Saturday, February 16, 2008

An Ephemeral Identity


A font illustrates a theme, an era, a mood. The collaboration of the art of calligraphy with the beauty of Art Nouveau alphabets make for a modern elegant invitation.

The inspiration for this font was derived from a French perfume bottle circa 1920. Combing Art Deco and Art Nouveau design books, sheet music, magazine advertisements and the boxes upon boxes of ephemera I store haphazardly in my studio allows me to connect with a time, feel a place, transcend my present state.

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6 comments:

LeaKarts said...

Art Nouveau is one of my favorite styles & it inspires my work as well (though in very different ways). I love your calligraphy!

Violeta said...

I agree with leakarts. And WOW!!! yours drawings it´s very nice. Congratulations.

Unknown said...

Love Art Nouveau and Art Décoratif!
I learned calligraphy in art school, kudos to you!!

Cakespy said...

Oh, this came out beautifully--worthy of the Rainbow room!

Blooming Lily said...

I love your calligraphy...so talented! I featured you this weekend on my blog!

Melissa J. Lee said...

This is just gorgeous! I learned a little calligraphy when I was a teenager - I never had the precision to be very good at it, though. Love this!