biography icon Octavine Illustration Biography
You know how everyone has a talent? Some excel in the physics of bridge building, others in matters of the human psyche. Well, I'm good at writing. As in cursive. I found my passion upon receipt of my first calligraphy set for my eleventh birthday. My great-aunt Octavine, the family correspondent, had beautiful penmanship and felt a strong need to pass this onto me, her great-grandniece. Thus my saga beganAfter pursuing a degree in history, I began to turn what had been small favors for friends (invitations, fliers, marriage certificates, their mothers' signatures) into a business. I found that I could turn my love for all that is vintage into art. And so began Octavine Illustration. I believe that beauty should exist in the mundane. Care should be taken to make each and every thing an objet d'art. We are creatures dictated by the visual, affected by what we see. That all should be lovely seems a given.