Will it get where it's going? Address is on the other side so, "yes". I hear stories but after 30 years of mailing off projects, I've never once had a package go astray because of USPS.
#handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #USPS #Sharpie #mail
More bread & butter work but #wedding envelopes happen to be my MOST favorite job. (faked address 🙃)
#handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #envelope
Easter place cards for a clients "final" family dinner. 💔
#handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
Heavily flourished letter U, upper and lower case, in black ink on white paper with crystals casting fractured light onto the paper
The letter U / u - alphabet challenge for the pointed pen. Lettered with a left oblique pen, Leonardt nib, and Sumi ink on marker paper
#U #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
Dedicating books and gift tags. Copperplate script in Sumi black and Kuretaki gold inks
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #giftidea
All angles, rendered as curves, but must still look like angles. Still, W is one of my favorite letters to write
#W #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
"Signature Cocktail" card lettered in gold in copperplate script.
Hand lettered sign for an open bar. Kuretaki gold ink dripped into wet walnut ink.
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen #W
Practice makes "practiced" -- perfect practice is the goal.
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
A manicurist's drill + a Mason jar + some goodies = a quickie engraved gift.
#engraving #copperplate #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing
A gold-leafed, heavily embossed formal menu used a place card; the name is lettered in copperplate script-style calligraphy in gold ink.
DAY 30
'No Budget Weddings' say "please match your gold ink to the embossing on the menu". No problem ✌️😎
#artadventcalendar #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
DAY 28
S is for Saturday - of which there are 7 between Christmas and New Year's. (S is also for "spiral")
#artadventcalendar #s #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #pointedpen
'Tis the season for thank you notes; one of the few times I get to do my own calligraphy.
DAY 27 #artadventcalendar
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourish #copperplatescript #pointedpen
DAY 26
Kuretaki gold ink on linen paper.
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#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
DAY 24
The easiest, best sized gift is an engraved bottle of something or other. Everyone loves to see their name in gold!
#artadventcalendar #engraving
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing
DAY 21
This boy never paid and never picked up. "Linda" may have dodged a bullet.
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#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #loveletter #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
Upper and lower case letter k in white ink on black paper. Both are lightly flourished with loops and arcs. A rusty brass key is resting on the paper below the lettering.
DAY 22
4 strokes want to converge at the midpoint of "K" and "k" -- if this is allowed, it will look like a tangle of hair. (From a letter-a-day challenge).
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#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #flourish #copperplatescript #pointedpen
5x speed clip of yesterday's #ArtAdventCalendar post. Calligraphy is slow work in real time.
DAY 21 #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing #pointedpen
Copperplate script in white ink on black paper with the lettering, "EVERY DAY I AM FLOURISHING". The words are randomly flourished above and below the lettering and embellished with dots.
DAY 20
Daily drills. Practicing until I get a perfect version - which never quite happened. 🙃
#ArtAdventCalendar #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourish #flourishing
A black envelope lettered in Copperplate script in iridescent blue ink and lightly flourished at the majuscules and descending letterforms. A gold ink encrusted left-oblique pen is resting on the envelope.
A calligrapher's bread-and-butter work is envelope addressing. 7 to 10 minutes per address...unless I misspell a thing 🚯
DAY 19 #ArtAdventCalendar
#inks #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #ink #flourish #flourishing #envelope
A black, tent-fold place card with a filigree-style die cut embellishment crowning the top. The white inset is lettered with the name "Kurt" in green ink and in Copperplate script calligraphy. It's flourished to the left and right of the name with loose, offhand flourishing.
DAY 17
I righteously believed my place cards were like little gifts- until I attended a wedding for which I was also the calligrapher. About 1 in 5 people ("Kurt"...👀) went home without theirs. 🙃 #ouch
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #flourishing #ArtAdventCalendar
DAY 16
"Interference inks" change colors as the light moves across the lettering. Clients rarely (never) ask for it but it's fun to play with.
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#interferenceink #inks #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #ink #flourish #flourishing
The phrase "Copperplate with a pencil" written with a flat lead pencil on white paper and flourished.
The phrase "This is being lettered with a flat-lead, Automatic Pencil!" is lettered in Italic calligraphy and flourished on the bottom with an interlacing infinity style flourishing
DAY 14
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Doing calligraphy with an interesting mechanical pencil - it has a flat, square lead. Very satisfying!
#copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #pencilart #flourish #flourishing
I've lettered holiday gift tags in copperplate script with Kuretaki gold. These are "extra" for the client so I feel less constrained while flourishing.
DAY 13 #ArtAdventCalendar
#pointedpen #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #copperplatescript #ink #flourish #flourishing #gifttags
Day 9
"Qq" is the most difficult letter to make beautiful (for me 🙃). It's unstable, awkward, and refuses to make nice with its peers. I was happy with this one though 💜
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#pointedpen #copperplate #handlettering #art #calligraphy #Q #copperplatescript #ink
