About this item
Mastering Modern Calligraphy is a comprehensive guide to taking your pointed pen calligraphy skills to the next level and developing your very own modern style. Following up and building on Mollys popular beginners guide, Modern Calligraphy, Mastering Modern Calligraphy is the perfect companion for pointed pen and digital calligraphers alike. It is aimed at those with some calligraphy experience, presenting more than 2,700 letterforms and ligatures, targeted exercises, stroke drills, flourishes, and phrases, which emphasize experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity. This beautiful, in-depth guide to modern calligraphy emphasizes experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity. With targeted exercises and lessons aimed at pushing you out of your calligraphy comfort zone, Mastering Modern Calligraphy will not only help you master tricks of the trade, but develop your very own modern calligraphy style, too.
About the Author
Molly Suber Thorpe is the award-winning graphic designer, calligrapher, teacher, and author behind Plurabelle Calligraphy & Design Studio. Molly specializes in hand-lettered logo designs, calligraphy for publications, custom wedding stationery, and spot lettering for print and web. She is credited as a driving force behind the modern calligraphy movement, one of the first artists to use the whimsical, unorthodox pointed pen styles and bold color palettes so popular today.
Molly and her work have been featured in such publications as The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Weddings, Los Angeles Times, Country Living, UPPERCASE, Bound & Lettered, Design*Sponge, and Style Me Pretty Weddings. Her extensive client list includes Google Cultural Institute, Martha Stewart Weddings, Michael Kors, Fendi, J. Jill, Victorio & Lucchino, Vogue Footwear, Neenah Paper, and TV Only International.
Molly is also the bestselling author of Modern Calligraphy: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started in Script Calligraphy. Published by St. Martin's Press in September 2013, Modern Calligraphy has sold more than 60,000 copies. In 2013 it was cited as an Amazon "Favorite Craft Book," and in 2016 it was translated into Chinese and Spanish, and released for Kindle and iBooks. Her book's success led Molly to develop calligraphy workshops, which she teaches to sold-out classes as time permits.
In 2016 Molly launched Calligrafile.com, a free database of resource links and products for calligraphers, hand lettering artists, type enthusiasts, and creative freelancers, all curated by a panel of professional calligraphers from around the world. A unique resource, Calligrafile has quickly become an invaluable site for amateur and pro lettering artists alike.
Today Molly lives in Athens, Greece, with her partner, fashion photographer Ektor Angelomatis, and their incorrigible Bengal cat, Mr. Marlowe.
