July 11 2006
Text By Catherine Jamieson
From Utata's recent still life project, amongst the many outstanding contributions, this one struck not just my aesthetic sensibilities, but it tugged at memories and reminded me of those days when my fingertips were always stained with peacock blue and emerald green and I guarded my inks and pens like they were gold.
From the infamous Book of Kells, penned in 800AD and the finest extant example of an illuminated manuscript, to the wedding invitation in last week's mail, the art of caligraphy is one of our most enduring artistic practices. In fact, it's a lot like photography - the calligrapher and the photographer each face the same challenge: how to present perfectly common, everyday objects in new, creative ways. Whether it's taking a picture of a cat or the making of an "A"; calligraphy is a little proof that with ingenuity and creativity even something as limited as a set of 26 letters can be made unique, wonderful, artful.
"Nature morte a l'emeraude"
doozzle
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