Windstorms, Birchbark and Cottonwood, and a Carol for the Dormition and Assumption of Mary
A detail of the Assumption of Mary, from this drawing of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.
Daniel Mitsui, Artist
Daniel Mitsui is an artist who makes minutely detailed ink drawings. He desires to make art that is faithful to tradition yet strikingly original, and vigorously medieval in spirit. He is also a poet and a designer of typefaces and ornament.
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Drawings and a Poem: The Transfiguration, St. Cajetan, and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
detail image from an altar card
Chasubles, Sand Castles, and Small Capitals
I was recently commissioned to design a chasuble, to be worn by a man who will be ordained a priest next year.
Drawings and Poems for Peter and Paul
My second poetry collection, The Gustable God, includes original hymn texts for both St.
A Drawing and a Poem for St. John’s Day, and New Typefaces
The Nativity of St.
The Sacred Heart, and a New Interview
I was recently a guest on Matthew Wilkinson’s podcast The Pursuit of Beauty. In a wide-ranging conversation lasting about two hours, we discussed Gothic, Japanese and Celtic art, typographic styles, millefleur tapestries, the Gutenberg press, and generative artificial intelligence, among other things. You can
The Chi-Rho Monogram, a New Drawing for Sale
I recently finished this drawing of a Chi-Rho monogram (a traditional abbreviation of the name Christ, or Χριστος in Greek), with figures of Jesus as Salvator Mundi, the Virgin Mary, and John the Baptist.
Typefaces for the Constructed Languages of the Saints, and Two Drawings of Philip Neri
Constructed languages, those intentionally devised by one person or group rather than developed gradually from previously existing language, have become familiar in our culture; JRR Tolkien famously made many of them for his literary work, and other fantasy and science fiction authors have since done the same.
Macaronic Poetry for Pentecost
The heart of my second poetry collection, The Gustable God, is a series of seven hymns and carols for Pentecost, each of them using either phrases from, or poetic forms associated with, a different language.
Victor: The Story of a Typeface
I have been working on my typeface Victor, on and off, for about twelve years.