Hand rendered lettering

The word Yorkshire, in this mug design by Bykerlass, has been playfully executed. It plays with positive and negative shapes between and within letters. The incorporation of the white rose of Yorkshire within the counter of the letter 'O' is an example of this as is an enlarged lowercase 'i' completely occupying the interletter space between 'H' and 'R' 

This lettering was created by Sean McSorley using hand cut rubber stamps. His book design was the winning entry for the Book Illustration Competition, 2014, organised jointly by The Folio Society and the House of Illustration.

Bird Illustrations: Ennion

Bird Illustrations: Gillmor

Bird Illustrations: Tunnicliffe

Walking

Theatre

Xmas Wrapping Paper

The Christmas tree is a frequent illustration on Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas cards. Coppeplate script is also very popular at this festive time - it is an elegant script style which emulates handwriting and as such imparts a personal touch.

The use of tartan in these Reindeer illustrations is appropriate for wrapping a gift from Scotland. Note how one of the illustrations is used (reversed) in a gift tag. Red is a colour associated with Christmas - it features in holly berries, Santas costume and Rudolf's nose! Here red is used in the gift tag thread and in the reindeer illustrations.