Modern Calligraphy, Skill, and the Test of Time

[Faeleia]

This conversation reminded me of a great quote:

"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist."
--Pablo Picasso

OMG YES. I so agree, Linda!

[Ken Fraser]

I used to wear a couple of these on each sleeve.

[Jakmo1935]

I've been hearing that calligraphy is going out of style for 33 yrs.

[Lori M]

In common usage, the pattern that I always knew as zig-zag became "chevron". But an interior design article this weekend classified them as "out". They had a good 3-4 year run in the design world (at least in the US). But they live on in their design trend successor, the arrow  : 

[schin]

I HATE THIS STUPID ARROW TREND

Even just looking at it makes me furious! i don't know why!

[Moya]

I HATE THIS STUPID ARROW TREND

Even just looking at it makes me furious! i don't know why!

omg I don't know why that made me laugh so hard.  I'm gonna send you a valentine made of nothing but arrows.

[Meredith S]

*gasp* Oh no!! I LOVE the arrows. I didn't even realize they were trendy.. I thought they were always around, they've just been getting cuter lately, haha. Shows ya how out of popular culture I am.

 I feel like Dr. Evil trying to give Seth Green a hug - "I'm with it. I'm hip." *awkwardly does the mockarena* dokadokadokadoka

[Blotbot]

Once you see it in Paper Source, you know you have got a trend.  How about donuts and foxes?

So what I want to know is where to do these trends begin?  Somewhere someone does the first one, people start to buy, and somehow it is noted that people are buying.  Or is it some magazine that says its hot and everyone jumps on the bandwagon?

[Lori M]

Once you see it in Paper Source, you know you have got a trend.  How about donuts and foxes?

I was thinking the same thing! I admit, I can be a sucker for the trends. With paper, I figure I can indulge in it without a huge expense or commitment -- unlike, for example, redecorating my living room in chevrons. 

[schin]

Don't forget the owls! They were everywhere!

[Erica McPhee]

I've been hearing that calligraphy is going out of style for 33 yrs.

LOL! Martha Stewart declared it passe in 2003 in her wedding mag. Ha ha! It has become nothing but more popular ever since! 

[Linda Y.]

LOL! Martha Stewart declared it passe in 2003 in her wedding mag. Ha ha! It has become nothing but more popular ever since! 

 

Did she suggest something in place of calligraphy? Lavender-scented address labels perhaps? 

[patweecia]

LOL! Martha Stewart declared it passe in 2003 in her wedding mag. Ha ha! It has become nothing but more popular ever since! 

that's weird because they even posted a how-to-do-calligraphy entry in their website 

[Erica McPhee]

I can't remember Linda. I'll have to dig that issue out if I still have it. I remember it distinctly because it was one I advertised in and I was mad, mad, mad when it came out! I gave my ad rep an earful!

Patricia, I believe that was about a year later but I could be slightly off on the dates. 

[Linda Y.]

I can't remember Linda. I'll have to dig that issue out if I still have it. I remember it distinctly because it was one I advertised in and I was mad, mad, mad when it came out! I gave my ad rep an earful!

Oh my gosh, I would've felt the same way! I'm glad Martha changed her stance!