Between photographing pets and weddings, and starting my little calligraphy offshoot, I’ve been keeping myself extremely busy this summer. Here are some more calligraphy pieces I had the pleasure of working on lately.
Lisa and David are having their wedding in New York state this fall. Their invitation suite is being crafted in letterpress by Parrott Design Studio in Providence, RI. They didn’t have a particular calligraphy style they wanted to use, so this was a great chance for me to come up with something new. Even so I didn’t have the courage to do anything too crazy or unconventional, though I wanted to! Instead I decided to have flourishes that swoop under instead of over, and to add little curlicues at the ends.
Anna and Jeremy are getting married on a private island off South Caroline this fall. Their invitation suite is being made by Goosefish Press, who just won Best of Boston 2010 for best stationer!
Aside: I really, really, really very badly really want to photograph a wedding in the South. Savannah, Charleston, Georgia Islands, anywhere in Louisiana. Want it so badly my teeth hurt. I almost had my own wedding in Vacherie, Louisiana just outside New Orleans where I spent some of my childhood. I wanted the ceremony under ancient live oaks that are so prevalent in the south, its canopy of arms so gnarly and dripping with Spanish moss. I wanted a camelia and Spanish moss bouquet, a crawfish boil for dinner and beignets for dessert. Ah too bad I was too lazy about planning an involved destination wedding, so hopefully one day I can crash someone else’s, heh.
Anna is having a live oak letterpressed onto the main invite. Their invitation suite is a little more formal with both outer and inner envelopes. Her wedding is going to be amazing. I’m jealous!
Beautiful!! If Colonial Williamsburg is far enough south for you, I have a wedding that I’d love to have you shoot w/ me! :)
Gorgeous Li! I love your calligraphy. Hope you get to shoot a wedding in the South sometime soon. :)