Illuminated Letters by fishers

Illuminated Letters

Still in the Museum Gardens, the railings between the gardens and the graveyard of St Olave's Church were decorated with an alphabet of illuminated letters.

The letters use a font called 'Grenette', inspired by the UK's last wood type manufacturer, DeLittle of York. They were based in Vine Street, off Bishopthorpe Road, and they sent carved letters all over the world.

The letters on display were each created by a different York design artist. The display was part of York Design Week.

Ian
Nice capture of these artfully designed letters :)
November 3rd, 2020  
Fascinating designs
November 3rd, 2020  
Nice!
November 3rd, 2020  
Fav
November 3rd, 2020  
Lovely work, I think the letter D is the one I would choose
November 3rd, 2020  
What a lovely idea and such a creative display
November 3rd, 2020  
how lovely
November 3rd, 2020  
Lovely designs
November 3rd, 2020  
beautiful photo, I like these beautiful decorated letters...
November 3rd, 2020  
Jo
Same font but each is decorated different - interesting and nicely captured
November 3rd, 2020  
Nice capture
November 3rd, 2020  
Great shots to share those nice designed letters
November 3rd, 2020  
These are lovely
November 3rd, 2020  
Very beautiful shot and artworks. They are very eye-catching.
November 4th, 2020  
Very nice
November 4th, 2020  
@seattlite @thistle01 @photographycrazy @sdutoit @craftymeg @busylady @koalagardens @carolmw @santina @jo38 @bristol_colin @pyrrhula @kjarn @sangwann @bkbinthecity

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

There are always interesting displays and events around the city - one of the benifits of living in a city where tourism forms a significant part of the local economy.

Ian
November 4th, 2020  
very creative display and wonderful idea
Thanks for sharing
November 4th, 2020  
@ninaganci

Thank you Nina - York always seems to have some kind of event happening!

Ian
November 12th, 2020  
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