Sleep, Sumi ink
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Happy Birthday William Caslon
William Caslon put England on the typographic map in 1734 when “Caslon” came out, providing stiff competition for Dutch typefaces. It became the most popular typeface of the 18th century, in particular in the colonies, where it was used to print the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. George Bernard Shaw admired the typeface so much that he insisted that all his work be set in Caslon. When not designing type, William brewed beer for his monthly soirées.
Posted in Calligraphy, Copperplate, Pointed Pen, Typography
Tagged Calligraphie, calligraphy, Copperplate, William Caslon
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Italian Hand
Last weekend, I attended the Poetic Pen calligraphy workshop, taught by Heather Held, where we learned Italian Hand, the ancestor of English Roundhand. It’s quirky, but Heather’s enthusiasm is infectious, and I soon fell in love with its blobs and flamboyant curlicues. This is my exemplar.
Posted in Calligraphy, Italian Hand, Pointed Pen
Tagged Batarde Italienne, blog, Borden & Riley, calligraphy, flourish, Heather Held, HeatherHeldBootCamp, Italian Hand, McCaffery's, Poetic Pen
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A Blackletter Typeface
Learning typeface design with Carl Crossgrove and Type@CooperWest. Continue reading
Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Typography
Tagged Blackletter, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Textura, Type Design, Type@CooperWest, Typography
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Happy New Year
What better way to celebrate the Chinese New Year than with Coq au Vin?
Posted in Blackletter, Calligraphy, Fraktur variation
Tagged Blackletter, Calligraphie, calligraphy, Calligraphy by Raoul, Coq au Vin, Fraktur, Gothic, Gothique, Ink stick, Pergamenata, Recipe
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Calligraphy by Raoul 