Ink Flourishes

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Times and Seasons

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I am currently sitting at my partially cluttered studio desk as I prepare this blog post. I am used to a pretty meticulous routine of washin...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Softly September

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 It seems I start most of blog posts marvelling that another calendar page has turned. 2020 is a remarkably strange year but in its own uni...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Grateful Momemts

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Right now I am in my quiet studio with the windows open to hear the baby bluejays in the yard. Usually the first bird to visit the garden in...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Missing IAMPETH 2020

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This week I would have been in Atlanta surrounded by pen friends, getting nearly no sleep, being incredibly inspired, spending money at John...
Friday, July 3, 2020

Our Sacred Tasks

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Happy July dear friends. Thank you for all of the kind emails, sign ups for private sessions and the beautiful garden photos that you have s...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

The Alphabet Garden: Private Student Release

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I can hardly believe it is June 21st already! The garden is blooming and there is so much activity in my backyard everyday. It is such a bea...
Friday, May 29, 2020

Thoughts In Bloom

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I just realized that we are near the end of May and I have not posted to the blog this month. I wanted to touch base here with some words of...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Easy Layout Tutorial

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I have been enjoying the Live Chats on Instagram that have been hosted by the European Pointed Pen Collective. You can view some of the past...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Italian Hand

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Yesterday I had the honour of doing an Instagram Live Chat hosted by the European Pointed Pen Collective.  You can find them on Instagram th...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Sharing Hope

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Hope has become my word for the year. Right now it seems more important than ever to maintain a hopeful mindset. I find myself havi...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Heart and Home

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Happy April dear friends. I hope you are keeping well. This is indeed a strange and stressful time, unlike anything we have experienced befo...
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About Me

Heather Victoria Held
I am a freelance calligrapher specializing in ornamental penmanship and offhand flourishing. I live in a small village in Ontario, about an hour west of Toronto. I have been happily married to my best friend Chris for over 30 years and we have a precious daughter Holly. I have studied extensively with Master Penman through the organization Iampeth and the Spencerian Saga. I am currently an active member of the Royal City Calligraphy Guild. If I am not working with the pointed pen, I am studying medieval and renaissance illumination or botanical painting techniques. I love to spend time alone in the studio working on my art or outside walking.
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