About

Achieved his Master’s degree in LL.M. in Business laws from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Law School in 2012, Rapi has been serving the Judiciary of Thailand by day for many years. By night he is a calligraphy enthusiast. Having been taught Old English script and Thai broad pen script in secondary school, he found his interest in calligraphy ever since. It was in January, 2015 that he began to study penmanship in Copperplate, Engrosser’s Script, Spencerian Script and Ornamental Penmanship. Rapi is a current member of the International  Association of Master Penman, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting. He has been contacted to conduct calligraphy workshops in Bangkok. Rapi also collaborated in organizing two calligraphy workshops by Mr. Huy Hoang Dao, a renowned calligrapher based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Rapi furthered his study in Spencerian Script by taking Master Penman Harvest Crittenden’s online class and taking Master Penman Michael Sull’s workshop in Manila, the Philippines.

Recently, Rapi was contacted to write for the Leader’s Banquet of Thai-Belgian FriendshipCelebrations 2015, honored by the presence of HRH Princess Marie – Esmeralda of Belgium and Prince Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, Prince of Chimay. He also writes for commission works such as wedding invitations and logo designs. His previous clients are DISAYA, Montblanc, Cartier, WISHARAWISH, Panpuri, Charlotte Olympia. After all, Rapi devotes to promote calligraphy and penmanship in Thailand to inherit this long forgotten art.