Posts by Don Vickery

Vipul Bhatia is a 45-year-old calligrapher based in India, marking time flying jets in the Indian Air Force. Calligraphy is his hobby as well as a meditative exercise that he was introduced to at the end of 2017. He started his pointed pen journey with the discovery of Flourishforum.com. Vipul is mostly self-taught and Copperplate…

SUSAN LUI is from Singapore and has been practising and teaching calligraphy for several years. She particularly enjoys calligraphy in traditional scripts such as Copperplate, Spencerian, Italic, Uncial, Gothicized Italic, and more. She enjoys learning new scripts and techniques and combining different script styles into a single artwork. Susan also enjoys delving into the medieval…

TERRY HAUSNER is a freelance calligrapher, a graphic designer in Houston. Over the years, she has taught many lettering styles to students of all ages and abilities. As an active member and past officer of the Houston Calligraphy Guild, she has studied with some of the most talented calligraphers across three continents. After beginning her…

SHINAH CHANG is a whiskey-loving, curse-word slinging, Harvard-trained former corporate attorney who left everything behind to find her passion. Shinah spent her entire life on the straight, “proper” path. She went to an Ivy League college, then a prestigious Law School then worked her butt off in a big international law firm. But, after one…

ELISABETH YOUNG and Cami Monet met in a stationery Facebook group in the fall of 2016. They bonded over the fact they had both gone full-time on the same day just a few weeks earlier, Sept. 16th! After building their friendship long-distance via text, DM, and Facetime, they decided to meet in person in Savannah,…

CLAIRE WHITE started practicing pointed pen calligraphy in 2014, and her love for all things hand-lettered has continued to flourish since then. She can put calligraphy on just about anything. Claire has a special place in her heart for brides and being part of their big day, and, YES, she lives in Nashville, Tennessee –…

Elisabeth Young and CAMI MONET met in a stationery Facebook group in the fall of 2016. They bonded over the fact they had both gone full-time on the same day just a few weeks earlier, Sept. 16th! After building their friendship long-distance via text, DM, and Facetime, they decided to meet in person in Savannah,…

BILL KEMP is a lettering artist, which has been practicing his craft for over 40. The pointed pen is his true love, but also does board edge lettering, too. Engrosser’s Script is a script that has really been his main focus for many years. Bill has studied with such instructors as the late Mr. Dick…