CALLIGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

CALLIGRAPHY

Flourished Foundational

Commission 2018

Commission 2018

Commission on vellum

Original alphabet written on paper

Wedding Invitation 2018

Commission on vellum

Detail. Vellum commission.

Lettering on glass: “Follow the Thread”

Original text handwritten with quill on drum.

Commission: 3 works on handmade paper

Detail. Commission

Greek letters with quill using local pigments and gold

One of 12 pieces written on glass for exhibition FORESHADOWS

Handwritten with monoline pen and manipulated digitally.

Coat of Arms. Detail. India ink and wwatercolor on paper.

Coat of Arms. 10 x 14 inches.

Handwritten with quill on handmade pastepaper

Logo design. Raleigh Retail Store.

Logo Design for RAF

Logo design

Custom designed restaurant logo. Also designed exterior signage and custom menus

Logo design for restaurant

Logo design for restaurant.

Cate writing with a ruling pen in 2003 at Cheerio.

ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT CATE CRAWFORD STUDIO

Contact cate@catecrawfordstudio.com

‘Out to Old Aunt Mary’s’ was a treat to write out, illustrate and bind as a handmade book in 2020.

A SAMPLING OF MY CALLIGRAPHIC WORK

CALLIGRAPHIC ILLUMINATION 2019

Custom calligraphic commission.
Archival pigment and traditional gold leaf techniques on Arches.

Detail of progress

Detail of progress

PUBLIC ART: GRAPHIC DESIGN

ALSTON DEVELOPMENT:
This was a public art project I worked on
with the Town of Cary in North Carolina.
I designed the IDENTITY SYSTEM AND LOGO for the Alston Development in the Research Triangle Park Area in North Carolina
and its use throughout the way finding networks in the large development. (The design was cast in bronze).

CUSTOM MEDALLION DESIGN
FOR THE
CITY OF RALEIGH ARTS COMMISSION

CITY OF RALEIGH MEDAL OF ART (PHOTOGRAPHY BY SADIE BRIDGER)

THIS PROJECT WAS THE PRODUCT OF AN INVITATIONAL JURY
BY THE CITY OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EARLY 1980’s
AND
MY DESIGN WAS SELECTED.
THIS SAME MEDALLION HAS BEEN PRESENTED
TO RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARD
FOR THE PAST 40+ YEARS
Cate Parrish/Parrish Studios) design and lettering;
casting in pewter done by Joel Haas

Medallions used on stage hanging from the ceiling

PHOTO ABOVE: RALEIGH ARTS COMMISSION 2018

MORE CALLIGRAPHIC WORKS

These three unique, custom designed pieces above were commissioned by the grandparents as birth gifts to their three grandchildren.
Traditional archival lettering and illumination techniques on paper,
written with a hand cut quill and illustrated with gouache.

EUDAIMONIA (Harmony in Greek)
The piece below was created
for the member exhibit of the
2018 Friends of Calligraphy Show
at the San Francisco Public Library.

(Local Wyoming pigments and shell gold,
the Greek letters were written
with a hand cut goose quill on paper.)

My piece is shown on exhibit above (L)
in the 2018 Friends of Calligraphy Exhibition
at the San Francisco Public Library

FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH
Hand-lettered in gouache
on my handmade paste paper

INSCRIPTION

Custom designed calligraphy written on vellum with a
hand cut goose quill and gouache

RESTAURANT LOGO

DESIGNED LOGO (handlettered) AND EXTERIOR SIGNAGE
WHICH WAS WROUGHT IN COPPER
also DESIGNED COPPER-FOILED CUSTOM MENUS.
Prestonwood Country Club, Cary NC

A DESIGN COMP FOR A RESTAURANT IN AUSTIN, TX

ROBERT FROST’s “OCTOBER”
THIS PASSAGE IS CUSTOM-DESIGNED
HANDWRITTEN WITH A GOOSE QUILL
ON NIEDEGGEN HANDMADE PAPER
USING GOUACHE AND 24K GOLD LEAF
AS WELL AS MULTICOLORED FOILS (24 x 24 inches)