Magic!

What price can we put on

the magic and beauty of nature?

It's November....the mornings are dark and the night draws in early. It's getting colder and winter is getting closer. Dragging myself out of a nice cosy, warm bed at 6.30 and getting in the studio for 7.30 has its benefits. This morning after putting the kettle on at the studio to try and encourage my body into wide-awake mode, I caught a glance of this! The photo hasn't captured the fantastic pinks and violets as the sun started to rise. I watched in wonder as the sky turned all shades before my eyes and the whole event was over and done with in 15 minutes flat. I realise how important vibrant colours are now that my sight is not good. This amazing sight is priceless and makes any trouble in the world and bad news that the TV and Radio seems to take great delight in reporting, pale into insignificance!

Hand Lettering on Calico and Canvases

I love creating canvases.....here are a few

Concertina Cards To Order

Concertina Books Commissions taken

I Found some photos on my hard drive and thought I'd post them for those of you who are unfamiliar with my work. These are CONCERTINA BOOKS Enjoy!

RUNRIG Lyrics piece SOLD!

I'm so pleased that my Runrig piece has sold on ebay and seems to have gone to a good home. I got £50 for it....not the price I wanted but every little helps towards my website fund and there is no price on the pleasure I hope it gives the winning bidder.

Mounted Calligraphy on Paper

And here's a few more pictures. I don't think Blogspot likes too many pictures to download at once!

Mounted Calligraphy on Paper Great Gift Ideas

What a week! Once again I seem to have that... 'Thank the Goddess it's Friday' feeling. This week has been exhausting.
I've cut and mounted a number of pieces of work. The work seems to take as long to mount as it does to create. Also i've have a visit from a chap called Haniff Din who is going to help me design and maintain my own website. His job is to generate traffic and move forward my business.
My lovely man Tony has been hard at work and has helped me every evening. He's put up the hanging rails and brought me cups of tea while I have fought with eBay! He's very patient!

We're both exhausted but we're raising another stone at Sentry Circle this weekend...the circle will be 1/2 way there!

Here's some of the mounted work:

New Wall Suspenders

Well....they cost me a packet....but I hope the pictures show....they've been worth every penny!
One of my greatest difficulties has been hanging pictures onto a false wall. I'm the first to admit I'm useless witha hammer and even more dangerous balancing on a chair, so the time came to invest some money ona track system which have nylon strings and adjustable hooks attached to them. The hooks slide easily up and down which means that I can hang work closer together and fit more on a wall. Added to this the whole thing looks far nearter and more professional! I think you'll agree?

Gorgeous Hand Made Books

Hand Crafted Books and Journals

Here at Inspired by Script we make books for all occasions. Journals of all kinds….Books of Shadows, Grimoires, Dream Journals, Druid Journals, Fairy Journals, Angel and Dragon Journals...Journals for Buddhists, healers and Zen Masters. Guest Books, Photo Albums, side bound Japanese Stitched binding, hard backed, paper backed, plain or decorative covered…..in fact, you think it...we’ll create it! Journals can be made for Gardeners, Travellers, Private Thoughts, Dream Journals…..the list is endless! Our books are made and treated with the respect they deserve, they are unique and one-of-a-kind. Each book is signed and dated by the artist Sue Simpson, making a totally original item. We can include pockets for your favourite mementoes and keepsakes. All our books are individually hand created At our studio in Northallerton...bordering on the Yorkshire Dales. All our books can be made to order. A blank book can be anything you want it to be: A diary for your innermost thoughts, A personal journal of self-discovery A dream diary, Travel journal or somewhere to record your life experiences. It can be a Guest Book, Memory Book or Special Moments Book, Somewhere to keep your love letters or favourite recipes. Whatever you put in the journal is only limited by your imagination!

What I do and where I work

Well here it is....my humble little studio, tucked away in North Yorkshire, England.
The door enters the gallery area and the far right window shows my workspace.

I am a Calligrapher, Lettering Artist and Creative Bookbinder and specialise in items for the Pagan, New-Age and Mind Body and Spirit market.

In this blog I hope to show the products available from my studio.

