Taking inspiration from the German tradition of paper cut-outs, this piece was written in Textura, carefully cut out from black paper, then attached to a green handmade paper to serve as the background.
For blackletter paper-cutouts, my greatest inspirations are Rudolph Koch, Rudo Spemann, Hermann Zapf, and Julian Waters.
This piece currently lives in the collection of Jerry Kelly and was included in The Calligraphy Revival: 1906 to 2016 exhibition at The Grolier Club.