Art in Action - Tom Perkins

We saw Gaynor in action yesterday - she had teamed up with her husband Tom Perkins at Art in Action this year and he had a stand next door. They are real heavyweights in the lettering world and if you have not seen Tom's book, even if you won't ever do carving, its a real treat just for the letterforms.

Anyway, Tom showed a piece he was working on and if you look next to it, you'll see a beautiful d and an a on the display board. His style is particularly recognisable for his own style of letters, like the pointed d & a and the wide shouldered O.

My son (the one who wasn't knighted) had a lovely weekend on one of Tom's workshops in Wales to do carving as an experience, for the day when he has free time. He went back to Sweden with a great big chunk of stone in his luggage and was thrilled with the course. But, so far, with two little girls and his dinosaur apps, he's had no free time! 

If you didn't look at Gaynor's website yesterday, look it up today as they share a website.

www.gaynorgoffe-calligraphy.co.uk

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