Modern Calligraphy: 20 DIY Calligraphy Projects For Creating Beautiful Lettered Art - Paperback

by Josephine Becker (Author)

When many of us hear the word 'calligraphy', our minds immediately run to the Orient and things that look like they are from the Far East. We think of dragons and bright red letters on pretty backgrounds, or we think of that old fashioned way of writing that we see so often in Shakespearean plays.

The truth of the matter is that calligraphy is a double sided hobby. You can use it for communication, and you can use it for art. In many of today's projects, it is used as a form of communication, but I want to show you how you can use it for so much more than that.

Did you realize you can use letters to make art? You can make pictures, quotes, letters, initials, can countless other things into art just by writing them in a fancy way. I want to show you how.

There is an art to this art, and you are going to learn the ins and outs of the trade in the pages of this book. Starting with the basics and taking it up from there, you are going to learn how you can turn ordinary letters into brilliant pieces that you can give to your friends and family, or that you can decorate your house with.

You don't have to be good at calligraphy to turn letters into art, you just need to use your imagination

There are so many ways you can turn writing into art:

• Letters
• Cards
• Wall art
• Pictures
• Gifts and little memos
• And more