Heartfelt Calligraphy
The New Book by Denis Brown
This new hardcover book, a visual feast of inspiration, is full of colour images by a leader in the international field of calligraphic arts. The author designed it and adds his commentary on his many unique styles and idioms.
128 full colour A4 pages, with 111 colour illustrations, many of which are full-page, or life-size or larger.
This book, by the renowned calligrapher Denis Brown, offers a comprehensive collection of his work. It showcases and examines both formal and expressive pieces, created using diverse materials such as paper, calfskin vellum, and glass. The book itself is a work of art, designed to be a cherished object to hold and peruse.
This volume complements the author’s previous autobiographical work, Brown Calligraphy, by featuring a wide array of newer projects. Additionally, it includes some earlier pieces not present in Brown Calligraphy, and further develops the creative design elements utilised in its production.
The book primarily emerged during Denis Brown’s recovery from a stroke. It originated from a blood clot that formed in his heart—hence the book’s title, Heartfelt Calligraphy—before travelling to his brain and causing a bleed. His recovery involved reviewing and continually developing the creative processes highlighted in this publication.
This body of work may also offer inspiration to others confronting similar challenges. It offers a range of inspirational work for all, which may be perused in order or dipped into randomly.
Gold-stamped cover under the jacket
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Denis Brown
Calligrapher, Calligraphy TV Teacher & Course Moderator
Denis Brown is one of the most creative and innovative artists in the international field of calligraphy. Renowned for masterful command of the broad-edged pen, his work is not limited to style or technique; he produces art that engages with concerns broader than those outlined by craft practice. Working variously on paper, in glass, and on vellum skins, he has developed distinctive approaches to each material. In making both traditional and highly explorative work, Brown skips casually back and forth over perceived boundaries of what defines calligraphy, thus broadening the possibilities of the art. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Brown travels internationally to teach, lecture, and exhibit. For the past twenty years he has been on the faculty of most of the annual International Calligraphy Conferences held in the United States and Canada. He is an Honoured Fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society and a former Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, the two British calligraphy organisations of prestige. His work is featured in many collections including those of the European Parliament; the British Library; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; the National Museum of Ireland; the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; San Francisco Public Library; the Newberry Library, Chicago; and the Russian Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, Moscow. Brown’s work has restored production of calligraphy in his native Ireland to a calibre and international fame reminiscent of what the nation’s scriptoria achieved in its golden age. Inspired by that legacy, he carries calligraphy forward in a fully contemporary manner.
