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New in Portfolio: Calligraphy over Photos

A few weeks ago I came across this beautiful wedding shot by Petr Ovralov that inspired me to create two calligraphy pieces on top of it.

A few weeks ago I came across this beautiful wedding shot by Petr Ovralov that inspired me to create two calligraphy pieces on top of it. It all started with a flourished word Love but then I decided to write one of my favorite Cummings' poems “I carry your heart with me.” 

Calligraphy over photo by Type and Graphics Lab | Photography by Petr Ovralov | Source: unsplash.com

When working with a poem I prefer to keep the original text with no modifications at all but in this case, it was hard to manage the line lengths. In order to achieve a nice flowing texture of my writing, I had to use my artistic license and modify some of the line breaks. With this being said, I hope that Cummings' fans will forgive me such an informal interpretation of this poem. 

Cummings' poem “I carry your heart with me” written in Spencerian style calligraphy by Type and Graphics Lab | Photography by Petr Ovralov | Source: unsplash.com
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