Commercial Calligraphy & Lettering Design
Since 1985 I have created many pieces of commercial calligraphy and lettering design for a wide range of organisations. Working mainly with design consultants and marketing agencies, I create logos, titles, promotional material, and any type of hand lettering for print. I also do calligraphy for wedding stationery and other events. All my lettering is hand drawn or written using a variety of pens and brushes, paper, and ink. The commercial commissioning process is simple: I listen, take the brief, and agree a cost. I then produce a series of ideas based on that brief, before developing them and working on a final design. The finished work is then scanned and emailed to my client or sent by mail or courier.
Analysis, free-thinking, concentration and paying attention to fine detail is very important and the phrase I most often say to myself as I work is,
‘What if … I try this?’