Cora Pearl has been practising the art of calligraphy since the late 1970's, and now has nearly forty years of experience. Cora works for Portland Community College as a calligraphy teacher, and her classes count towards college credit. I was very interested to discover that lettering arts are being taught at a college level, as sadly there are not too many educational institutions around now where this is still the case. Although Cora now spends much of her time in Portland, she has … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Lettering Legend(s) – The Letterettes Interview
The Letterettes are an all female group of lettering artists based in Melbourne, Australia. The group of four is made up of Eliza Svikulis, Kate Pullen, Wanissa Somsuphangsri and Carla Hackett. The Letterettes ladies formed the group because of a combined passion for creating, lettering and illustrating. Individually they all have skills and experience in graphic design and illustration and when combined in a group those skills are even more amplified, the power of teamwork can be added into … [Read more...]
