I live in the country of Iroise, a small part of Brittany, France.
In Breton, it's written (probably) Hirwazh.
So here is a work in progress and a reminder for this weekend's lettering class (in English).
There are still a few places left, more info and registration here.
And if you don't speak English but are still interested, there will be a French version in September, information here
More and more in search of original shapes, I continue to experiment with lettering and distortions.
Here are two small compositions (there should be 4 in the end) with the alphabet and Arabic numerals which makes a total of 6² (easy to lay out).
As I already said, I will be giving online classes on my approach to lettering, basic shapes, mechanics, layout...
The English course will take place on July 9th and 10th 2022, info and booking here
The French version will be a little later in the season, on September 3rd and 4th. Registration is already open, info here.
A verse from Walt Whitman to tell you that I love his poetry.
And also that I have scheduled a course on lettering.
Not just any lettering, no. Ferret lettering!
Well, okay, it's just my own version of lettering but it's still pretty nice, isn't it?
Just a small note with a variation on the NEULAND, a script that I particularly like for its plastic qualities.
And as it is never enough, some filigrees to embellish the whole.
Today is my wife's birthday.
As I didn't know what to give her, I started to create a new currency and I started with a big banknote, 1 million !
Cashable only with me and in nature :-)
The photo is printed (yes, I know, I should have done it by hand but that's one of the many things I don't know how to do).
Gold leaf for the control strip and the dot of the i, embossing for the number, everything else is done in watercolor, different dilutions of Payne's grey.
A little filigree
initial with a few gold dots to delight your eyes during this holiday season.
These filigrees will be the subject of my next online course in English on January 22 & 23.
If you are interested, you will find more information here.
I had a leftover blue, so I took a piece of paper and filigree. The circle in the center is about 2.5cm in diameter.
And I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that there are still a few places left for the online course on filigree that will take place this weekend. During this course we will discuss the elements present in this little realization.
Information and registration on this page.
I will not surprise you if I tell you that Christmas is coming. So I'll tell you that I just opened an online store on my website, you can find it here.
I have put some of my latest creations there, including this one:
And if you don't find what you're looking for, you can always contact me for a personalized commission. :-)
There are a few seats left for the next online course in English about filigrees on September 25th and 26th.
Information & registration there
If you speak French, there's another course on October 9th & 10th.
i 'm doing a small series of filigree letters again, a little bigger than usual and with some gilded dots.
This is the occasion to announce 2 online courses on filigree.
The first one, in English, will take place on September 25 and 26, it is the first course of the series.
The second one, in French, will take place on October 9 and 10, 2021, it is called filigree 2 but can be taken without having done the first one, they are 2 courses of the same level.
You will find more information and links for registration on this page.
And I leave you with my last creations, have a nice sunday :-)
Welcome to little Alexandre, born last week.
To celebrate his birth, a filigree initial with, for once, a bit of color.
Or rather, while waiting for things to become clearer in my head about my next composition, here are my morning scribbles.
Four little Payne's gray initials with their filigree. You've already seen dozens of them, but it's always nice, isn't it?
After a first keyboard in the medieval style, here is a keyboard in NEULAND and embossing.
This time I only put the letters of the alphabet and not the other keys and besides, the letters are a little bit bigger than the embossed keys, keys which are not all the same size. :-)
I call it by this name because of the well-being it provides in exchange for the care we provide but it's just my garden.
Here is a calligraphic version in NEULAND variations which lists almost all the contents of the place.
And could I do it without filigrees?
Of course not, I even invented some new patterns for the occasion
And, for once, I put, not only color, but GREEN !!!!
Lots of different greens, mixed with red, blue, yellow, brown but still greens.
The scale is not always respected but the layouts and the general shape are.
Well, here it is again.
2 small filigree initials to announce an upcoming online course on the subject.
It will be on August 21 & 22, 2021, online and in English.
Registration here.
The letters are 2cm high, the A is in walnut stain, the C in watercolor and the dots are gilded with gold leaf.
A new filigree initial, in the same style as the previous one. A D this time, still 3 cm high, still gold leaf, Payne grey for the letter and Prussian blue for the filigree.
I'm back to my obsession and present you with the latest one, a Payne grey initial I with a Prussian blue filigree and a few gold dots on the leaf.
And I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that there are still a few places left for the Filigree 2 course in English on April 10th and 11th (registration and information here).
The letter is 3 centimetres high, a little bit more than my usual small initials.
Personal interpretation of the first lines of the novel Vol de Nuit by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, in Art Nouveau lettering, watercolour and gilding on paper.
I've been very busy lately with my online courses and I haven't had much time to create new works even though I have (as always) a lot of projects in my cartons.
To make you wait, a few small letters with, once is customary, a little color (I admit, my palette is limited).
