Behind the Scenes

Behind the ScenesCalligraphy
Written By Molly Suber Thorpe
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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 calligraphy samples headed out the door to a stationer in Virginia.

• White on turquoise!

• Refined logo sketches for a wonderful event company, and an ex libris stamp in Spanish.

• Precision light pad work.

• Custom-mixed burnt orange gouache for a Halloween project.

Molly Suber Thorpe

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.

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