I give you my
wine label find of the year so far.
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I enjoy the contents, but the label is very important in swaying me to spend my pounds on a bottle. This one was brought by a guest, but I certainly would have headed straight for it in a shop. Many of the dark lines in the design are gold on the label; and pomegranates are one of my favourite devices. Here's the back.
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Joe Staples showed me the work of the calligrapher and wine label artist Jordan Jelev
at this site.
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... which leads on to Niels Shoe Meulman's work under the title of
Calligraffiti, much of which is collected in a desirable book. Both of these artists mix the density of European scripts with the flair of Islamic calligraphy with a poise that I envy.