• Title: Creative Calligraphy
• Subtitle: The Letters Dance.
• Author(s): Hélène Favier
• Publisher(s) : Eyrolles
• Collection : On the pattern
• No. of pages: 126 pages
• Format: 22 x 22
• Cover: Paperback
• Interior : Quadri
• Distribution: Geodif
• Product type : Book

The letters created, stretched, refined, thickened, twisted, arranged in a non-linear way in space, become graphic elements that can describe a life in the garden as well as suggest certain physical properties of the planets of the solar system, play the role of architectural volumes, like reconstructing an atmosphere and emotions... The calligraphic itinerary developed in these pages is interspersed with advice on the steps that guide the drawing of the letters, the choice of paper and the tools to be used. Both a manual and a collection of calligraphies, Creative Calligraphy offers a beautiful testimony of the revival of this art, which will amaze amateurs and connoisseurs alike and, why not, awaken beautiful vocations!

Hélène Favier graduated at the top of her class at the Reigate School of Art, Design and Media in London and studied calligraphy, heraldry, design and art history. She now teaches and leads courses in traditional Latin calligraphy, for adults and children, within the Scribouill'ART association. Far from restricting herself to the reproduction of ancient texts, she has at heart to take the letters out of their purely scriptural use, and to bring them to life through unexpected metamorphoses.