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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Knot of Toads

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Knot of Toads

September 10, 2012 · by Ian Rogers · in Calligraphy and Lettering, Drawing, Illustrators, My Sketchbook

Another collective noun – today, a Knot of Toads. Looking for some toad trivia? In the Middle Ages toads were believed to have a magical gem inside their heads that acted as an antidote to poison.  

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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Jury of Owls

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Jury of Owls

September 6, 2012 · by Ian Rogers · in Calligraphy and Lettering, Drawing, Illustrators, My Sketchbook

Another collective noun – today, a Jury of Owls. My regular list of collective nouns has no entries under “J” but by going down some online rabbitholes I came across a satirical dictionary from 1923 by Elbert Hubbard, “The Roycroft Dictionary and Book…

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New Artwork – Ian Rogers - a Hedge of Herons

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Hedge of Herons

September 4, 2012 · by Ian Rogers · in Calligraphy and Lettering, Drawing, Illustrators, My Sketchbook

Another collective noun – today, as promised, coming back to that skipped H – a Hedge of Herons. An interesting thing about collective nouns is that there are often a bunch of different ones for the same creature. You can say “a…

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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Implausibility of Gnus

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Implausibility of Gnus

August 31, 2012 · by Ian Rogers · in Calligraphy and Lettering, Drawing, Illustrators, My Sketchbook

Another collective noun – today, an Implausibility of Gnus. A bit out of order as I should have done H today, but I will circle back to H for the next installment. There is something improbable about the gnu, also known as…

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New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Fesnyng of Ferrets

New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Fesnyng of Ferrets

August 27, 2012 · by Ian Rogers · in Calligraphy and Lettering, Drawing, Illustrators, My Sketchbook

Another collective noun – today, a Fesnyng of Ferrets. Although it is difficult to track down the strict etymology of the term and there are many conflicting sources, some consensus exists that it arose from a transcription error in Middle English of…

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