This is one of my first commission
for Museum of Christianity in Sticna, Slovenia
In 2010 I gained the intermediate Level Diploma in Calligraphy
held by CLAS - Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, London
For National Gallery of Slovenia I have made 4 initials
on the walls for the Exhibition Manuscripta
When the famous writer visited Slovenia I was invited to our gorgeous castle Prejama
to accept him in the castle in a medieval dress and gave him 2 parchment to sign.
One for him and one for the Castle Predjama.
The parchments are made by Marjan Petac, Medvode, Slovenia
Back in 2011 me and my friend - a cameraman Ales Bajec
- won the competition of University Nova Gorica for a short video.
The award included 14 days of filming in Venice.
In that time we also made a calligraphy performance - Birth of the letters,
live in the one of the squares in Venice.
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At the time I was studying for the advanced level I had been reading Paulo Coelho's book
The Witch of Portobello -in which I have found myself as an artist, dancer ...
So some works I have made with the text from the book.
I sent it to the famous writer and he responded,
gave me his skype and we talked about the book and new ideas...
There is a charming house in Pettenbach, small austrian Village,
where you can find a gold mine for the calligraphers!
A museum of script!
I had an honour to have s solo exhibition there!!
from Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
This is the piece that I have sent to the exhibition Art & the Letter
by CLAS - Calligraphy and Lettering Arts society.
It was organised in the British Library in London - a great venue!
I got a "Most innovative" award.
I was asked to make a logo for them.
I felt so powerless - as there inside were the works
created by the best calligraphers from the past century! I needed months!
Schriftmuseum, Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Musical "A day of a calligrapher" was originally created
for the The Passionate Pen Calligraphy Conference.
It took place in a magnificent Pearson theatre at University's Campus.
About: Through music she tells the stories of her day, express calligraphy through dance and include the audience to her unique live stage calligraphy… With some comic elements and enormous passion for letters she is inspiring colleagues and student to dare more, to try more and to live for!
“A day of calligrapher performance was inspired by two dear friends Richard Lempereur and Rainer Wiebe whom I met last year in my Germany workshop. There was such an amazing atmosphere in this group and I was constantly receiving ideas from above. In one moment I knew: »This is my performance for San Francisco!« ”
I created the walls for the exhibition of the Industry in the region of Goriska,
Slovenia (close to my home) It was in a small castle, called Kromberk.
There are some more photos forward...
Here you can see the actual size of the letters which were written on the big walls
which were then full of the photos and information.
Here is the exhibition from another corner
Joke Van Den Brandt has been organising the International GRAND PRIX of Calligraphy for years,
supported by a town hall and many other sponsors.
I was so honored to receive the 1st prize and gained the opportunity
to make a solo exhibition the next year! THANK you!
The winning artwork at GRAND PRIX Calligraphy.
Text: "if you want peace in the world, go home and love your family!" - Mother Theresa
In 2016 I was invited to make a small performance during the openning
of a group exhibition by Joris Wouters - Walls - Muri.
The exhibition took place in a gorgeous villa in the center of cute medieval italian town, called Luca.
When teaching in Mexico city in a museum Museo de Arte de Carillo Gil,
I had an opportumity to make some beautiful walls.
Demonstration on the wall during the workshop in Museo de Arte de Carillo Gil
another wall in Mexico for a fast car VUHL
- co-founder and designer Iker Etxeberria
In June 2017 I went to London to shoot a commercial for the Guinness beer.
It was a great experience - happy to be again on the stage and filming in a big studio!
... the shooting.
A beautiful book that the society have to sign.
Aa you see here we created our sign, too!
A Jumbo poster (12 x 16 meters) for the anniversery of
the Schriftmuseum in Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria!
The artwork made as a demo piece (I was teaching Brush textures)
in the workshop at the Calligraphy Conference -
Letter California Style in Los Angeles.
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium!
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
They chose my logo for the Celebrating of CLAS - the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts society
This artwork I made for the group CLAS exhibition - 25th Anniversary
This 44 lines on parchment I made for the National Archive.
It was a hard job. A month of writing with a half of millimeter nib!
This workshop took place in Venice!
A great experience as it started with a visit of a Giotto house
where they still make a gold leaf by hand.
another demo artwork - experimental illumination workshop...
At Giotto 's house in the notheren part of Venice.
It is nice to start a workshop like that!
Marjan Petač (na sliki) je izdelal pergament, sama pa sem naredila kopijo listine,
ki govori o Veroniki Deseniški. Na sliki spodaj: levo - original, desno - najina kopija!
Group Exhibition in Dubai.