30/09/2025
Happy IAMPETH Certificate Submission Deadline Day to those who celebrate!!
This is a milestone I never imagined reaching. Honestly, I hadn’t even considered it until about three weeks ago, which is a pretty far reach considering most people work on their submissions for months and months. I was a couple of days into my daily practice, looking for the IAMPETH scholarship details and, on a whim, decided to look at what the certification requirements actually looked like in the area closest to my expertise - Proficiency in Engrosser’s Script. If nothing else I now had some more options for practice text.
And then without overthinking it, I just went for it, taking baby steps in the direction of getting my submissions ready. I ordered the specified paper, I printed out the applicable exemplars, I gathered all my ruling up tools (and even created my own!) and I just started writing.
Would I recommend a three-week turnaround? Absolutely not. I wasn’t sure I’d even have anything ready to mail by the deadline. What I did have, though, were years of practice and study to lean on, enough to give me a foundation for these specific historical letterforms.
Strangely enough, the tight timeline helped me. I didn’t have time to overthink and worry, I just kept moving forward. With such focused practice, I saw daily progress, so much so that I ended up redoing all three submissions at the last minute.
Best of luck to all the calligraphers who poured their hearts into their submissions! I’m excited (and a little nervous) to receive feedback and keep growing. Honestly, the fact that I feel ready for my work to be judged at all is a huge win for me!
Here’s to milestones we never saw coming and celebrating them when they do!