Donald jackson calligrapher biography for kids

From his scriptorium in Wales, he oversaw scribes, artists and craftsmen who worked with him handwriting and illuminating the seven volume, 1, page book on vellum. Many are now in collections of widely varying institutions and faith communities around the world. He was awarded a scholarship to Bolton College of Art aged 13 and at 20, as a graduate student, he was appointed visiting lecturer at the Camberwell College of Art, London.

His personally innovative work and inspirational teaching, together with books, documentaries and exhibitions in Europe, Scandinavia, North America, Puerto Rico, Australia and China have led to his being widely acknowledged as a seminal influence on the growth of Western calligraphy over the past 50 years.

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On four occasions it was exhibited alongside The Dead Sea Scrolls. They have also been acquired by Baptist and Methodist institutions. I loved the feel of the pen as it touched the page and the breathtaking effect of the flow of coloured ink as its wetness caught the light. Those sensations, which I still experience as I work, are what seem to select the shapes and colours of my designs or words.

The quill, not my conscious thinking makes the choice. The continual process of remaining open and the accepting of what may reveal itself through hand and heart on a crafted page, is the closest I have ever come to God. In making the Bible as a celebration of the Word of God for the twenty-first century in modern scripts, I realise it is the thing I have been preparing for all my life.