Calligraphy commission with celtic knot and floral border
Calligraphy
Aquinas student’s prayer print
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Baby Announcement Calligraphy Commission
New Year, Same Me
I’m not one for new year’s resolutions…
‘There is a time for everything’, Ecclesiastes 3 calligraphy
This calligraphy is a journey through time using 17 different scripts. The left column shows the century in which each script was used. The right column includes “ego alpha et omega”, the words of Jesus from Revelation 22:13: “I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last”. I wanted to show that God endures through all time, though things go and come around again. The last image shows which scripts were used.
Psalm 90 Illuminated Calligraphy
Excerpt from Psalm 90 written in Gothic Textura Quadrata with sumi ink, watercolour and acrylic gold ink on Arches hot-press watercolour paper.
Malachi 2:5-6 calligraphy with Celtic Knots and Thistles
Silver birch tree and calligraphy
My latest commission was a 50th wedding anniversary present from a wife to her husband. She wanted a silver birch tree with yellow leaves and a bold script.
John Wesley quote commission
My most recent commission was a quote from John Wesley written in Cancelleresca Corsiva. The client wanted celtic knots in the border although she and I were aware that it didn’t exactly fit the time period or style. However, a little extra Celtic knot never hurts!
Daffodowndilly poem with watercolour illustration
A friend recently commissioned a calligraphy piece for her baby’s nursery room. She asked for A.A. Milne’s Daffodowndilly poem with a watercolour illustration next to it of daffodils, variegated tulips and trillium. I used the Garlic Butter typeface as the basis for this hand-lettered script. I am not often completely happy with my work but this piece came out much to my satisfaction.
Grace prayer with rosemary border
In June I was commissioned by my church, Saint Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church in St Andrews, to create a goodbye present for a long-time congregation member who was moving way. They wanted the grace prayer and some sprigs of rosemary (her name was Rosemary) along with the Diocese of St Andrews coat of arms. There are a few purple rosemary flowers scattered throughout and some bees since our rector keeps bee hives.
1 Corinthians 13 calligraphy with Scottish thistles
© Letizia Morley 2019
My first overseas customer ordered this custom border along with the verses. She asked for thistles and celtic knots with a mostly blue colour scheme.
Psalm 139 illuminated calligraphy, start to finish process
This April (April 15-18, 2019) the Transept Artists’ group of the University of St Andrews Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts is putting on its annual exhibition entitled ‘Space( )Between’. This exhibit explores in-between places and states of being.
I decided to calligraph a portion of Psalm 139 which describes the infinite space that God’s presence occupies and also mentions hell (Sheol). It encompasses the upmost heights and the deepest lows.
First I ruled the lines and toned the paper with a light tan shade. Next I wrote out the script. The script I chose was Uncial, characteristic of the British Isles between the 3rd and 9th centuries. I made a mistake with the first line but couldn’t erase so I’ll cover this up later with white.
Next I erased the pencil ruled lines from the text and went over the lines of the initial capital W with a Pigma Micron archival, non-smudging pigment pen. 
I continued to first sketch with pencil, then trace over in pen all the elements of the border. 
Then I added colour using Winsor & Newton watercolours. I wanted to give each ‘direction’ in the Psalm its own colour variation. The top is light blue to represent heaven, the bottom is a murky black-blue to represent Sheol. The left is the rosy-tinted East and the right is the slightly more orange-toned red. The ‘flame’ pattern at the bottom also hints at Sheol.
© Letizia Morley 2019
Next I added acrylic gold ink to the vines, the celtic knot border and finally to the illuminated capital letter W.
© Letizia Morley 2019
After many many hours of work, here is the final result. The first image is the final work before framing and the second is the framed work at the ‘Space( )Between’ exhibit in St Leonards Chapel on South Street, St Andrews.
1 Corinthians 13 Illuminated Calligraphy
Letizia Morley - ARTIST 