I enjoy sitting at my desk with pen in hand and creating a piece of letter art. My interest and love of lettering began when I went into the first grade. I remember how excited I was when I got my new pencils, my little globe pencil sharpener and my Big Chief tablet and began to learn to print letterforms. That was until I found out that in the second grade we would have bright white ink tablets and would be using a pen to learn cursive. I could not wait to be promoted to the second grade.
Fast forward to my adult years when I learned about calligraphy. It all began with a PBS series on calligraphy. I watched all the episodes, bought the needed supplies and then started on a lifelong lettering journey. Two years later I joined the Houston Calligraphy Guild and the journey took on a new life with exceptional studies and workshops (including a workshop on making greeting cards that started me on that journey).
The last couple of months I decided to take some time to work on lettering studies and projects. I dedicated myself to the study of a new alphabet style, Fraktur. Lots of swirls and flourishes in this letterform was just what I needed to renew my deep love of letterforms. Today I do lettering for personal and business projects, and plan to use more hand lettered quotes and sentiments on my cards.
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