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Old Ships, 2016
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Born in 1941, Wenham’s interest in lettering was stimulated at an early age. At university Wenham read botany and forestry, his artistic propensity aiding with precise observational drawing. Throughout this time an interest in pen-lettering persisted and after a research colleague requested a carved house-name in wood Wenham approached the professional carver Harry Spring, who showed him the basic technique of letter-cutting.
After a year Wenham left research and for the next 23 years taught in secondary, primary and special schools, with 9 years’ lecturing at the University of Leicester. He first exhibited his letter-cutting work in 1982; since 1984 it has been shown in the major British exhibitions of lettering arts. Wenham’s work is held in the Crafts Council’s Permanent Collection and in private collections in Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan and Puerto Rico.
After a year Wenham left research and for the next 23 years taught in secondary, primary and special schools, with 9 years’ lecturing at the University of Leicester. He first exhibited his letter-cutting work in 1982; since 1984 it has been shown in the major British exhibitions of lettering arts. Wenham’s work is held in the Crafts Council’s Permanent Collection and in private collections in Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan and Puerto Rico.
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This line from Flecker's poem seemed to require a style of italic lettering, but rather different from anything I had designed previously. The main problem with carving a full italic is the long, tapering junctions in many of the letters. One solution is to break those letters at these junctions, while still designing shapes which are pleasing and legible. This is my second attempt to do this, which also gave the opportunity to play with the letters by extending some of them above and below the main lines of the text. This gives the lettering an informality which seemed to agree well with the old timber of the boat and lazy rhythm of the words.
The words are the first line of The Old Ships by James Elroy Flecker (1884-18915).
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