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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #45 on: June 05, 2017, 03:05:28 AM »
On a lighter note....

Hahaha. Good one Ken. Those long stem loop looks tempting and equally difficult to make.



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« Reply #46 on: June 19, 2017, 10:50:12 AM »
Here is my latest piece.
Very attractive piece of writing and layout. The combination of red. black and gold on period documents is always a winner.

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« Reply #47 on: June 19, 2017, 10:52:28 AM »
posted in error
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« Reply #48 on: July 13, 2017, 09:50:27 AM »
You were brought up on papyrus? And prefer custard with it? Sounds messy.

No, no - you misunderstand.  The business of bashing the rhubarb with a mallet until it's flat is new to me ... in my youth it was customary to stew it in its own juices until it gave up the fight, and then drown it in custard.  You might reasonably ask why one would bother, but it's amazing what you can develop a taste for given long enough exposure.

In my youth, it was customary to pull the rhubarb out of the ground, brush the dirt off the end, shove it into the sugar bowl, then bite off the end and see who could make the best faces since the sugar only slightly took the edge off the tartness.  Then we got yelled at for getting dirt in the sugar bowl.  Explaining that it wouldn't happen if only she'd bake us a rhubarb pie didn't help our predicament.
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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #49 on: July 13, 2017, 01:24:45 PM »
.. see who could make the best faces ...

Ha ha!  We used to do that with sloes.  Ghastly things.   ;D

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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #50 on: July 27, 2017, 11:42:44 AM »
Hi all,

Best is a hard word... each piece of work I make I can see the mistakes, or where improvement's needed, and generally it's only the most recent thing that I feel halfway satisfied with!

That said, I'm pleased with this, it's quiet and not exciting, but clear and clean, which is what I hanker after!

Huginn & Muninn uncial by Robin Inkysloth, on Flickr

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« Reply #51 on: July 27, 2017, 11:58:39 AM »
Best is a hard word... each piece of work I make I can see the mistakes, or where improvement's needed, and generally it's only the most recent thing that I feel halfway satisfied with!
I've often felt the same way. Could that mean we are still improving?

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« Reply #52 on: July 27, 2017, 12:18:24 PM »
I've often felt the same way. Could that mean we are still improving?

I hope so!

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« Reply #53 on: August 17, 2017, 10:27:28 AM »
I've often felt the same way. Could that mean we are still improving?

I hope so!

Nice Uncial Inkyskloth. There is a serene calmness about Uncial which is always appealing and this is a good example.

"Could that mean we are still improving?" I'm sure that that is the case.
When I first started out, all the writing of others looked marvellous, and it wasn't until much later that I realised that a high percentage wasn't really good at all!

We learn not just the shapes of the letters but over time our perception heightens and we are more able to discern differences, which. to the lay person, aren't immediately apparent.
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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #54 on: August 22, 2017, 03:59:02 AM »
My latest. A poem from a dear friend.
Hunt 101 on textured paper with Walnut ink.

-Ashok

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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #55 on: November 03, 2017, 09:50:23 AM »
Beautiful work @ash0kgiri  - those caps are beautiful at the beginning of each line.

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Re: Show us your best
« Reply #56 on: November 03, 2017, 11:55:25 AM »
Thank you so much Elaina @Raayynuh. Glad you liked it. :D :D

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« Reply #57 on: January 14, 2018, 10:21:33 AM »
Beautiful writing @ashOkgiri - anyone would have been proud to have produced that!

Here's a nice quote, in Uncial and Copperplate -

Although stylistically they couldn't be more different from each other, I feel that the two styles sit well together -  almost in mutual respect!


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