LETTERING
I look back and squeeze “juices” out of my past that got me going over the years. I like scribbles and spontaneous drawings. Most of it is not ‘Art’ but nearer to everybody’s skill set.
Here I will show you examples of different kinds of lettering that I collected and that, out of too many, I still find exciting to show and to be worth keeping.
Mind you, LETTERING can b e very sophisticated and precious.
We call it SCHRIFT in Geermany.
FREE SPONTANEOUS LINE DRAWING
Often done by children before they learn to write.
And “writing” with my children in the 90s.
My poster on the computer in the 80s.
My grandson Finlay on his 6th birthday.
Him at our place being six years old, in 2023.
Jo and Bob with Molly, born 2020.
… and one of my son’s many notes whilst on the phone calls in 2021. I got permission to show this here as I love people’s doodling. A graphologist said it may reveal our subconscious thoughts.
these tree trunk carvings I found recently near where I live, certainly done years ago by an unknown group of young people
A drawing from our Cinema Workshop with young people in the East End of London, 1980.
Pages from a scrapbook in 1980.
This is one of many scrap book entrances by Paul Hallam 1979. All together there are 750 pages in 18 Scrapbooks. After being digitised they were exhibited on a wall display in a centre in SÃO Paulo In 2018:
To communicate with people living in favelas.
They identified with what we did 1980 in London.
This is an inspirational group drawing from an educational paper in Germany in 1970.
I see it as a possible illustration of loud conversations, recalling the overlap of people wanting to be heard.
Such a lively approach!
I found this needle work in a village museum at the East Sea
near Rostock in Germany and liked the text and the way it is hung:
“Your own stove is worth a fortune, like gold”
…and agreed with this spray line in Lisbon, 2015.
Stonemason work, designs, contracted and manufactured stone monuments and carvings were traditionally produced within our families in Silesia and West Germany for over 200 years.
For me this is an example of an impressive family memorial, not a gravestone!
The Jewish cemetery in Breslau, now Wroclaw, in Poland, were monuments were delivered by Firma THUST in the 1920s.
I happen to know one of the few well-known Letter Carvers in Britain who lives near us in Llansilin:
John Neilson, letter carving and lettering designer.
He sent me this card with a CD of his tune improvisations with Karen Tweed.
A German friend, teacher, artist and lecturer expressed his wish to meet me in London in 1983.
He had an exhibition in Leicester. I admire his lettering style.
Here I display my own struggle with a hand written and corrected text that got me into a muddle.
This artist I discovered in an exhibition near to us …
When talking and thinking about “free” lines and artistic ingenuity, this artist springs into mind …it is Saul Steinberg
Leftovers from my teaching.
Coming back to CALLIGRAPHY
being inspiring, here is a good and witty example of handwritten lettering I enjoy.
A computerised pattern and
this commercial experience
Info printed for 94 countries in order to sell this battery-loaded travel shaver in another country, language and lettering.
Die ZEIT (German Newspaper) in an article on “Leben” Nr 27 1. Juli 1999 said:
‘Nearer to life’ was the reason why King Sejong did subject his people of Korea to a new lettering on 9th Oct 1446. “The sounds of our language can’t compare to Chinese language and writing style”, HE said.
Nowadays Chinese handset
“Who stays silent is on the side of evil”.
A page of the Gutenberg Bible.
A facebook entrance from A very good half jewish friend of mine on 5th Feb 2024.
Journalists & health workers being targeted… anybody just targeted…UK & US still sending weapons… unbearable tragedies unfolding each day – we’re witnesses but seem/feel powerless.
● Works at وزارة اﻟﺗرﺑﯾﺔ واﻟﺗﻌﻠﯾم اﻟﻔﻠﺳطﯾﻧﯾﺔ
Studied ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺑﺎﺗﻧﺔ at ھﻧدﺳﺔ ﻣدﻧﯾﺔ
● Went to ﻣدرﺳﺔ اﻟﺗﻘوى اﻟﺛﺎﻧوﯾﺔ ﻟﻠﺑﻧﯾن
● Lives in Batna, Algeria
From Gaza City
● Engaged to Sar Ra
9 July 2023
ن ﻓﻲ
ۚ إِ ورﺣﻣﺔ
ًة ﱠد َو ﻣ
َﻧﻛم ﺑ ْﯾ
وﺟﻌل
َﻟ ْﯾﮭﺎ ُﻧوا إِ ﺳﻛ
ﻟﱢ َﺗ ز َواﺟﺎ
أَ ﺳﻛ ْم
ﻣن أَﻧﻔُ
ﻟﻛم
ﺧ َﻠق
ﮫ أَن
God alone has the control
My dear cousin’s husband, our dear beloved, Taha Akasha, passed away after a struggle with illness and lack of treatment in Gaza.
