New Brush! 13 May 2013 | 12:51 am

I just bought a new brush – the Liquitex Freestyle – a full six inches wide and looking like it just might be able to create a calligraphic stroke! I am excited to try it... I also stumbled across a ...

Back – on Black 9 May 2013 | 06:46 pm

After a year and a half of battling “frozen shoulder” (a common calligrapher’s complaint?), I was recently able to fully participate in a calligraphy workshop taught by Connie Furguson-Card. The works...

Welcome, 2012! 25 Jan 2012 | 07:46 pm

This video by Ponte Ryuurui, of Chiba, Japan, seems like a good way to wecome The Year of the Dragon!

Commercial Lettering 13 Mar 2011 | 02:02 pm

The past year has been one in which I’ve not spent as much time as I’d like doing “pure” calligraphy. However, in my work as a graphic designer, some lettering projects have come up. Here's a few:

101 ways to create ‘magic’ 7 Sep 2010 | 04:16 pm

A cheerful movie by Louis Lemoine, known to many of us as “The Magic Man.” Louis writes, “This movie shows the word ‘magic’ calligraphed 101 different ways using either a brush, pen, marker or pencil....

The Magic of Vitaly Shapovalov 26 Jul 2010 | 04:15 pm

One challenge all calligraphers face at some point is how to successfully integrate text and image. Calligraphy tends to be such a strong visual force that combining it with images often leads to diss...

Out of Africa – Beach Calligraphy 27 Jan 2010 | 06:00 pm

Out of South Africa comes the truly unique work of Andrew van der Merwe – beach calligraphy, he calls it. Andrew writes about his work: “If a calligrapher is someone who loves writing, then I have bee...

Lost Emails! 3 Jan 2010 | 03:21 pm

Over the holiday season, I was checking my email on remote computers and had a few inquiries and questions about calligraphy come through. I planned to answer them when I returned home, but found, to ...

Merry Christmas! 24 Dec 2009 | 02:55 pm

The International Exhibition of Calligraphy, Russia 5 Oct 2009 | 03:20 pm

Since starting this blog, I have become more aware of global reach of calligraphy. This month, Moscow is hosting The II International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Look at this list of participants! Ther...