[a cap S cut by Philip Surey]

What a pleasure are hand-cut letters. This one was cut by Philip Surey, a 1996 graduate of the City & Guilds of London Art School who later assisted Richard Kindersley and Ralph Beyer in their shops before going out on own as a sculptor and letter carver. (We keep an alphabet carved by Phil above our desk.) This piece was carved and painted in preparation for something else and it’s a total beauty. A lovely thing that he “signed” by carving his last name on the back. Intelligibly irresistible.

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