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Visit to the Edward Johnston Foundation Archive, July 2017
Here are 16 photos of a visit to the Edward Johnston Foundation Archive in Ditchling, England on 28 July 2017. The Edward Johnston Foundation is run by calligrapher Gerald Fleuss and when we visited the archive it was about to be transferred from its temporary location just outside Ditchling (nearby Wivelsfield Green) towards the Crafts Study Centre, part of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham in Surrey. This temporary location of the EJF is shared with lettercarvers Chris Elsey and Tom Sargeant. The EFJ Archive can be a useful resource for those who want to research the lettering arts in England. As an example, here is a sketch by Michael Renton, intended for a lettering in the Winchester Cathedral Visitors’ Centre. The EJF Archive has the original pen on paper sketches (amongst many other sketches by Michael Renton). For completion two photos of the final incised and raised lettering at Winchester Cathedral Visitors’ Centre have also been included. These letters have been carved in Portland limestone. The EJF is based in Ditchling, a small village in the south of England where also the Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft is located. Next to the museum is Saint Margaret's Church, where Edward Johnston and his wife Greta Grieg are buried. Some houses in the village are completed with a plaque, so it’s easy to see for example where Edward Johnston use to live.
As a bonus we’ve added a photo of Edward Johnston’s children in a car in Ditchling. It’s probably not his own car, as according to his grandson he never owned a car. The car is just bloody cool, and we had never seen this photo before. It’s probably not available online yet. This photo is from the collection of Michael Alford, who has a large collection of historical photos of Ditchling and arts and crafts ephemera.
See also:
Edward Johnston Foundation Archive: www.ejf.org.uk/ejf.html
Arts & Crafts Museum, Ditchling: www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk
Gerald Fleuss (and Patricia Gidney): www.calligraphyanddesign.com/gallerygeraldfle.html
Visit to the Edward Johnston Foundation Archive, July 2017
Here are 16 photos of a visit to the Edward Johnston Foundation Archive in Ditchling, England on 28 July 2017. The Edward Johnston Foundation is run by calligrapher Gerald Fleuss and when we visited the archive it was about to be transferred from its temporary location just outside Ditchling (nearby Wivelsfield Green) towards the Crafts Study Centre, part of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham in Surrey. This temporary location of the EJF is shared with lettercarvers Chris Elsey and Tom Sargeant. The EFJ Archive can be a useful resource for those who want to research the lettering arts in England. As an example, here is a sketch by Michael Renton, intended for a lettering in the Winchester Cathedral Visitors’ Centre. The EJF Archive has the original pen on paper sketches (amongst many other sketches by Michael Renton). For completion two photos of the final incised and raised lettering at Winchester Cathedral Visitors’ Centre have also been included. These letters have been carved in Portland limestone. The EJF is based in Ditchling, a small village in the south of England where also the Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft is located. Next to the museum is Saint Margaret's Church, where Edward Johnston and his wife Greta Grieg are buried. Some houses in the village are completed with a plaque, so it’s easy to see for example where Edward Johnston use to live.
As a bonus we’ve added a photo of Edward Johnston’s children in a car in Ditchling. It’s probably not his own car, as according to his grandson he never owned a car. The car is just bloody cool, and we had never seen this photo before. It’s probably not available online yet. This photo is from the collection of Michael Alford, who has a large collection of historical photos of Ditchling and arts and crafts ephemera.
See also:
Edward Johnston Foundation Archive: www.ejf.org.uk/ejf.html
Arts & Crafts Museum, Ditchling: www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk
Gerald Fleuss (and Patricia Gidney): www.calligraphyanddesign.com/gallerygeraldfle.html