Posts by Don Vickery
Marie Coleman-Johns
Marie Coleman-Johns is an aspiring calligrapher to the Real Housewives. She is also the owner of Maiden September, a modern calligraphy studio in Delaware, and the creator of the Calligrapher’s Rate Book Template.Marie works with couples, brands, and local businesses to transform their most special words into works of art through signage, engraving, and window…
Read MoreIssue 13 – Give Flourishing a Whirl
Of all the topics calligraphers study, flourishing is probably the most popular among pointed pen calligraphers. What makes flourishing such a crowd pleaser? Perhaps it’s the way it draws you into the words, or the lighthearted emotion it conveys, Or the “oohs” and “aahs” it elicits from our audience. Issue 13 focuses specifically on letter…
Read MoreJessie Wang
Jessie Wang is the calligrapher and hand engraving artist behind JW Lettering based in Toronto, Canada. She started teaching herself calligraphy as a hobby in late 2016, and used it as a form of creative outlet while starting her full-time corporate career. Jessie’s calligraphy style fundamentally begins with traditional scripts, and has evolved overtime with…
Read MoreNicole Tamarin
Nicole Tamarin is a watercolorist, hand letterer, and art licensing expert from Worcester, Massachusetts. She earned her BFA with a concentration in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design where she graduated with Departmental Honors. After launching her business at Surtex in 2012, her designs have been featured on home decor, stationery and gift…
Read MoreElizabeth Lonoff
Elizabeth Lonhoff’s calligraphy training unknowingly started with a required technical-drawing class, but then she had been training her eyes since holding a box camera as a kid. She once took a library calligraphy workshop on two Saturday mornings, and her artist father gave her an Osmiroid fountain pen. She moved on to Tom Gourdie’s Calligraphic…
Read MoreRandall Hasson
Randall M. Hasson is an artist, calligrapher, instructor and speaker who has appeared on the faculty of Arts, Lettering Arts, and Educational Conferences in the United States, Canada and England. He owned and operated The Randall M. Hasson Gallery from 2000 – 2013 in San Diego, CA and Santa Fe, NM. He is the author…
Read MoreMonika Fällman
Monika Fällman lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her two teenage kids. She holds a Master of Science and Technical Licentiate in Fluid mechanics (which is a halfway doctoral degree in Sweden) and works full time as an engineer. She loves creating things with her hands, especially paper crafts – and calligraphy of course! When she…
Read MoreYounghae Chung
Younghae Chung is a classically-trained left-handed calligrapher, teacher, creative entrepreneur, and mom of three boys, based in Southern California. After working in a NYC advertising agency and non-profit organization for over ten years, she decided to pursue her passion for the arts and teaching. She launched Logos Calligraphy & Design in January 2016. Her mission…
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