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| I have practiced calligraphy for years, drawing up letters, cards, invitations, poems, and ketubot (jewish wedding contracts), and filling in diplomas, and certificates. I am most inspired by celtic and late medieval calligraphy, by the margin images of gothic-hand scribes, and by the fantastic lettering of traditional Hebrew and Arabic scribes of all periods. All artwork on this site is my own (except where I have indicated otherwise) and I retain all rights to its use. Please contact me me if you wish to use any of my work. It's so easy to just copy and use things found on the Internet - Have a thought and contact me. Many of the images, below, can be viewed in larger form by clicking on them. |
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Birthday card and rhyme created for a friend and fellow Lewis Carroll enthusiast. composed on 10-6, with several other Carrollian refernces and characters. |
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Detail from a larger work. I like this bird and, like its long-legged counterpart at the top of this page, have used it several times. |
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Cat by A.M.G. Parsley, Text by Don Marquis (from Archy and Mehitabel), design and calligraphy by myself. |
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A friend of mine was looking for a hat, and I wanted to let him know I would help. |
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A letter, and my final entry in an escalating exchange of illumination between my brother and myself, several years ago. |
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I was provided the text for a going away card and a few details about the recipient. This is what I came up with. |
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Your basic birthday card in the land where Celtic knotwork and Edward Gorey meet. |
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An odd story I composed about how praxis and phronosis don't always mix. Believe it or not it grew out of an evening with 2 russian enthusiasts, and some cooking instructions (I told them I would find a use for the "gamstr"). |
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An invitation I created for a double birthday party. I specifically designed it to be easily copied and mailed to any number of invitees. |
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Ketubah (Jewish wedding contract) created for my brother and sister-in-law. I researched traditional formulae to help the wedding couple develop their own text, then arranged translation, developed the English and Hebrew hands that I used in the calligraphy, and gave it to local illuminator Cat Crow who did the border and initial letters. At the wedding, I also signed my name as one of the witnesses, making it all legal. |
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