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Susan Leiper
 Calligrapher
Susan’s introduction to calligraphy was through Derick Pao
in Hong Kong in the early 1980s. Derick had just returned from the US with
his enthusiasm fired by Donald Jackson at the calligraphy convention in
Minnesota in 1980. So life has come full circle.
Born and brought up in Glasgow, Susan studied French at the University of
St Andrews and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.
Whilst working as an editor of books on Chinese art and archaeology, she
developed her calligraphy through attending workshops and completing the
Advanced Training Scheme run by the Society of Scribes & Illuminators (SSI).
In her calligraphic work Susan is greatly influenced by the arts of China,
books in particular, and she enjoys making Chinese-style books. Working on
The Saint John’s Bible fittingly combines her joint interests in
calligraphy and books.
Susan lives in Edinburgh with her husband and four children, and still
makes frequent trips to Hong Kong and mainland China. |
