Thursday, January 13, 2011

Water & Ink

The following was passed on by Claudia Crisan...

Shinichi Maruyama, who lives in New York, takes a glass of water (or sometimes a mop or a big calligraphic brush) and with a swirl of his hand or his wrist or by some voodoo which he probably can’t explain, he is able to turn sheets of liquid molecules into Japanese calligraphy. He calls them "Kusho" or "writing in the sky."
This, for example, is ink in midair...





Friday, January 7, 2011

NEW! CA's 1st Ever Typography Annual

Communication Arts' new Typography Annual has just been released and it features some really great work, including lots of hand lettering.  Don't miss seeing it!  Here's a sampling...