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The Hobbit An Unexpected Party, The Lost Bifolio
Posted 5th May 2026r/lotr
Finally got that but filled in.
Posted 5th May 2026r/Calligraphy
What's you favorite pen? I love a quill.
Posted 21st Apr 2026r/Calligraphy
The Hobbit An Unexpected Party the lost Bifolio update.
Posted 19th Apr 2026r/Calligraphy
The Hobbit An Unexpected Party the Lost Bifolio, final draft progress.
Posted 6th Apr 2026r/Calligraphy
Complete unused set! The finish on there antique nibs is unreal, no expense spared with the tooling back then!
Posted 4th Apr 2026r/Calligraphy
What a lovely find! From around circa 1890! I also have over a 1000 + of the nibs that were sold from this display piece.
Posted 3rd Apr 2026r/Calligraphy
Progress update on The Hobbit An Unexpected Party, Lost Bifolio project!
Posted 31st Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Question ❓ British Ink Powders, produced from 1795 to 1810. Use or not to use? Unopened one corner water damaged.
Posted 30th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Insular Majuscule / Half Uncial, practicing the letter R.
Making blue pigment from woad for my manuscript production.
Posted 29th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Uncial, Shetland poem.
Posted 28th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
The Hobbit An Unexpected Party, the lost Bifolio, final draft update of my progress.
Posted 27th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
From start to Finish, The Doors of Durin Reclaimed. My drafting process. Commissioned piece.
Posted 26th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Textura Quadrata, with Brazilwood ink and iron gall ink.
Posted 25th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Textura Quadrata, Pilot Parallel Pen
Posted 24th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
When learning a script it's important to go directly to the source to in sure it not an interpretation! Insular Majuscule
Insular Majuscule / Half Uncial. Practice, sometimes I throw in a word or 3 to break up the monotony!
Textura Quadrata practice sheet with a William Mitchell's pedigree round hand size 2 nib.
Posted 23rd Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Update on the The Hobbit, An Unexpected Party, Lost Bifolio.
Textura Quadrata practice with iron gall ink on parchment paper.
Posted 22nd Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Pointed Textura Quadrata, work chalk pens cut to a chisel tip and black marker
Posted 21st Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Textura Quadrata, with acrylic paint pens! Don't touch my hammer!..... With out asking that is!
Textura Quadrata with a chisel tip marker, for one of my work mates! He is a ginger!
Posted 20th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
All bottled up, hand written and ready to write!
Posted 19th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Studying Gravestone for the lettering. A reminder of the those who are forgotten and the inevitable fate of all.
Burst sewage pipe! And a night in a log cabin! I couldn't believe my eyes when we walked in to the living room! It was meant to be!
Posted 18th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Here is my problem with using a quill with a ruler, I did try using it upside down and tilted, here is my solution.
Posted 17th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
From start to finish! This is my first ever Manuscript leaf! My drafting process was not refined then.
Insular scripts are so beautiful and this is so much fun filling in all the space with Insular art! Final draft! Then the vellum!!!
Posted 16th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
An old practice sheet from a year ago! Compared to a newer one.
Textura Quadrata written with French Chalk on some iron.
Felt pens marker, x height 10mm, Textura Quadrata.
Posted 15th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Written with felt tip pens, x height 10 mm. Textura Quadrata
Brazilwood ink, Textura Quadrata, written with a quill.
Posted 14th Mar 2026r/Scribes
Posted 14th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Raised gilding with 24 carrat, Hearts FC badge.
Raised gilding with 24 carrat gold. For my boss at work. Just 2 black lines to go around gold that's his over the top to the front.
Using chalk and felt pens at my work cutting them to make them work not ideal but they get the job done.
Posted 13th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Progress in Insular Minuscule, first attempts to current practice
Practicing Textura Quadrata, pilot parallel pen 6mm, on water colour paper.
Practicing Textura Quadrata with a 6mm Pilot Parallel on watercolor paper.
Posted 12th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
Today I wrote this envelope for the mother of a coworker we recently lost. Collected from all his colleagues. Moments like this remind you how important kindness is
Textura Quadrata practice, 6mm Pilot Parallel on cardboard.
Written with a 50mm graffiti pen, Textualis Prescissa
Posted 11th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
French Chalk on some iron plate. Textura Quadrata
French chalk on a rusty piece of iron, Textura Quadrata.
Posted 10th Mar 2026r/Calligraphy
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