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Tranquility du Jour

Tranquility du Jour #435: Calligraphy

Tranquility du Jour

Kimberly Wilson

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.6 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I discuss the gift of calligraphy with Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls. Learn how to get started with calligraphy, what tools are helpful, and various projects that would make wonderful holiday gifts!

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Guest: 

Artist and calligrapher Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls finds beauty in imperfection, a widely acclaimed and distinctly modern approach to calligraphy. With over 10 years of experience, Maybelle has been commissioned for bespoke wedding invitations, letterpress stationery, and editorial features, exhibiting her elegant and playful signature style for a range of clients. Her work has appeared in Martha Stewart Weddings, Sunset Magazine, Victoria, Better Homes and Gardens, and Brides, and has been featured on Design*Sponge, Besotted, Brooklyn Bride, Oh Happy Day, Snippet & Ink, Sunday Suppers, and Style Me Pretty.

Drawing inspiration from botanical engravings, vintage alphabet specimens, and her numerous travels abroad, Maybelle has been known to journey to Paris for just the right calligraphy nib. Her love of ephemera and faraway places inspired a collaboration with Chronicle Books: Belle Calligraphy Kit, Materials and Inspiration for Modern Script.

She developed Calligraphy in the 21st Century, a popular San Francisco workshop booked months in advance, as a way to share her passion with the creative community. This year, Maybelle offers the course in some of her favorite cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Portland, Santa Barbara, and Sydney, Australia.

Raised in Hawaii, Maybelle lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and twins.

Mentioned in the Podcast:

Website: may-belle.com
Book: The Gift of Calligraphy
Instagram: instagram.com/maybelleimasa

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Tranquility DeJure, December 3, 2018.

0:09.0

Hello there, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 435th edition of Tranquility

0:16.6

DeJure.

0:17.8

Today I am chatting with Maybel, who just wrote this amazing book, The Gift of Calligraphy,

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a modern approach to hand lettering with 25 projects to give and to keep. It's an adorable

0:32.3

book. Adorable. So we're going to chat about how to get started with calligraphy,

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what tools are

0:38.2

helpful, and various projects that would make wonderful holiday gifts. Now, before we dive in,

0:45.6

I'm wanting to share a few things. First of all, thank you so much for your feedback on the Paris

0:50.4

podcast. If you have any additional questions, because I realized, after I recorded it,

0:56.7

I was like, oh, there's this and this and this and this that I'd like to share. So if you had any

1:02.0

additional questions or you had any additional suggestions for a Tranquility DeJourb 2019 offering,

1:09.2

please don't hesitate to reach out. Kimberly at Kimberlywilson.com.

1:13.6

I always love hearing from you. And also, if you're new to Tranquility DeJure,

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reminder in the show notes, which can be found at Kimberlywilson.com slash 435,

1:24.2

you'll find a link where you can learn more here all about Tranquility to Shore.

1:28.6

Also, you can sign it for bi-weekly every other week. Love Notes. And it gives you

1:33.7

access to a library filled with all sorts of tranquil treasures. Also, those of you who are local

1:41.4

December 31st and January 1st, I'm doing some fun little welcoming

1:47.5

in the New Year events. And would love to have you. The details are all on my website.

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And, of course, in the show notes, also save the date. January 6 is our next Tranquility

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DeJure Live, which is a free one-hour gathering where we talk about how to bring tranquility into this brand new season.

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