Sherri Trial is a lettering artist who has extensively exhibited in juried fine art shows for over 30 years. She has garnered many awards in national and international exhibits; exhibit sites have included the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art, New Zealand, Moscow, and Tokyo. She is largely self-taught, with only a few workshops taken that have guided her through her career.
Ms. Trial primarily works on calfskin or goatskin parchment, which seems like a natural choice. Several years ago she attended a workshop in NY to learn how parchment is made, which only adds to the exquisiteness of the material upon understanding and undergoing the laborious process. The methods have not changed much over the centuries, resulting in a velvety substrate that is magical when applying watercolor and gold leaf.
That said, past interesting projects have included a mural, the Street Gallery exhibit on billboards in South Carolina, and the Harrisburg CowParade.
Publications that have featured her art include Letter Arts Review; Washington DC guild's Scripsit journal; the Alphabet journal from the San Francisco calligraphy guild; and most recently the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Speedball Textbook.
She lives, works, and occasionally rescues cats in Pennsylvania.
