Hi!
My name is Natascha, I'm 28 and I work as a graphic designer in Vienna.
I tried to teach myself some modern calligraphy without method or anything, just trying stuff, then I fell in love with the whole process and everything to do with it.
Last week I attended the Berlin Spencerian Workshop with Barbara Calzolari (where I met forum member estefa, who recommended this forum) to get some insight on the basics and to obtain some knowledge on how to approach this whole stuff professionally and methodically.
I learned a lot and I'm prepared to throw my whole previous stuff away (see
http://www.behance.net/sisterofdream for some works that I now, after the workshop, find rather terrible) and start fresh. I'm starting with Eleanor Winter's book on Copperplate, while watching Joe Vitolo's videos. I'll try my best to get a grasp on that and I'll try to work my way from there. I loved the Spencerian workshop and I'd like to practice that, too, but I think for now I'll stick with the basics.
In the long run, I'm planning to sell cards and such on Etsy, because I've always dreamed of making stationary my job, and custom calligraphy is a perfect addition to that.
I hope to learn a lot here.
All the best,
Natascha