Posted on May 1, 2017 at 5:55 AM |
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TheWrittenArtist visited the London Stationery Show at the Business Design Centre in Islington, April 2017.
http://www.stationeryshow.co.uk/
Tying out pens, yet more pens, and talking to all sorts of people who sell and make pens.
Clients sometimes ask me about pens - in coaching, I tend to use everyday working pens that I can rely on. If you have had a coaching session with TheWrittenArtist you will know that I tend to bring a variety of pens to try out.
Finding the right pens that suit your hand can instantly improve handwriting, and the pleasure of writing.
When I used a fountain pen, years ago, they were still splodgy and splashy. I don't really mind inky fingers, except they can smudge the paper. Fountains pens, even at entry level, have considerably moved on and I think I'm about to become a personal convert.
I was especially impressed with Studio Pens http://www.studiopens.co.uk/, who allowed me to make and keep a lovely wee fountain pen similar to this:
Clients ask and I respond. I will be starting a new page on this site of my pen discoveries and recommendations, perhaps even a shop. It's very personal how a pen feels in the hand and to write with. It's a quest. Perhaps you are already a collector of these beautiful and practical artefacts. They express words, they communicate meanings. The pen is mightier than the computer.
Posted on November 25, 2016 at 7:00 PM |
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Very productive artist signature workshop at Pure Arts in Battle.
http://www.pureartsgroup.co.uk/
Several responsive artists came up with some tremendous signature solutions. Signing work legibly, with a little flair and considered placing is such an important aspect of art, but often neglected.
TheWrittenArtist. Developing an artist signature – making your mark workshop
Create an artist's signature that makes your mark in the artworld. Clarify authenticity and legacy issues with a legible signature on your artworks that is in keeping with your medium and an enhancement of your style.
Guess the artist – signature game Famous, Anonymous or Illegible?
Session 1: Your artistic persona, personal branding, signature as ambassador
Issues: Professionalism
Activity 1: Starting where we are - identifying issues, legibility, appropriateness, style, aims, desire
Session 2: Historical, anonymous works, legacy
Issues: Authenticity, legacy, value
Activity 2: Collecting material to work with - names, words, symbols, figures, writing, drawing
Session 3: Contemporary context, collectors, value
Issues: Fashions and trends in signing works
Activity 3: Devising new symbols, letter formations - this is the magic bit! Artist monograms
The Goede Game - art game devised in memory of artist Jules de Goede. Finding the right place when there is no right place.
Session 4: Signature across media - best practice
Issues: Timing, digital online, copyright
Activity 4: Forming new signature, devising methods to practice and remember
The Artist Signature - notes
TheWrittenArtist November 2016
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