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Decorative Sunday
Kandinsky said, “Letters act as practical and useful signs, but also as pure form and inner melody.” This quote appears on a Society of Scribes 10th Anniversary Keepsake from 1984, one of the pieces featured in Artist & Alphabet: 20th Century Calligraphy & Letter Art in America.
The exhibition catalog was published in Jaffrey, New Hampshire in 2000 by David R. Godine in conjunction with the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Scribes and was printed in at The Stinehour Press in Vermont. The exhibit and catalog were curated by Jerry Kelly (who was also the book designer) and Alice Koeth (who provided the title page calligraphy). The catalog includes an introduction from Donald Jackson.
While Artist & Alphabet contains a wide overview of the lettering arts of the 20th century, for this Decorative Sunday I have focused on the specimens that embody that spirit of what Jackson calls “spontaneously made, deeply personal pirouettes of the pen, blots and all.” These works show how letter forms can be utilized not just to convey information, but as a visual grammar in and of itself.
You can find more publications from Godine here.
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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern
#Decorative Sunday#Artist & Alphabet#Artist & Alphabet: Twentieth Century Calligraphy & Letter Art in America#David R. Godine#Godine#American Institute of Graphic Arts#Society of Scribes#Stinehour Press#Jerry Kelly#Alice Koeth#Donald Jackson#calligraphy#letter arts#decorative art#decorative arts#decorative plates#olivia
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To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton
Pre-order my new book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky
#jordan bolton#scenes from imagined films#illustration#art#graphic design#comix#comic#jordanbolton#poetry#comics#letters to strangers
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#poetry#quotes#art#quote#words#poem#love#dog#dogs#dogblr#dogs of tumblr#doggos#animals#cute animals#pets#word#wording#letter#letters#lettering#aesthetic#positivity#positive quotes#positive mental attitude#positive thoughts#positive affirmations#morecore#corecore#hopecore#literature
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shoutout to the "foolproof" bread recipe I fucked up entirely for inspiring this
#something different from what I normally draw!#I said this when I realized the bread was NOT making it and I made myself laugh out loud#also...if you happen to really like this it's available in my threadless shop - acorn.threadless.com#tw: cursing#typography#lettering#graphic design#illustration#original art#digital drawing#digital illustration#comedy#humor#relatable
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happy birthday scara!! 🥳
can’t wait to see what you’ll do this year!
#genshin impact#wanderer#scaramouche#nahida#cant wait to add more people to this group!!#hhhghgh scaras birthday letters are so funny…….he’s so loved#my art
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Unknown, Love Token for Sarah Newlin, with Envelope, 1799
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dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!
happy valentines day :D
#sxf#spy x family#damianya#damian desmond#anya forger#my art#i am sleepy rn im scheduling this ahead of time like several hours ahead JKSDFKLS#unrelated to sxf. the tags are my speaking place shush#was not expecting the toby fox newsletter to have so much for me to think about JKKLDFSS#good ole gaster sending us love letters (we don't KNOW it's gaster but like. typing pattern + him being the only character to be like)#(directly referring to the game as deltarune)#ALSO THE WEATHERMEN HAVE NAMES NOW ?!?!? AND ARE IN LOVE ???!?!#so happy for them fr#i didnt get the mettaton card but like just know. that is my essence. all those blingee-core sparkles. those picmix hearts. me#anyway YIPPEE WAHOO
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Green Love Letter by Masa-San, Fujino, Kanagawa, Japan
#masa-san#fujino art walk#fujino#japan#art#installation#hearts#green#forest#trees#woods#art installation#love letter#love#1k#10k
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Every season has a distinct feel, I tried a new style to tell their stories through distinct shapes (and rl is like that for funsies)
#trafficblr#traffic smp#3rd life smp#last life smp#double life smp#limited life smp#secret life smp#real life smp#my art#life series#3l#ll#dl#liml#sl#rl#yes the letters at the end are intentional#from mostly fun movies#miiiight do something more with this
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Do you think of me?
#I am not ready to witness these two longing for each other in season 2 it's gonna ruin me#stede writing love letters to ed while on his way to win him back#and ed stealing the wedding toppers and imagining marrying stede during quiet and vulnerable hours#yeah I'm very much not ready#these two are my favorite thing in the world#our flag means death#our flag means death fanart#our flag means death 2#gay pirates#ofmd#ofmd 2#stede bonnet#edward teach#ofmd fanart#ofmd 2 fanart#david jenkins#rhys darby#taika waititi#my art#fanart
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Don't turn this upside down 👀
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To The Person Who Walked Past The Window - Jordan Bolton
My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky
#jordan bolton#art#scenes from imagined films#illustration#graphic design#comic#comix#jordanbolton#poetry#comics#letters to strangers
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#poetry#quotes#art#meme#quote#words#poem#love#word#wording#letter#letters#lettering#positive thoughts#positive quotes#positive mental attitude#reminders#comfort#important#positivity#positive affirmations#dog#dogs#dogblr#dogs of tumblr#animal#doggo#dogslife#doggos#cute animals
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"I know I will be long dead before you read this..."
#letter writing#preparing for a little swim#regulus black#marauders era#regulus fanart#marauders fanart#kreacher#house elf#my art#house of black#slytherin#artists on tumblr#hp fanart#hp#Regulus
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unfolding into another spring
mahmood darwish, sylvia plath, v.e. schwab, ana mendieta
buy me a coffee
#web weavings#march#parallels#art parallels#spring#literature#quotes#poetry#ana mendieta#classic literature#mahmoud darwish#sylvia plath#the unabridged journals of sylvia plath#the letters of sylvia plath#poems#nature#ve schwab#web weaving
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The Swordmaker and his Meteorite Child.
#blue eye samurai#mizu#master eiji#mizu blue eye samurai#blue eye samurai fanart#digital art#illustration#comic#comics#this is sort of a love letter to episode seven#their conversation on the cliff still haunts me to this day#wigglybunfish#art
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