Hazel Beney: A lifetime of calligraphy Paperback – July 31, 2025

My 90 year old mother Hazel Beney has produced many beautiful pieces of calligraphic work over her lifetime, and I thought that the wider family might like to see them. Each time I went to visit her we talked about a few pieces, the initial idea being to simply catalogue her work and to share it with the family. As we talked and looked through her work together, I began to see how incredibly intricate and beautiful her work is, and how creative and carefully thought out her designs and illustrations are. I decided that it needed to be shared more widely than just with family members.Grace GoodbeanWriting the foreword for this collection of Hazel's work is my final task in my role as Scribe Editor and a real privilege to have been invited to do so. I am very pleased that Hazel finally has her own book and look forward to seeing it on my shelves with my other favourites.Vivien Lunniss, the former editor of the Scribe, Journal of The Society of Scribes and Illuminators (SSI). Read more