This is a beginner's guide to the craft of beautiful writing.
Features:
- Written by a practising calligrapher and scribe.
- Start this fascinating craft using just twigs, sticks, cardboard and felt.
- Learn how to set up a calligraphy board, cut bamboo pens and quills, and use stick inks on paper, card and vellum.
- Design and write labels, bookmarks, greeting cards, invitations and certificates.
- Use letter rubbings, embossing, indented letters and rubber stamps.
- Experiment with colour and learn gilding using real powdered gold and leaf gold.
- Four classical styles fully demonstrated and illustrated.
- Includes a fascinating outline of the history of western writing styles.
