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Charlottesville calligrapher

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Letter to Gran

November 28, 2012by Abby Leave a comment

A little letter to my grandmother in Michigan. Practicing with my trusty old italic nib.

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My dearest love | AFP Calligraphy

My dearest love

July 16, 2012by Abby Leave a comment

Guion’s birthday happened late last month, so I whipped up this simple card for him with some new dark blue ink I got. Style: Probably Hawthorne? Love you always, G. […]

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A letter to my sweet grandmother.

Letter a day

March 13, 2011by Abby Leave a comment

As part of my spring series of weekly challenges, this past week, I wrote one letter a day for the week. You can check out the results on my blog […]

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Close up sample of Juliet. Click to enlarge.

More adventures in gouache

March 4, 2011by Abby Leave a comment

For my Valentine’s Day cards, I experimented some more with my gouache and my copperplate nib. I have a long way to go before I can comfortably call any of […]

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New portfolio page added!

August 31, 2010by Abby Leave a comment

I’ve just finished up a job I’ve been working on for the past week: click on “Delisa + Roger” under Portfolio. It’s my first time with the Chekhov style, and […]

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Experiments with gouache

August 31, 2010by Abby Leave a comment

My fabulous mother-in-law also happens to be a professional calligrapher. Isn’t that fun? One of life’s little coincidences, I guess. She’s been a great resource to me, since she’s been […]

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New feature

August 6, 2010by Abby Leave a comment

To keep this place a little more interesting, I’m starting a new feature, “My Letters,” which will be an ironic web-chronicling of my snail-mail adventures. I am very lucky to […]

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