OREANDA-NEWS. 25 July 2008. Julia Vance – is a calligrapher and a sculptor. For a long period of her life she had been living and working in Norway. Now she lives in Italy, in small Tuscan village Pietrasanta. It is the very place where for the last three centuries people have been quarrying marble necessary for Julia’s work.

Julia Vance

In her letters-sculptures calligraphy magically acquires some material forms. Julia works mainly with marble and bronze. Thanks to the master’s oeuvre we are able to touch letters with our own hands. As she says herself: “My sculptures help me to learn the meanings of different words which often hide long interesting impressive stories.”