Blog entries http://www.capeletteringarts.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:20:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.capeletteringarts.com/blog/happy-new-year.html <p>Happy 2012!&nbsp; This promises to be a big year for hand-lettering - Maybe the biggest since the beginning of our demise back in the 1450s!&nbsp; I begin the year by preparing for a presentation and show of new work at Morris-Jumel Mansion in Manhattan.&nbsp; Morris-Jumel Mansion is a beautiful colonial home with great historical significance. Visit them at: http://www.morrisjumel.org/ I will be demonstrating 18 and 19th century scripts and tools while enjoying a masquerade ball featuring fi... Rick Paulus Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:22:12 +0100 http://www.morrisjumel.org/ http://www.capeletteringarts.com/blog/ahhhhhhautumn-.html <p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: top;" title="They Who Possess the Sea" src="http://www.capeletteringarts.com/images/62//They Who Possess_Web.jpg" alt="Poem by Marguerite Janvrin Adams, Gouache on Paper" width="567" height="351" /><br /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">They Who Possess the Sea by Marguerite Janvrin Adams</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">After a season of travel and adventure, it is good to be back home again, setting up the studio and p... Rick Paulus Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:51:12 +0100 http://www.capeletteringarts.com/blog/Musings-of-a-twenty-first-.html <p><img src="http://capeletteringarts.com/images/0/J&R%20Forester%20Pass_Web.jpg" alt="" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="right" />It's been two months now since Julie and I returned from the trail.  Our waning injuries only token reminders now, of the wonderful miles walked together through the heat of desert, the raging rivers of the High Sierras and the cold, persistent wet of the Pacific Northwest. </p><p>I've been back in the studio for two months now, and living fully the process of re-gaining... Rick Paulus Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.capeletteringarts.com/blog/Blame-it-on-Gutenberg.html <p>For my entire professional career, I have seen the steady demise of the practical application of hand-lettering. While I believe there is a certain loss here, it is nevertheless true and inevitable in this digital age, what with all of its beautiful fonts and ease of self-publication. However, while there lies a dark cloud in front of every silver lining, I choose to cast m<img src="http://www.capeletteringarts.com/images/0//RickFolsailing.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="4" vspace="5" width="2... Rick Paulus Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100