Dear Literary Calligraphy Collector,

 

We will be shipping orders in the next few months according to this schedule:

           

            October 21 – November 3

            November 11 – November 18

            November 25 – December 1

            December 16 – December 22

            January 19 – January 28

 

This schedule is for prints, including custom mats and framing shipped from our shop. Click here for ordering instructions. Stationery, including note cards, Christmas cards, and calendars are for sale at amazon for fast shipping.

 

2015 Calendar available now!

The theme of our 2015 Literary Calligraphy® calendar is literary leaves. Twelve of Susan Loy’s hand-lettered and illustrated watercolors feature writings about leaves or trees, including Whitman’s “We Two,” Stevens’s “O Florida,” Emerson’s “To Celebrate Our Friendship,” Wordworth’s “Tintern Abbey,” Keats’s “A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy for Ever,” Thoreau’s “A Virtuous Red Maple,” Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73,”  Southey’s “Holly Tree,” Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, the Traditional Irish Blessing (shown left on cover) with its bright green shamrock leaves, and for Susan Loy collectors, a never-before-published piece showcasing a passage from Thoreau’s journal entry on July 20, 1853, “The gentle susurrus from the leaves of the trees on the shore is very enlivening, as if Nature were freshening, awakening to some enterprise.”

Our 19th calendar is an economical way to enjoy Susan Loy’s Literary Calligraphy® artwork. We produce the entire calendar in-house and have it printed on heavy, glossy paper by Bison Printing in Bedford County, Virginia. Made in USA and shipped by amazon.com.

 

New Print – Higgs boson

While reading about the Higgs boson, Susan discovered that quarks were indeed named from a line in James Joyce’s literary classic Finnegans Wake  – “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” One spark or quark led to another and she was inspired to create a piece based on the Higgs boson. Higgs bosons are vibrations in the Higgs Field, give mass to all particles with mass, and tend to break symmetries, sparking creation and infinite variety. Susan chose quotations from various writers to tell this story, starting with a passage from Thoreau’s journal that begins, “The gentle susurrus from the leaves of the trees on the shore is very enlivening.” These quotations by Thoreau, Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman and other writers describe qualities of the Higgs boson – an awakening of nature to some great purpose, the essence of life, unseen force that vivifies all – and are themselves susurrations.

 

M. C. Escher’s Cubic Space Division was Susan’s inspiration for this design. It is a perspective study that creates the illusion of endless space and emphasizes the spaces in between, much the way particles vibrate in fields. Loy painted vibrant color cubes in perspective, with parallel and intersecting lines of hand-lettered text. This print is limited to 500 and is signed & numbered by Susan Loy.

 

Perfect Wedding Gifts

Anytime is wedding season and we have over a dozen designs that collectors choose as Perfect Wedding Gifts. Recently, a collector from Pittsburgh ordered “Love Is Patient” from 1 Corinthians 13 for her daughter’s wedding. She told us she had been waiting 16 years for the chance to give this gift and was, “Glad to see that you are still around.” In addition to “Love Is Patient” (pictured at left), we have Hebrew lettering in “I Am My Beloved’s” from Song of Solomon. Non-biblical, literary designs, range from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, “Marriage of True Minds,” to the Native American sentiments of “The Apache Blessing.” Any frame design can be personalized with engraved names and dates for an additional charge.

You can see all the latest art and our show schedule on our website literarycalligraphy.com.

 

 

Can’t get to a show and would like to buy Literary Calligraphy stationery? We’ve now got a full selection of calendars, literary, biblical, and Christmas cards at amazon.com. Same price as the shows and much cheaper to ship.

 

Thank you for supporting our genuine American small business and American arts and crafts.

 

With warm regards,

Susan Loy & Ron Ayers

  

Contact Us: We welcome your feedback.  mail@literarycalligraphy.com, Literary Calligraphy, 5326 White House Road, Moneta, VA 24121.

 

Recent Literary Calligraphy® Prints:

“The Gettysburg Address” has Lincoln’s speech surrounding a vivid Lincoln Memorial.

“Flowers of the Month,” has 23 flowers and four quotations describing the change of seasons.

“Declaration of Independence” includes illustration of Independence Hall.

"If" Rudyard Kipling's famous poem begins, "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…"

“Success Depends on the Aim” includes a quote from the journal of Ralph Waldo Emerson on success.

“A Midsummer-Night’s Dream” Shakespearean quotations include house blessing and flowers.

"Amendments 11-27" the Liberty Bell is featured in this U.S. Constitution print.

"I Am My Beloved's," from the Song of Songs 6: 3. Perfect Wedding Gift. 

"Desiderata," begins, "Go placidly amid the noise and haste."

"The Bill of Rights," fifth print in Constitution series features Statue of Liberty.

 

 

Perfect Wedding and Anniversary Gifts: Nothing is more romantic or appreciated than a Literary Calligraphy® art print. Choose from three versions of 1 Corinthians 13, three versions of the Song of Songs, the Apache Blessing, and poems by Shakespeare, the Brownings, Burns, Marlowe, and Whitman. 

 

  

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