Working on an exciting new Illuminated Address and really enjoying the work thus far. It’s to be presented to the recipient in a few weeks so can’t put too much detail up yet. Am having fun with the illuminated capitals and working lots of colour into the mix.
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The Wedding Season is upon us and is a busy time for us calligraphers. I’ve been working on addressing envelopes, invitations, place-name cards and table name/number cards for the past few months. I also just finished a commmission to create a commemorative plaque for the wedding of a friend of mine who’s daughter is getting…
Last week, I completed a highly specialised and detailed, large-scale commission—a true test of endurance completed under an extremely tight deadline. The project involved two days of meticulous planning followed by over three days of intense execution. My life was essentially put on pause for six days; the relief of finishing just in the nick…
I was delighted to receive the commission to provide calligraphy services for the 2014 Lord Mayor’s Awards.The recipients were Paddy Cosgrave, Ranelagh Arts Festival, Jim Gavin, One Young World Bid Committee, St. Andrew’s Resource Centre and Dil Wickremasinghe, all of whom have made special contributions to the city of Dublin. I provided the calligraphy on each…
Aoife was featured on “The Business” in January 2016 “Handwriting – Liam Geraghty Handwriting is a skill that takes years to acquire & hone but now it seems that the practice of cursive handwriting could be dying out, in fact schools in Finland are phasing-out cursive handwriting classes altogether. Liam Geraghty talks to the people…
Just finished calligraphy on photograph album which will be given as a gift to HM The Queen tonight after the Dublin Castle banquet! Two albums were created, one being given to HM and the other (an exact replica) to be held by the State. Photographs and prints were of royal visits to Ireland from 1821 to 2011 (obviously with…
