He Loves You, 2008

2½ inches diameter x 5 inches height

Maple and Ebony

Pyrography, Skrull script

This vase is engraved with three different Skrull scripts transliterating the phrase “He loves you.” Skrull is a fictional race owned by Marvel Comics. In recent issues, the phrase “He loves you” is repeatedly used during a Skrull invasion and illustrated with these three lettering patterns. I’ve used those three patterns repeatedly over the exterior of the vase.

The lettering is burned into the maple wood.

As with each piece in my Script series, I’m more interested in the abstract patterns created by the script than the meanings created by the source language.

Reh, 2008

Maple

1½ inches diameter x 6½ inches height

Dye and Pyrography, Vulcan Script

This hollow vase is engraved with a stylized Vulcan calligraphy. The Vulcan language is artificial, created for the Star Trek franchise owned by Paramount. Although a spoken syntax and vocabulary have been developed for the language, the written script has not been standardized. The calligraphy script I’ve used on this piece has been derived from images seen on TV and in movies. There is no translation for this script.

The title Reh is the Vulcan word for “three”.

As with each piece in my Script series, I am interested more in the abstract imagery of the script rather than the translation of the language.

Veh, 2008

Maple and Cherry

2½ inches diameter x 6¼ inches height

Pyrography, Vulcan Script

This hollow vase is engraved with a stylized Vulcan calligraphy. The Vulcan language is artificial, created for the Star Trek franchise owned by Paramount. Although a spoken syntax and vocabulary have been developed for the language, the written script has not been standardized. The calligraphy script I’ve used on this piece has been derived from images seen on TV and in movies. There is no translation for this script.

The title Veh is the Vulcan word for “one”.

As with each piece in my Script series, I am interested more in the abstract imagery of the script rather than the translation of the language.

Kabbalah, 2008

Poplar and Mahogony

3¾ inches diameter x 1½ inches height

Pyrography, Hebrew Script

Private Collection

This hollow vase is engraved with the Shemhamphorasch (also known as the 72-Letter Name of God), a symbolic pattern created by medieval kabbalists. There are actually 3 lines of 72 Hebrew characters in this pattern, and the number of symbolic meanings derived from this arrangement of characters is mind twisting.

The lettering is engraved by burning it into the poplar wood.

As with each piece in my Script series, I’m more interested in the abstract patterns created by the script than the meanings created by the source language.