Italian Manuscript Letters (15th/16th Century)

I find some of these letterforms exceptionally odd. The "K" is a good example of what I mean. The source of inspiration was Day's Alphabets Old and New (1910).

Blue Letters in 3 Sizes

The title pretty much describes what this is. Yes, I did have fun with the spattering part and the masking part. It always seems so much more planned with a border around it. But, truthfully, little planning went into this. I copied some very old letterforms and played around with different sizes and different writing tools.

Continuing Experiments with Ruling Pens

These are not supposed to "say" anything, in case you were wondering. You could classify these experiments as automatic writing, like the Dadaists practiced. Or you could classify them as the crazy scribbles of a self-absorbed person! Whatever. To me, they both have interesting qualities.

Gothic Smeared

These letterforms were freely copied from an ancient lettering book of mine. The lettering was done with water soluble markers and then smeared around using an old, cut-up credit card. I like the surprising results of this technique. The smearing liquid was Modge Podge, a kind of acrylic glue.

Oddball Alphabet Study

I didn't make these oddball letters up. They were inspired by an alphabet in a century old lettering book I own. It's a source of inspiration and amazement over the incredible diversity of letterforms.

Calligraphic Fugue and Geometric Construct #1

Festina Lente

Latin translation: Make haste slowly. Those are words we could all live by, but do we?