Monthly Archives: September 2012
Really Terrible Architecture
I actually typed “Reallly Terrible Architecture” and now I wonder whether it would have been better to leave that third “l” in there. We are visiting my mother-in-law. Ever since she came to live here, I have been trying – … Continue reading
Summer at Saint-Antoine 2012, Part 3
L’Italique… a mixed class of some genuine beginners, some people with experience of calligraphy but none of italic, and calligraphers wishing to improve their italic… Some photos from the exhibition on the last evening of the course. The viewers streamed … Continue reading
Summer at Saint-Antoine 2012, Part 2
The first of the moons of August, setting over the roofs of Saint-Antoine. Next up: Anglaise. Sometimes known as “copperplate” in the anglophone world: I did manage to solve the Canine Complication in time to arrive for the second week … Continue reading
Summer at Saint-Antoine 2012, Part 1
Everything about Saint-Antoine l’Abbaye is beautiful. It’s a wonderful place to hold our summer calligraphy courses. Or we wouldn’t have been doing it since 1989. Unfortunately for me, a Canine Complication meant I was unable to be there for Deuxième … Continue reading
Ante-Bath Notes 