How
did Hand Lettering Co. get started?
Hand
Lettering Co. was born one Christmas when my wife and I didn't know what gifts
to give to our family and friends. We wanted to keep it simple, but also to
make it special. Combining this with my love for lettering, we began making
framed prints of hand-lettered Scripture verses for everyone. He drew, she
framed and packaged. This slowly but steadily turned into more drawing, more
letters, more designing, more packaging, more sharing. New hand-lettered prints
are now being added to the collection weekly and being shipped all over the
world.
What
is the heart of Hand Lettering Co?
The
main goal of Hand Lettering Co. is to get as much Scripture on people's walls
as possible!
Deuteronomy
6:6-9 says, "6 And these words
that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them
diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You
shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between
your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your
gates."
We
hope to encourage others by making as many Scripture prints available as
possible, to be hung up in their homes in an aesthetically pleasing
way. However, we love design and we love hand-lettering, so our company and its
shop does extend beyond being solely Scripture prints. But, that is definitely
at our heart.
Why
do you think it's important to keep hand -made creations alive in the age of
digital media?
I
think it's awesome how in a time when technology and machinery and media has
reached unimaginable heights, there seems to be a simultaneous increase in
homegrown businesses and hand-crafted goods of all kinds. Maybe it's not a
coincidence. I think people will always have a love for the basic, natural, and
simple, even as technology continues to advance. Having handmade creations
available is indeed important to slow down our fast-paced, factory-run society.
And it's equally important for those of us who love to create things with our
hands. It keeps us grounded.
Do
you ever make a big mistake on a project? What keeps you going?
Two
words: my wife. I definitely make mistakes at times when I am drawing and when
my wife hears my sigh from the other room, she comes and lets me know that
either
1) I'm a perfectionist and she doesn't even see the mistake or
2) with
computers, almost everything's fixable. That helps. And truly, God is so
faithful to remind in those moments when I get upset over a mistake, that if
I'm truly doing it all unto Him, then I don't need to worry about my own
reputation or about proving anything to anyone. It's all for Him.
What
is the Fighter Verse Project?
The
Fighter Verse Project is a series of hand-lettered Scripture verses that
coincides with another ministry's weekly release of a verse, designed to aid in
the memorization of Scripture. I have been following their schedule
for months now in the verses that I design, but am currently starting to branch
out from that a bit in order to work on a side project I have been thinking
about for awhile. Later this year, I hope to print a 30-page pocket-sized book
of hand-lettered verses to be used for Gospel outreach. It will be called
"The Truth." I am very excited about working on this and seeing what
comes of it.
Why
do you do what you do?
I
love pens, pencils, paper, letters, numbers, ampersands, etc., etc. Hand
lettering has become one of the primary ways I express outwardly all that's
going inside of my heart and mind. And as much as I enjoy it, I find even
more joy in being able to share it with others as it makes its way from my
mind, onto paper, and into the hands of others. I am so thankful to be able to
do what I do.
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