Custom artisan calligraphy monogram

Previously, we did a post about the initial (no pun intended) monograms our master calligrapher hand crafted for a client we are working with for the L&D collection. Through several revisions, our client has approved, and we are in love with the final result! Again, this is an artisan craft by hand calligraphy. Initially the vision of the client (for this monogram) is to have it made into gold metalpress; what a dazzling application for this one-of-a-kind monogram! There are actually going to be several monograms incorporated into this amazing, extensive collection; this is the premiere. Time for happy dance!

Custom monograms!

In the digital world we live in today, custom can mean different things to different people. To us, it rings in the truest sense of the meaning. So often I see monograms that are really just typefaces thrown together. They are still beautiful, but not custom in the sense of one-of-a-kind.

We have on staff a master calligraphy artist, that brings hand crafted artisan workmanship and perspective that is the epitome of custom. A calligraphy artist goes a step beyond the hand lettering, it truly is an art form in and of itself.

As a vector player, sometimes even I forget the amount of time required to achieve a master's mark by hand. This series was just submitted for an LD monogram and shows the versatility we can provide. Like any icon, I believe it has to work in black and white before you can introduce color. I'm old school that way. We will be introducing our master calligraphy artist in an upcoming post!