Behind the Scenes

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Written By Molly Suber Thorpe

Clockwise from top left:

• Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent Copper Plate Gold ink drying on a navy place card

• An invitation suite I designed for a Bahamas wedding, letterpressed in turquoise ink and gold foil with a custom return address stamp

• Wet gouache in my studio's evening lighting

• My sister's favorite Leonard Cohen line calligraphed on a Moleskine notebook card.

• Bleedproof white on craft paper with one of my favorite vintage stamps

• A packet of Plurabelle samples headed out the door to a stationer in Virginia

• White on turquoise!

• From my sketching desk: refined logo sketches for a wonderful event company and an ex libris stamp in Spanish

• Precision light pad work

• Custom-mixed burnt orange gouache

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Molly Suber Thorpe

Molly is a calligrapher, teacher, and author. Her book, Modern Calligraphy, has reached tens of thousands of budding calligraphers, and has been released in Spanish and Chinese translations. After spending nearly a decade in Los Angeles, Molly currently lives in Athens, Greece, where she works with clients all over the world.

http://mollysuberthorpe.com
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