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Stamford Artist: Orange Pippin

Stamford artist and calligrapher Helen Cox of Orange Pippin is celebrating her first anniversary of turning a hobby into an artisan business. Proving the pen is mightier than the sword, she has created beautiful bespoke wedding stationery and hand-painted illustrations… Words: Rob Davis. Images: Rob Davis, Alexandra Wallace. Helen has created Orange Pippin in Stamford. With the advent of keyboards, electronic communication and digital typography, you’d be forgiven for thinking the age of graceful handwriting has ended. Not a bit. At least, not in the work of Helen Cox, Stamford illustrator and calligrapher who this month celebrates her first year in business creating beautiful – and entirely hand-produced calligraphy and watercolour illustrations. Even the priciest bespoke wedding stationery can often utilise...