Myrna Rosen

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Modern Blackletter Exploration
February 23, 2019 8:18 pm Leave a Comment
An exploration on blackletter made with watercolor in a calligraphy class.
Rubber Stamp Pattern 2
October 26, 2018 5:22 pm Leave a Comment
Another stamp composition created by Myrna with carved out eraser stamps and ink
Rubber Stamp Pattern
5:18 pm Leave a Comment
A playful piece myrna created out of a stamp hand-carved out of an eraser
TAHS 1955 Class Reunion
March 29, 2018 3:29 am Leave a Comment
Myrna created the invitations to her high school reunion of the class of 1955. Myrna uses a fun green background as negative space to define the modern roman capital letters of the school, TAHS.
Kiss Me Kate
February 8, 2018 9:30 pm Leave a Comment
A man commissioned Myrna to write this shakespearian sonnet, Kiss Me Kate, as a present for his marriage proposal. The body of text is written in Secretary, the hand Myrna Rosen is most well known for.
Blackletter exercise
9:28 pm Leave a Comment

While on a business trip with her husband, Myrna used the flip-side of the hotel desk drawer as an easel for this piece. Myrna crafted this with just a travel set of water colors and one nib. Her students are often reminded that they have to “play” to make beautiful work. Myrna, herself, claims she only ever gets to do this when she “leaves her house”.