Richard studied to advanced level with the Society of Scribes and Illuminators in the UK and has worked as a professional calligrapher for private, public, and commercial clients for many years.
Latest exciting calligraphic news is that Richard has started a new body of lettercutting work on wood from his own calligraphy and is intended for exhibition, sale and also commissioning in due course.
Thank you for your interest. If you would like to contact Richard to commission calligraphic artwork, please email him in the first instance at rwcrookes@googlemail.com
Calligraphy has taken a a back seat for a while due to the pressure of other commitments but that could change at any time.
Here is a slideshow of past Calligraphic work
Photoshop as a calligraphic layout tool
The Van der Graaf Canon – page layout construction
Entwined ‘twixt tig and twine – submission to the exhibition ‘Bird’s nest in a Besom’
Yggdrasil (world tree)
You can also view a selection of work on this Issu document
