Hi All,
I was reading up on some old posts in the tools section and remembered something that Ken Fraser said. He said that there should be a resurrection of older posts for mew people joining the forum. Calligraphy is a field where much of the information remains constant and is applicable irrespective how old it is.
So I thought I would make a list of the posts that really interested me over the last year. There has been a lot of searching by me to get some snippet of information I wanted from older threads and I hope this will help the new and old members a little.
Some of the posts have input from me, but most of them are from the fabulous people on this forum. All credit to them for making this information available and I hope they don’t mind me collating it.
Here goes
Stuff on writingMy all time favourite post of exemplars. Totally mind blowing. Had to make this my first
My Exemplars by Ken Fraser Offhand flourishing exchange results For some drooling and feeling minuscule]
Exemplars (Copperplate) from Business educator - grouped beautifully Are my down strokes too thick Great stuff on letter sizing and guidelines. (this is the guidelines that I use and find great for beginners)
Then and now An inspiration for us beginners. Even the pros wrote just like us once
How to mail letters Internationally Points to remember when writing international addresses
Stuff on Ink Making your own Walnut ink Making your own INk- Iron gall and others Stuff on PaperThis is a long thread on everyones favourite practice paper. A good place to start to see what paper suits which writing.....
Favourite practice Paper Holders, Flanges and general drool-worthy stuffFirst the holders,
For the master, Chris Yoke, check out his website yokepencompany.com
From Brian of Unique-obliques - check out his instagram and glance briefly (1 or 2 secs ) at his Etsy site, before the holders magically disappear in a puff of smoke.
My hand made Obliques - Heebs The early works of one Ash-bush Great piece in it by Chris on holder sizing
You have to check out their instagram sites to see the magic they are creating now
This one is from another website and has a lot of pages and pictures of obliques. I could not find one on this site for Salman’s obliques so posted this link.
The works of Salman among others Insanely amazing carved holders of Salman from his website What happens when Brian and Schin get together Collection of Vintage Holders Double sided holders, oblique for writing and straight for flourishing Sizes and styles of all production holders - Visual reference by Chris How to hold an Oblique holder - grips Oblique or straight? What and why of Obliques Some stuff on adjusting/making flanges Professional Nib flange making/Adjusting pliers Must have to make life easy
Bullock (original) vs Modern flange Reference for making oblique flange Adjusting you flange Nice discussion on fixing flanges to holdersNow the dreaded Nib section. Beware.. Once you read this you will go bankrupt.
European nibs How to find information on nib sizes and uses Vintage nibs Latest nib experiencesDifferent site but a nice collection and information on most available Esterbrook nibs with pictures
Esterbrook projectBrand wise list of nibs with pictures
Kallipos site with nib identification picturesThis is a thread for the members, compiled by Nik. He has a Huge collection of nibs, some for sale too. The best part of the thread (for beginners) is the compilation of nib pictures and reviews he is working on. Its an ongoing process, so keep checking back.
LOTS of hard work gone into it and amazing resources for someone who wants to know how a nib performs
Nik's Nibs and ThingsAnd for a bit of fun when you are bored or tired of Oval practice, started by the legendary Schin and contains tonnes of contributions
Pick up lines for the Calligrapher Calligraphy RAPThis is my list as of now. There is obviously a LOT of stuff that I have missed. There may be a few more that I will add from time to time.
Huge request to all. Please post interesting threads and links that you have on here, so that we have a nice Library of Old and new Flourish forum threads.
And now, for the beginners, once you are armed with all of this, GO to the pointed pen Nirvana section for Erica's tutorials
- Prasad
