Now, with some warm days in sight, I can finally rip and finish some very precious wood into the most basic of writing tools.
My brother Clark manufactures storage buildings from cypress, a warm and beautifully grained wood that needs no additional finish – even if you want to leave your wood to the elements.
These cypress pieces are leftovers from his big projects, but suit my writing board dimensions just fine.
As any calligrapher knows, none of the fine lettering hands was developed on a flat surface. Angled writing desks provide comfort for the writer and the ability for the scribe to see what their nibs are doing. Plus, the angle of the board can be adjusted to balance with the viscosity of the writing fluid.
The standard boards are 18x24 inches and collapse to about 2 inches deep.
I sell the basic boards with 3/16 Plexiglas® for $60 plus shipping.
These cypress boards will be $80 plus shipping.
I can make smaller boards and bigger boards – but they are custom projects and their cost runs from $75-120 just because it takes so much more time to construct them – and the Plexiglas® has to be custom cut.
My flowers enjoy the sawdust and I enjoy giving new calligraphers the tool that really sets them apart from those that will struggle on flat surfaces,
Of course you can put a CFL bulb behind the plexi and make this a great trace and copy board.
Need a writing board? Let me know.
Got a writing board, ink, pens and a desire to write? Get your stuff out of the closet and get back to it. Let me know if I can coach you into making more and better letters. © tim www.timjohnsonphoto.com
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