2014 Literary Calligraphy Calendar: The Flowers of the Month
Do you know your birth flower? You can find it in the 2014 Literary Calligraphy calendar, featuring The Flowers of the Month. Each month includes a watercolor drawing of the birth flower, surrounded by a hand-lettered description of the flower from the likes of Wordsworth and Whitman. You can also find your alternative birth flower as well as the flower of the month from Chinese and Japanese traditions.The calendar includes twelve of Susan Loy's watercolors hand-lettered with quotations. Each month features a different full-page image on the top, with a full-page monthly grid below (including past and future months) providing a perfect combination of beauty and utility. The 12" x 12" format opens to 12" x 24." In addition to the full quotations for each of the full-page images, you'll enjoy reading the entertaining quotations by selected writers, lunar phases, holidays, previous and next year at-a-glance and other goodies interspersed throughout the calendar grid. We produce the entire calendar in-house and have it printed locally by Bison Printing in Bedford County, Virginia. Our 17th calendar is an economical way to enjoy Susan's past and current art. It will please long-time Susan Loy collectors as well as those just being introduced to her incredible, meticulous art. In the calendar Susan explains, "The theme of my 2014 Literary Calligraphy calendar is the flowers of the month. The oldest known flower calendars depicting the flowers of the month were created by the Chinese. Western calendars began to appear in the 18th century and were formalized in England and North America during the 19th century. I drew upon old English and North American traditions to create my flower calendar. I note the alternative birth flower for each month as well as the flower from Chinese and Japanese traditions. I've included some thoughts from writers on their birthdays on the subject of flowers or birthdays and sometimes both."