Succotash at the Studio

For one glorious weekend in February, we were lucky to host master penman Michael Sull for four incredible workshops and a fundraising lecture. Nearly 50 people learned about the history of handwriting in America, the founding of the American spirit and the legacy of “cowboy” cursive, Spencerian. Sp...

That's how Paper Seahorse was born. We were recently interviewed by Gina Moccio of Boss Babes Club who wanted our back story.  Here is that video and her blog post: Hello Boss Babes! We hope you’re having a fantastic week & are ready for a Boss Babe Feature with the amazing Tona Bell. Tona is t...

In February 2018, The Paper Seahorse brings master penman Michael Sull to Tampa for four intensive workshops on handwriting, Introduction to Spencerian Script, Off-Hand Flourishing, and Ornamental Penmanship (Advanced Spencerian). The workshops are arranged in order of increasing complexity and adv...

Imagination at work. From an early age, Ada Lovelace, the only child of Romantic poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke, showed an adeptness for mathematics and an uncanny ability to make creative connections between seemingly disparate things and ideas. She described this ability as “th...

The kind folks at the Tampa Letter Writers Club are sharing their Holiday Snail Mail Ideas for a magical holiday season! Letters From Santa Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And the Postal Service™ can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child’s letter to Santa — complete with the Nort...