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Event calligraphy. Calligraphy & Handwriting Teacher. Inspirational Quotations & Words of Love

Custom made Handwritten Gifts for Anniversaries, Awards, Wedding Vows, Poems, Dedications, Song Lyrics. Lauchean Duncan established THE GRAPHIC QUILL in 1991 following a decade of formal art & lettering studies & professional Design Studio experience. Always innovating – developing new skills and evolving with the contemporary world of lettering, she continues to work with passion as Designer, let

tering artist & calligrapher. Specialising in custom calligraphic artworks, hand lettering design and teaching. History, tradition and contemporary practices have taught her much. As the lettering arts evolve into today's new phase, through her years of studio experience and continuous learning, Lauchean's calligraphy has developed into it's own contemporary form for use in today's modern context. Lauchean is again sharing her contagious enthusiasm, passion for lettering, together with her working studio experience in her new “Workshop Studio” located in McKinnon, Melbourne, Victoria. After her years as Tutor of the two year Calligraphy Course at RMIT University in Melbourne, Lauchean is again sharing her skills at her aptly named “Contemporary School of the Arts and Calligraphy”. Other highly skilled artisans will also be sharing their knowledge and skills teaching their own trades, arts and crafts to equally enthusiastic students.

Have you ever come to a place in life and wondered in amazement at how you ever managed to get here? Life is full of le...
14/08/2026

Have you ever come to a place in life and wondered in amazement at how you ever managed to get here? Life is full of leaps of faith. Taking any first steps requires just a little confidence. Your ignorance can be a good thing if you recognise it & open yourself to learning. And so the cycle begins.
This calligraphic hand is uncial. And here it’s written with a Pilot Parallel Pen. Learning to write this hand begins simply with an appreciation for beautiful, voluptuous letters & a desire to create.

Modern or ancient? Where do the styles of writing you see everywhere today originate? History shows us the way & it’s th...
07/08/2026

Modern or ancient? Where do the styles of writing you see everywhere today originate? History shows us the way & it’s there for us to learn from. In so many ways🦉✍🏼

Calligraphy, The Art of beautiful writing, offers us good ‘bones’. These are the foundations from which to grow our writing skills & to discover our creativity.

This style is based on uncial, a hand used from around the 4th to the 9th Century. BUT actually, that’s only it’s beginnings.

Today, I have students creating variations of this voluptuous hand that are narrowed, compressed to give it a modern appeal.

There really is no end the possibilities of calligraphy once you get a good grip on its fundamental forms.

A few preliminary roughs to nut out some ideas. Written with a Pentel Touch Brush pen for flow, speed & fun.
31/07/2026

A few preliminary roughs to nut out some ideas. Written with a Pentel Touch Brush pen for flow, speed & fun.

Where do you find happiness? Does it come to you in little moments? Do you feel your heart warming at the sight of a goo...
22/07/2026

Where do you find happiness? Does it come to you in little moments? Do you feel your heart warming at the sight of a good line drawn, a letter beautifully shaped? Small things, little delights - embrace them all.

Writing onto 30 year old picture mounts can be a challenge. Not knowing how the surface will take the ink/gouache is jus...
17/07/2026

Writing onto 30 year old picture mounts can be a challenge. Not knowing how the surface will take the ink/gouache is just part of trickiness I dealt with on this job.
There’s always a bit of breathlessness going on.

I wrote these picture mounts using William Mitchell Nibs & Winsor & Newton Jet Black Gouache.

The most delicate part of the job was getting the mounts out of the frames, cleaning the glass etc & then putting them all back in without any mishaps. As I’m not a framer and don’t have any of the equipment, it was a delicate task to ensure no damage to any part of the mount, glass or frames. Next time I’ll opt out of that part of the job & leave that up to the client. Its a hell off a responsibility & I’m no expert on that exercise. All ok in the end though.

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