About me

In 2015 I rediscovered a childhood love of handwriting, calligraphy, and lettering. Since that time I have fostered a keen interest in the unique styles of penwork that developed in American commercial colleges during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a period considered by many to be a “golden age” of penmanship in America.

I currently specialize in writing two script styles that flourished around the turn of the last century—a plain, cursive style of practical writing that at one time went by various different names, but is now often referred to as Business Penmanship (of which the widely known "Palmer Method" is an example) and a more artistic, calligraphic script commonly known as Ornamental Penmanship. I strive to execute these scripts using historical tools and techniques—a flexible steel nib and a free full-arm movement—while working to make my historical approach to learning accessible for the modern penman. My blog is intended as an educational resource for those interested in pursuing this fascinating period of American Penmanship.