Calligraphy ribbon with Maybelle Imasa Stukuls

I'm very excited the collaboration with calligrapher Maybelle came to life! We were inspired to collaborate together, as soon as we organized the Calligrafia workshop at our studio last spring. Some first drafts of Maybelle alphabet were ready right after the first class, but it took us a few months to complete the project in details. The black ink alphabet, in upper and lower case, became white relief silkscreen printing, over black cotton ribbon. The long time and effort to have the best printing result, was all worth the wait. Now the Calligraphy ribbon arrived from Italy and it is packaged by hand in our studio on tea dye wood spools. They are so beautiful and I'm thankful to Maybelle for working with me on this idea. Now I started to think, what can come next?

Calligrafia with Maybelle Imasa Stukuls: the workshops

Even after a few days from the Calligrafia workshop, I'm still dreaming of ink drawing on paper, the beautiful atmosphere we had at the studio with the students and the warmth of Maybelle voice and her way of teaching. It was really amazing. I selected a few photos from that special day and I hope it can give an idea of workshops. I also would like to refer to two blog posting, one by Justine Hand and the other in German by Heike Pototschnigg that add more details on the workshop. A huge thank you to Maybelle for coming all the way from San Francisco to teach modern calligraphy in our studio and to the wonderful students that joined us for the day. It was a dream!

Calligrafia with Maybelle Imasa Stukuls: The set up

The Calligrafia workshop with Maybelle was a wonderful experience. Ever since I discovered her work through Tristan of Besotted, I was completely in love with Maybelle's style and calligraphy. When we finally met in person the past December, I was thrilled about the opportunity to offer one of her workshop here at our studio. Since the very first hour of setting up the materials and styling the tables for the student to come, I knew it was going to be, indeed, amazing! During the workshop, I couldn't stop photographing each moment of Maybelle teaching, the students work and every detail it went to perform this special day. I have now more than two hundreds photos to sort and edit for the new post, but meanwhile, I didn't want to wait any longer to share these images of the set up with you. More very soon!

Ink and personalized pen holder for each student.

Setting up for each student seat

Center piece with wooden pencils and Metallic cotton ribbon spools.

  

Preparing the wood box calligraphy kit for the students.