STEWART THOMAS, calligrapher

I have been in love with pen and ink for over twenty-five years. My first calligraphic teaching was in the Arabic script, writing out lines of Persian poetry.

Our teacher would walk around the class and cut a nib on each student's reed pen. We were each to copy over and over again the sample line of calligraphed poetry the teacher wrote at the top of our notebook page. My, what a mess of indelible ink blots we made with those reed pens dipped in bottles of ink!

I still use dip pens, both reeds and metal pens with reservoirs. I also love using Chinese brushes, thin strips of flexible wood veneer, or even my fingers!

I specialize in calligraphy in the latin script used in English and European languages; Arabic script used in Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Urdu, and Balti; and Chinese brush styles.

Among my most common commissions are marriage certificates, poems, tattoo designs, and logos.

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Click here for complete information on how to order your custom calligraphed marriage certificate.

Marriage, wedding, and handfasting certificates are a feature of many traditions: Quaker, Muslim, Jewish (Ketubot, Kettubah), and now becoming ever more popular. Please use the links above to learn more about these unique creations.

I teach ongoing classes in pen, nib and reed calligraphic methods as well as Chinese brush calligraphy.

My specialties are calligraphy in any Latin script (English, French, Spanish, etc.); Devanagari (Sanskrit, Hindi); Greek; Hebrew; Amharic (from Ethiopia); Kannada and Telegu (South India); Chinese; and several others.

Please contact me regarding calligraphic commissions of any variety.

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