Comments on: betsy dunlap http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:07 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: grace http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-133630 grace Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:17:40 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-133630 prudence art is a pretty subjective term, so i hope you realize that neither your nor my opinion on this calligraphy is "right". but this happens to be my personal website, so if i like something, and think it's art, i'm going to write about it. if you don't like it, but all means, you don't need to enjoy, buy, or suggest this work to someone else. and who said anything about the postal service "appreciating" letters that aren't typed? just because i said the post office can handle them doesn't mean i think it's a breeze. but that said- i'm not going to avoid something i think is beautiful because it's not a standard way of doing things. it just seems really closed minded to me to "laugh" at handmade work because it doesn't fit your definition of art. grace prudence

art is a pretty subjective term, so i hope you realize that neither your nor my opinion on this calligraphy is “right”. but this happens to be my personal website, so if i like something, and think it’s art, i’m going to write about it. if you don’t like it, but all means, you don’t need to enjoy, buy, or suggest this work to someone else.

and who said anything about the postal service “appreciating” letters that aren’t typed? just because i said the post office can handle them doesn’t mean i think it’s a breeze. but that said- i’m not going to avoid something i think is beautiful because it’s not a standard way of doing things.

it just seems really closed minded to me to “laugh” at handmade work because it doesn’t fit your definition of art.

grace

]]> By: Prudence http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-133628 Prudence Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:50 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-133628 I have to assume the people who find this attractive were never party to the beauty of a well-formed and legible letter. This is most likely due to the fact that most schools don't teach handwriting any longer and most people don't have the ability to form a beautiful letter in "real life". Perhaps this is comfortable because it is most similar to their own "handwriting". To call this Calligraphy or Art is laughable. To Grace, just because the envelopes arrive doesn't mean the post office appreciates the experience - it is just a testament to the extraordinary efforts of our postal system. I have to assume the people who find this attractive were never party to the beauty of a well-formed and legible letter. This is most likely due to the fact that most schools don’t teach handwriting any longer and most people don’t have the ability to form a beautiful letter in “real life”. Perhaps this is comfortable because it is most similar to their own “handwriting”. To call this Calligraphy or Art is laughable. To Grace, just because the envelopes arrive doesn’t mean the post office appreciates the experience – it is just a testament to the extraordinary efforts of our postal system.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-37608 Kelly Tue, 13 May 2008 23:38:09 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-37608 I am also a calligrapher and am a member of numerous calligrapher groups, guilds and associations. I do wedding envelopes as well. I have books and books on the "correct" styles and history of all letterforms. While this isn't considered "correct" and is considered "just handwriting" by most trained calligraphers, that is because most trained calligraphers are not trained to think outside the box! And that's a shame! Calligraphy is an art form, plain and simple, and what Betsey does is art. I happen to love her styles! Lots of quirky personality shows through her writing! Love it, love it, love it!!! I am also a calligrapher and am a member of numerous calligrapher groups, guilds and associations. I do wedding envelopes as well. I have books and books on the “correct” styles and history of all letterforms. While this isn’t considered “correct” and is considered “just handwriting” by most trained calligraphers, that is because most trained calligraphers are not trained to think outside the box! And that’s a shame! Calligraphy is an art form, plain and simple, and what Betsey does is art. I happen to love her styles! Lots of quirky personality shows through her writing! Love it, love it, love it!!!

]]> By: Kirsten Martin http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-37581 Kirsten Martin Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:11 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-37581 The handwriting is untrained and is not calligraphy. It is handwriting, period. Actually, it looks like spaghetti. That would be what my master calligraphy teacher would say and she'd then say redo it. Calligraphers, like myself, spend hours in practice and only "dance with the pen" when we have mastered the pen. The handwriting is untrained and is not calligraphy. It is handwriting, period. Actually, it looks like spaghetti. That would be what my master calligraphy teacher would say and she’d then say redo it. Calligraphers, like myself, spend hours in practice and only “dance with the pen” when we have mastered the pen.

]]> By: carla http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-37441 carla Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:56 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-37441 lively and spontaneous. Up to snuffwith what is happening in lettering tody. lively and spontaneous. Up to snuffwith what is happening in lettering tody.

]]> By: grace http://www.designsponge.com/2007/07/betsy-dunlap.html/comment-page-1#comment-37263 grace Fri, 09 May 2008 16:16:31 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/07/23/betsy-dunlap/#comment-37263 joyce i suspect the many clients betsy has had would attest to the fact that her work arrives safely to people's homes without any trouble. i personally know several people who've used betsy's services and haven't encountered any trouble with the postal service being able to read things. grace joyce

i suspect the many clients betsy has had would attest to the fact that her work arrives safely to people’s homes without any trouble.

i personally know several people who’ve used betsy’s services and haven’t encountered any trouble with the postal service being able to read things.

grace

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