This blog is about calligraphy!

I keep forgetting that I created a new blog to house my calligraphy ! My original blog http://www.janhurst.blogspot.com/, which was meant to be multi-purpose, housed calligraphy, other arts and much family news. Because of my new grandson, it has become majorly about him - and why not? Jace the Face is fantastic!

This is the blog I will be promoting for art and calligraphy from now on. If I remember. I'll try to remember.

I am working full time in a publishing company and come home at night to a lot of calligraphy work. I am simultaneously working on bits of three different weddings right now. It's been a very busy year, art-wise. I'll see if I can link this site to my other blog's calligraphy and art-related posts.

Above are photos of the Indian envelopes I've been working on. They are lush, but the heavy texture eats nibs. Fun to do anyway because they're so pretty.

Here's a bit of lettering I did a few days ago for Alice Hancock, creator of Greentherapie.com. 'Live right' is their slogan.





Here's a menu I lettered for a hospital event held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art earlier this year.



I love lettering!

Calligraphy Catch Up

Here is the logo I created a couple of years ago for the company I now have the privilege to work for. The job was created for me...the owner paid me a great compliment saying he didn't want me to get away. Blush! Little did I know when I lettered this that I would be carrying it on my business cards nor that it would be larger than life on a marquee of sorts. Great fun!



I completed (all but the framing!) this piece in a recent workshop near Cincinnati. Jacqueline Sullivan was the instructor of the aptly titled "Wet N Wild" watercolor workshop. We poured watercolors, sprinkled metal powders, salt, sand, powdered dyes and alcohol, tore paper and generally had a wonderful time.



Here are some escort cards and envelopes I recently did as part of a much larger package.




And here's an oldie I recently ran across. From a Barbara Close greeting card workshop years ago, a display of student work. This was a great workshop. Barbara is delightful as well as talented. We all created many FuN cards.