Sheila Waters
Sheila Waters (13 March 1929 – 18 March 2022
Life
Sheila Waters was born in Gravesend, England, on 13 March 1929.[2][3] She graduated from the Medway College of Art, Kent, in 1948 with a Diploma of Design, and received an associate degree from the Royal College of Art in London in 1951.[2] There she developed her calligraphic skills under the tutelage of Dorothy Mahoney (assistant to the calligrapher Edward Johnston).[4]
At twenty-two, Waters was elected a fellow of the
Waters was married to bookbinder and conservator
Books and artwork
Between 1961 and 1978, Waters hand-lettered and illustrated an illuminated manuscript of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. The book was released in 1979.[8][9][10]
Waters is the author of Foundations of Calligraphy, published in 2006. Her 2016 book Waters Rising: Letters from Florence documented her husband's efforts to save hundreds of thousands of books damaged in the 1966 Florence flood.[6][11]
Time-Line Triptych is the name of an artwork from 1986 which consists of three works individually titled Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern in gouache and pastel.[7]
Further reading
- Thomas, Dylan; Under Milk Wood, A Play for Voices, A Reproduction of the Illuminated Manuscript by Sheila Waters. Foreword by Heather Child. International Letter Arts Network, Santa Ana, California 1989.
- Halliday, Peter; Calligraphy Masterclass Sheila Waters, Collins, London, 1990
- Waters, Sheila; Foundations of Calligraphy, Foreword by Rose Folsom. John Neal Books, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2006.
References
- ^ Sheila Waters
- ^ ISBN 9780900332593.
- ISBN 978-0-8008-7919-8.
- ^ Letter Arts Review. Calligraphy Review. 2004.
- ISBN 978-1-56792-137-3.
- ^ a b c Dirda, Michael (2 November 2016). "'Waters Rising': A tale of the man who helped saved [sic] Florence's cultural treasures". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ OCLC 21597914.
- ISBN 978-1-61219-305-2.
- ^ Sandra Kirshenbaum (1990). Fine Print. S. Kirshenbaum.
- ISBN 978-0-901953-13-1.
- ^ "Waters rising: Sheila Waters marks 50-year anniversary of Florence Flood". icon.org.uk.