Finally, a Romanesque letter! The Romanesque style of manuscript illumination is by far my favorite and this illuminated F is based on...

The next letter in my illuminated letters alphabet project is an E inspired by an Italian manuscript made in 1438. It is dominated by a...

A letter created in the style of the Ripoll Bible, a manuscript from the early 11th century that is considered one of the great works of...

How I make traditional manuscript gesso for use in raised gilding of illuminated manuscripts.

First steps in making manuscript gesso for traditional raised gilding according to an early 15th century recipe (mostly) For those of you...

The second letter in my Illuminated Letters Alphabet Project, an Ottonian style B.

How I made an an illuminated letter "A" in a 15th century German acanthus leaf style This is the beginning of a second on-going,...

Little by little, I've started putting together a sort of "look book" of the various calligraphy hands I do. The idea is that when I...

How I made my Tempest piece.

A pair of illuminated letters inspired by the Fagel Missal

This is the most complex commission I have done to date (yes, I'll admit that publicly). First, it's really big--like it took up my...

Writing up a quote to honor the 140th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge in Italic calligraphy