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Illuminated M on eco printing

25/2/2014

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I am documenting (if very quickly) my progression of illuminating a letter on eco printing.  It was commissioned way back before Christmas.  Finally it has happened!  Part of my concern was that I no longer had the first piece and so couldn't compare to get them to look similar.
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First I choose the right eco print so that there was space enough to see the letter.  Then drawing in the letter with pencil and carefully filling in the areas that will be gilded with, in this case, copper leaf.  Copper leaf suits the background of the eco printing.
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Next, paint on the gilding mix allowing it to dry to a tacky finish and then laying on the copper leaf.  Carefully burnishing it and tidying up the edges.
I love the way the gilding has gone.  It looks like a satin ribbon.
The finished piece is quite different to the first one but that is the beauty of individual pieces of art I guess.    
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Canberra Show

22/2/2014

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Had a lovely time at the Canberra Show demonstrating calligraphy and producing over 50 bookmarks in 2 hours for members of the public.  It was such fun.  Especially the group from Canberra Special school who with their teacher were delightful.  
I was the happy recipient of a Highly Commended for my piece 'Do Ray Me'.  It's funny how the piece that is agonized over the least proves to be the most popular.  
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A Letter A Week 2014

18/2/2014

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It is past the time when I should have my ALAW contribution published on the A Letter A Week 2014 Blog.  I was hoping that this year I would make a start on time but unfortunately that didn't happen.   
Despite that I'm sure that I will have as much fun contributing to and reading about the ALAW blog as I did last year.  
But now that I have started, I am continuing my love affair with leaf mono prints.  I have used them for large and small calligraphic works including illuminated letters.  I have also used them for the covers of hand bound books and for greetings cards.  Now I have incorporated them into my contribution to ALAW.
The only problem I had was in photographing the letters.  The graphite keep turning to a sliver in the photo.
The letters (with thanks to the expert tutoring of Gemma Black at a workshop many months ago) are hand drawn versals using graphite pencil.
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Bound and Lettered

12/2/2014

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The excitement of it all!   Bound and Lettered Vol. 11 No. 2  features an article on the exhibition Fiona Dempster coordinated and curated last year.  The exhibition was called 'A Letter a Week - Artistic journey Through the Alphabet'. 
I was lucky enough to have my 'Book of Letters' chosen as one of the images to support the article.  Many thanks to Fiona and to Anastasia Karyofillidis who took all the lovely photos used throughout the article. 

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Book of Letters
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Beginnings

9/2/2014

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I guess we all know that works of art don't just happen.  There has to be a beginning somewhere.  I have just started on two projects.  One is an illuminated M commissioned by the person who bought the illuminated E.   Here is the start with an eco printed page and the start of the illuminated letter M.
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And the second project is a hand made art journal for a friend.  It will have coptic binding, eco printed covers and some eco printed pages interspersed with plain drawing paper.  
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    LYNDELL DOBBS

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