Issue 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…

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Jessie 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…

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Nicole 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…

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Elizabeth 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…

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Randall 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…

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Monika 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…

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Younghae 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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Vipul Bhatia

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…

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