“A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.”
— A Tale for the Time Being
Hi. My name is Jen.
I'm a Filipino artist based in Australia. I’m a modern calligrapher, previously known as Freckles and Ink, specialising in pointed pen calligraphy. I also do digital calligraphy and art.
My mum was a stickler for good penmanship so growing up, I’ve always been enamoured with script handwriting. I discovered calligraphy in 2014 and from there, Freckles & Ink was born. My first calligraphy workshop was in June 2015 which then grew to more workshops, personal commissions and wedding projects. In 2016, I organised a surf and art camp called ‘Sunstoked and Ink-stained’ in La Union, Philippines. I took a hiatus when I moved to Sydney in 2017 and now, the pen is calling me again.
Before calligraphy, writing prose and poetry has always been my first love. The world is filled with multitude of stories waiting to be told. We are time beings, moving parts of an entire book, and in those pages are short stories of our lives that encompass time.
I’m currently writing a book about my dad who passed away in 2023 and my childhood in the Philippines. I hope you get to read it one day. In the meantime, you can read my written works in My Hiraya Life.