I love it when clients send me photos of my work in its intended environment. This petite order was done for Houston, Texas-based photographer April Tracton. She planned a surprise romantic evening for her husband on their one-year anniversary, and hired me to write all the little notes she left around the house, the single menu for their table-for-two, and—my favorite—two little place cards that said avere and tenere (“to have” and “to hold” in Italian).
A calligrapher, teacher, and author, Molly’s work spans both modern lettering and historical script. She writes about calligraphy and handwriting as creative disciplines—shaped by tools, technique, habit, and attention—and considers what it means to write by hand in a digital age. In addition to designing custom lettering for clients, she creates books, free resources, and online classes for people who want to develop their calligraphy and handwriting, whether as a creative outlet, a professional skill, or both.
