Scissors and glue

Here's a quick picture of a paste-up I did over the weekend for a piece using the Apache Wedding Blessing:

This is two sheets of A3; landscape and taped together. Written in a No. 3 Mitchell Roundhand nib and black gouache. It's currently laid out at 3 body-widths spacing, but it may end up being 2 1/2, with the second block split to keep the narrowness of the first. I'll also have a play around with the text centred and offset before deciding on the final layout. Quite pleased with how the Italics are coming on though!