Heather Child
(Josephine) Heather Child | |
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| Born | 3 November 1911 Winchester, England |
| Died | 18 June 1997 (aged 85) Petersfield, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Calligrapher,heraldic artist, botanical illustrator & author] |
Heather Child (3 November 1911 – 18 June 1997) was a British calligrapher, heraldic artist, botanical illustrator and author.
She studied at Chelsea School of Art in London, and while at college was elected a member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and three years later to the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. Her artistic career was interrupted by the World War 2, which she spent with the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Unit in Dorset.
She returned to London in the late 1940s, and among many commissions, illustrated the Collins Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers, designs for the Arms of the City of Guilds Information Centre in London, and various maps. This led to her first book, Decorative Maps, in 1956, and many other publications followed, including Heraldic Design, three editions of Calligraphy Today and Formal Penmanship.
She served on many committees of craft organisations, was the first Chairman of the Society of Scribes & Illuminators, and was also Chairman of the Crafts Advisory Committee and Trustee of the Crafts Study Centre in Bath. She was awarded an MBE for services to calligraphy and the crafts in 1975.
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