Because it’s type-related I couldn’t resist waiting another day before publishing this…
…Yesterday I was going through an old un-named sketch book. Right at the back were these beautiful hand-drawn versal letters and an entire page of weaving ornaments:
Versals, drop capitals or raised capitals are large and often ornately decorated capital letters marking the opening of a running […]
I’ve arrived in Germany.
I was pleasantly surprised to find the partner of the friend I am staying with to be a collector and dealer in printed and drawn antiquities—everything from postcards, newspapers, books of course and original drawings. He has reputable collection and much of it happens to live next door to my bedroom.
He recently acquired a […]
Body modification is a permanent or semi-permanent alteration of the body for non-medical reasons—think spiritual, societal, BDSM play, aesthetic or practical. Body modification has been in practice for at least two thousand plus years—Ötzi the Iceman was found with a fairly large earlobe piercing (1–000 gauge; 7–11mm) and 57 carbon tattoos.
Yesterday I had another piercing done—a […]