Please call in, enjoy and leave a message if you want.
Email me at inspiredbyscript@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 01609 776 866

Love, light and all good thoughts,
Sue - Inspired by Script

Lettering Art on Canvas

What a nightmare the last couple of days have been! Listing on ebay seems to get worse the more thay update it.

I've put a couple of canvases on, a couple of pictures and also added 3 items that I hope I can just relist every 10 days. I haven't done the shop yet....still trying to decided whether to call it 'Inspired By Script' or something else....hmmm will ponder a little while longer.
Anyway....here are some photos of the things up for auction

Calligraphy and Lettering Art

(Clcik picture to enlanrge)

CREATIVE CLUTTER

IS BETTER THAN IDLE NEATNESS!

Well it's finally happened....the studio is a health risk! The shelves are packed to bursting, the cupboards won't close and the floor is littered with boxes....all full with MY WORK! Roughs and finished peices are everywhere. Why am I saving them? The time has come to have a hugh clearout and set up an Ebay shop to get rid of this stuff that's becoming more of a hazard as each day passes.
Much of the work has hung around since my teaching days. Some of it is work that has not quite worked out at the time, but then a chance glance, one realises it's not that bad afterall. It's time for it to move on and find another resting place. One where someone at least can get the pleasure from it.
I;m slowly (very slowly it seems) emptying the shelves one by one and sorting into 3 piles. 1 for finished or almost finished pieces, 1 with lettering tryouts that could have or should have worked and 1 pile for the bin! I have set up 2 journals one for layout and design ideas and 1 for lettering styles and ideas.
How did it ever get to this? Years ago when my sight enabled me to teach the pieces had to be in an orderly fashion and I used to have to be able to get my hands on stuff quickly, depending on the class I was teaching at the time.
I'm away for the weekend....but have started so I'll finish...perhaps early next week and my agenda is all ready set for the next 3 weeks.
Next week is finishing off the clearence and opening an ebay shop. The week after is filling my portfolios with samples and the 3rd week is getting my Wedding Portfolio finished. Here cometh Winter....BRING IT ON!

The picture above is just some (and I mean SOME) of the work I will have for sale.

Deefer and Simba

And these are my Dog Defer and the cat is Simba. Defer came from the Hull Spaniel Rescue centre from Steve a great guy who devotes his life to the rescue of all types of Spaniels. Simba is also a rescue and has put on a lot of weight since this picture was taken she now looks more like Garfield than Simba the lion king!

Sugar

This is Sugar....an old cat that came to me the night before bonfire night 3 years ago. She gets her name because she's white and VERY sweet.

Blue

This is Blue....yawning and very bored with the whole thing!

The Members of my Family

The first pictures is of my newest addition ‘Dodger’. A terrorist in his own right. He came to my house after other members of his family were either drowned by the farmer or shot by the game keeper. He came in with attitude…which is a blessing really because my girls would have killed him otherwise! lol. Here he is after running up the canvas wardrobe to try and make a pest of himself and scare ‘Blue’ out of her wits!

Books, books and more books

I LOVE MAKING BOOKS! Books of all types...on all kinds of subjects. This particular book was made for a client and I decided rather than charge her a large fee I would part write and part type it. The books is available in 3 colours and is finished off using hand decorated and finished pages making each one unique

Baby Ambers Birth Gift

Baby Amber Louise my little neice came into this world at the end of last month. This is a piece of work that was made for her, which at the moment she won't appreciate...but hopefully in years to come she will.

The background is acrylic wash and the writing is Gouache. The background colours were Golden Yellow, warm browns and golds to reflect the colour and qualities of Amber.

Hand Made Book of Shadows

This book cover was made using Modrock Bandage, string and Fimo. The whole thing was then painted with Acrylic,

Today's Creativity and Where It All Happens

Well here it is....my humble little studio, tucked away in North Yorkshire, England.

The door enters the gallery area and the far right window shows my workspace.

Today's creativity has amounted to 'digging out' the mess. I've decided that creativity grows from a workspace where you can actually 'FIND' things rather than have to spend the day endlesly searching for that lost item. Through a link from another BLOG I realised the wonders of the internet and decided to set up my own.

For anyone who looks at this...I hope you enjoy what you see and most of all I hope the pictures inspire you to create some unique artwork of your own.