Aaaarrrrgh – The writing thing isn’t working!!!
We’ve all been there or we will be there. Things are going along and then one day it happens. You write and the ink ins’t going on the writing surface […]
We’ve all been there or we will be there. Things are going along and then one day it happens. You write and the ink ins’t going on the writing surface […]
This is the second in a series of blog posts aimed to help the newly starting calligrapher. I won’t cover every detail as it is easy to overwhelm people with […]
This will be a series of blog posts aimed to help the newly starting calligrapher. I won’t cover every detail as beginners tend to get overwhelmed by all the details. […]
You want to callig something getting the right letter height is important. Typically calligraphy letter height is done by ratios of the pen width. The smaller the pen the smaller […]
It has been a very long time since I posted new content to the blog. For those that don’t know I am engaged in post-graduate studies. These are a big […]
After prodding and encouragement from many of you I have opened an ETSY store for calligraphy, supplies and materials. GREEN MAN CALLIGRAPHY AND SUPPLY I am starting small with only […]
I get asked this question a lot when people find out that I research and make calligraphy inks. The short answer is, all inks will corrode your metal pens. I have never […]
I started working and planning on SCA 50 about nine years ago. I participated in the AS 50 challenge when it was just getting started. Since then I have exceeded the […]
Care and maintenance of your calligraphy tools is extremely important. In fact it is difficult to overstate how important proper care, cleaning and maintenance of your tools really is. This […]
NOTE: This is an original research article. To date I am unaware of a study that has been done regarding metal pens spanning Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages to […]