This is why I love what I do. Early this morning Jerson Partible contacted me asking me if I want to carve something in Tagbanwa. I had never even heard of Tagbanwa. Within a couple of hours he had sent me this. It’s the phrase “mother tongue,” and it will be part of my exhibition […]
Our good friend (and member of the Endangered Alphabets Advisory Board) David Crystal has released yet another book–perhaps a little more tongue-in-cheek than his Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, but surely destined to be another classic. Here is the press release:
I’m going to be showing and talking about a selection of Endangered Alphabets carvings in the near future–at the Lyceum in Bedford, Massachusetts at NOON on Sunday, May 15th, in Room 202. If you’re nearby, please swing by and say hello! Tim P.S. Thanks to the citizens of Springfield, Vermont, for a great turnout to […]
Today is International Mother Language Day. Here are photos of Harvard students observing and celebrating the day with copies of our poster, based on my Mother Tongue poster that has been shipped to Bangladesh for display in Chittagong. Photos by Maung Nyeu, our collaborator on the Our Golden Hour education project. Poster design by Alec […]
