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Does Anyone Do Calligraphy and Illumination?


Gabriela

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 Both are amesome art forms! I would like to study illumination and illuminated manuscripts so I could get some ideas for stuff.

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I've done calligraphy since high school, but just for fun. I doodle with speedballs. Not good enough to take on something bigger than a name on a certificate. 

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Yeah, I once asked arfink to do one of these projects, but he got too busy to complete it. I'm basically looking for a phrase written in calligraphy, surrounded by illumination, that I can frame and hang on my wall.

It's so hard to find anyone who does this these days... :( 

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NadaTeTurbe
4 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

That's very helpful. Thank you!

Are there any other sisters who do this kind of work? Maybe in the US?

I'm sure that once I found a diocesan hermit (or some kind of consecrated women living in solitude) who did calligraphy. Can't remember the name. 

Edit : Found it, but in the UK : http://www.stcuthbertshouse.co.uk/ 

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16 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

That's very helpful. Thank you!

Are there any other sisters who do this kind of work? Maybe in the US?

You're welcome!

I googled and found these nuns (only a one word reference) and this monk, but there may be more. I have a feeling I should know of somewhere else too, but can't for the life of me think of it... It might be worth asking around monasteries.

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Just one more...

Try http://www.heartsawake.org (Carmelite nuns, Terre Haute, Indiana).  Sr. Mary Grace Melcher does the contemplative work of writing icons and calligraphy.  Likewise, Sr. Martha runs a wonderful art/print shop!

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Nihil Obstat

Daniel Mitsui has made a bit of a name for himself in the last few years. Very classic style.

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21 hours ago, Nihil Obstat said:

Daniel Mitsui has made a bit of a name for himself in the last few years. Very classic style.

 I'm a fan of his work.

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