I did this piece a few years ago but it has always been one of my favourites. The words are part of The Seafarer - an Anglo-Saxon poem translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
The pictures shown on this page represent the pieces Sue is most pleased with. Here are the descriptions in her own words.
I did this piece a few years ago but it has always been one of my favourites.
The words are part of The Seafarer - an Anglo-Saxon poem
translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
I did this as a present for Paul, who as you can tell from elsewhere on this web site
is an avid fan of Tolkien. I chose the spiral because I hoped it would represent
the path winding away from Bilbo's cottage.
This was set as a project for my calligraphy class by our tutor.
The words are from a German drinking song with the approximate sentiment
'Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.'
I found these words on the walls of Bluewater shopping centre.
I thought they were equally applicable to the developments at Canary Wharf,
which gave me the inspiration for the shape.
This was another class project. Our tutor encouraged us to visit
the Illuminating the Renaissance exhibition at the Royal Academy
and to produce a piece of work inspired by it. My tastes tend to be minimalist rather
than ornate so I tried to introduce a lot more space while still keeping the layout.
This is taken from The Lord of the Rings, though an earlier and shorter version appears
in The Hobbit. When he was singing this to Frodo, Gollum provided the answer
as part of the rhyme, but here the answer is given pictorially.
I did this for Madeleine's thirteenth birthday. She wanted some calligraphy to hang
in her room, and as she is a great fan of gollum (thinking he is 'sweet' and 'cute'),
this seemed appropriate.