Was especially excited this year to be commissioned to produce the calligraphy scrolls for the Lord Mayor’s Awards. Two of the recipients this year were running related – parkrun Ireland, and Noel Carroll, athlete, so my two worlds – running and calligraphy collided🏃♀️✍!
Congratulations to all 8 recipients: parkrun Ireland, Noel Carroll (posthumously), Kellie Harrington Boxer, Norah Casey, Christy Dignam, Aoife McGivney, John Sheahan, and Maria Tyrrell.
This is my most recent commission and took 2 months to complete. The piece is entitled “Laudete Dominum” or Psalm 150. Psalm 150 can be found in the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament and is closely associated with King David. The words of Psalm 150 are taken from the King James Version of the…
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…
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…
Calligrafont is an Irish company based in Santry, Dublin 9, which is dedicated to the fine art of hand-crafted calligraphy, a skill that dates back to medieval times and is still evolving in modern times. It is run by Aoife Lyons, who is used to working to tight schedules and a specified budget. Calligrafont offers beautiful…
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…
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…
