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Just echoing the sentiments of my previous post, bless you if you were following me back then. 🙂 I’m using a Pilot Parallel Pen in most of these, also a Manuscript Italic Fountain Pen for the Harry Potter one, and a big Coptic marker for Adidas. I’d really classify these as playful and fun exercises, calligraphy and lettering can be very relaxing when it’s recreational and there’s no deadline. #calligraphy #lettering #seblester #logos

I tried some lettering on glass.🥂Booklet by @jeremytankardtypography

Dignity has left the building.

Trying something a bit different, let me know if you like it. Cassandre designed the classic YSL logo. There’s a sad anecdote I heard as a student about his later life, his work falling out of fashion, rejection from type foundries, and an untimely end. But what incredible versatility, and what an amazing contribution he made to the graphic arts. Via @heraldicbeast #cassandre #playingcards #artdeco

Jokers should be fun. Duality — ‘King & Monkey’, ‘Noble Baron & Country Bumpkin’. Rotational drawings from my ‘Transcendent’ playing card project being developed @heraldicbeast #playingcards #wip

Jokers should be fun. Duality — ‘King & Monkey’, ‘Noble Baron & Country Bumpkin’. Rotational drawings from my ‘Transcendent’ playing card project being developed @heraldicbeast #playingcards #wip

This is my new bookplate, a bookplate being a label you put on the inside cover of your books to denote ownership. I didn’t want anything too flashy. Just something simple and graphic that shows I absolutely love calligraphy, lettering and heraldry. Job done, I think? Via @heraldicbeast #ExLibris

I am an Artits. (2010)

A little update on this Heraldry-inspired playing card project. ‘Transcendent’ is a luxury playing card deck based on the Transcendentals, the fundamental, universal properties of being that hark back to antiquity. The project reimagines the four suits as noble houses. Each family, Bellrose (Hearts - Goodness), Clarion (Clubs - Truth), Aureline (Diamonds - Beauty), and Nocturne (Spades - Evil), draw from the English Heraldic tradition. Welcome any feedback, I’d like this to be as good as possible! Via @heraldicbeast

A little update on this Heraldry-inspired playing card project. ‘Transcendent’ is a luxury playing card deck based on the Transcendentals, the fundamental, universal properties of being that hark back to antiquity. The project reimagines the four suits as noble houses. Each family, Bellrose (Hearts - Goodness), Clarion (Clubs - Truth), Aureline (Diamonds - Beauty), and Nocturne (Spades - Evil), draw from the English Heraldic tradition. Welcome any feedback, I’d like this to be as good as possible! Via @heraldicbeast

A little update on this Heraldry-inspired playing card project. ‘Transcendent’ is a luxury playing card deck based on the Transcendentals, the fundamental, universal properties of being that hark back to antiquity. The project reimagines the four suits as noble houses. Each family, Bellrose (Hearts - Goodness), Clarion (Clubs - Truth), Aureline (Diamonds - Beauty), and Nocturne (Spades - Evil), draw from the English Heraldic tradition. Welcome any feedback, I’d like this to be as good as possible! Via @heraldicbeast

A little update on this Heraldry-inspired playing card project. ‘Transcendent’ is a luxury playing card deck based on the Transcendentals, the fundamental, universal properties of being that hark back to antiquity. The project reimagines the four suits as noble houses. Each family, Bellrose (Hearts - Goodness), Clarion (Clubs - Truth), Aureline (Diamonds - Beauty), and Nocturne (Spades - Evil), draw from the English Heraldic tradition. Welcome any feedback, I’d like this to be as good as possible! Via @heraldicbeast

These @meetingroomevents normally sell out very quickly, and tickets have just become available. If you haven’t seen me speak yet this is a great chance in a lively city. Full details in profile. #seblester #talks #brighton

Hi, all. A little work-in-progress. Tackling my first playing card project, inspired by Heraldic Art and 11th century Romanesque lettering found in my hometown of Lewes. I’ve been studying Heraldic Art one day a week at Reigate Art College in the UK for the last two years. This seems to be the perfect project to apply those skills. Via @heraldicbeast

Hi, all. A little work-in-progress. Tackling my first playing card project, inspired by Heraldic Art and 11th century Romanesque lettering found in my hometown of Lewes. I’ve been studying Heraldic Art one day a week at Reigate Art College in the UK for the last two years. This seems to be the perfect project to apply those skills. Via @heraldicbeast

A New Mark. A Familiar Soul.

We’ve always believed that great craft recognises its own. So when @seblester agreed to lend his remarkable hand to Avalon, it felt right. Known around the world for his lettering - for its rhythm, its elegance, its unmistakable humanity - Seb has created a new mark for us. One that speaks to what Avalon has always been.

Inspired by the flow of music and the grace of movement, it’s a mark that doesn’t shout. It sings. And it sits proudly on everything we make - a quiet signature of the same care, the same depth, the same intention that’s shaped every Avalon since the beginning.

Brought to life with our friends at @thought.co, this new identity is a nod to what’s ahead. And a tribute to what’s always been at the heart of Avalon - true craft, well met.

Discover the new era via avalonguitars.com

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#AvalonGuitars #SebLester #Craftsmanship

Trying something a bit different. Any thoughts? This could be a fun and informative little series. #seblester #calligraphy #lettering #flourishing #emmawatson