a quick breather before starting again

I have been away from this blog for too long but for good reason and that is lots of work. I have just finished three heraldry projects and they take many hours of work each as the detailed progress shown in this blog of the working processes for my Oxford City Arms. I am writing one up to go in the magazine Bound and Lettered, an invitation that came about from a reader of this!

Together with the lovely Andi (below) we are planning next year's and the following year's Festivals for CLAS (The Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society) We both attended as delegates this year to Malvern, which is also where our first festival will be. The programme is planned, nearly all the places are gone and now we need to visit some potential venues for 2016 and decide who we want to ask as tutors. It is amazing we find any time at all for our own calligraphy!

Here we are with friends, having a break in Ledbury on our free Monday afternoon.

Here we all are in Massimo Poello's class studying 'the dance of the calligraphic line' and 'Order and Chaos'

this is my book from 'Order and Chaos'

I found time to sort out my studio and invested in some new cupboards and shelves - much more appropriate and professional looking now.

Cleo needed to check out the shelving - it seems secure...