
The verse that follows this declaration adds a passage about how the lovers will meet when the shadows lengthen and the air is cool. At first I pictured this as lighted area surrounded by a soft shadow, so I set the large text inside a gray border, and wove the smaller letters between the main words in gray ink. It felt done.

AND THEN... Calligraphy designs usually resolve themselves into one definitive version. But after I thought about this one for a few weeks, I tried a slightly different take, where the lines that describe the slanting light, are set at a slant themselves.
In the redesign, I also changed the background of the miniature vignette, to show the mountains that the gazelles might have come from. I like them both.

Really very nice, and so good to hear (read) the thought processes behind the designs.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Burlingame