BESPOKE
- SEATTLE CALLIGRAPHY -
Bespoke Strokes Calligraphy is a Seattle-based live calligraphy and engraving studio founded by professional calligrapher Chantelle Hoffmann, a Pacific Northwest native who has called Seattle home since 2016 and has been bringing live calligraphy and on-site engraving to the city's most celebrated venues and most discerning brands since her return. The business itself was founded in 2014, and the decade of experience that has followed spans luxury retail activations, corporate events, private celebrations, and some of Seattle's most memorable brand moments.
A proud member of Visit Seattle, Bespoke Strokes is deeply invested in the city's creative and cultural life, and in helping Seattle's hospitality, retail, and event industries offer their guests something genuinely worth remembering.
- A Decade of Live Calligraphy Across Seattle -
With a decade of activations in the Seattle area, Bespoke Strokes has brought live calligraphy, hand engraving, and foil personalization to venues across every corner of the city.
Iconic Seattle Venues
Benaroya Hall, McCaw Hall, Chihuly Garden and Glass, The Chihuly Boathouse Studio
Luxury Hotels
The Four Seasons Seattle, The Westin Seattle, Kimpton Hotel Monaco, Embassy Suites by Hilton
Private Clubs and Fine Dining
The Rainier Club, Ascend Prime Steak and Sushi, Purple Café Seattle, The Foundry by Urban Feast, Flight Club Seattle
Corporate and Event Spaces
Bell Harbor International Conference Center, the Fourth and Madison Building
Nordstrom Downtown Seattle, Glassybaby Madrona & Glassybaby University Village
It is an honor to have been welcomed into each of these spaces, and we look forward to seeing this list grow.
“Chantelle was incredible to work with! We hired her to engrave custom pint glasses at a restaurant opening party, and her station quickly became the most popular spot of the night. She was seamless to coordinate with, highly professional, and our guests couldn’t stop talking about how much they loved their personalized pieces. We collaborated on custom icons that perfectly reflected our brand, and she even came prepared with a full ticketing system to keep everything running smoothly. She truly elevated the entire event - we’re already looking for reasons to bring her back again!”
Carolyn Diana, Flight Club Seattle
- Serving the Greater Seattle Area -
Beyond Seattle proper, Bespoke Strokes has provided live calligraphy activations and on-site personalization throughout the greater Pacific Northwest, including luxury retail events in Bellevue at Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo, and Ferrari, fashion week activations at The Bravern, and multiple Nordstrom and Glassybaby locations across the region.
- What Brings Clients to Bespoke Strokes -
Seattle's event and hospitality community has come to recognize that a live calligraphy or engraving activation does something a standard gifting experience cannot. Guests don't just receive something. They watch it being made, by hand, specifically for them, in real time. That moment of witnessing is what creates genuine brand affinity, the kind that gets talked about long after an event ends.
Bespoke Strokes is hired by experiential marketing agencies, luxury retailers, corporate event planners, and hospitality teams who want that moment to be flawless. The studio brings over a decade of classical calligraphy training, professional engraving expertise, and luxury brand experience to every Seattle activation, no matter the venue or the guest count.
- Seattle Roots, Luxury Standards -
Chantelle Hoffmann has called the Pacific Northwest home her entire life. She brings to every Seattle event not just technical skill but genuine local knowledge, an understanding of this city's venues, its guests, its pace, and its character. That local fluency, paired with a client roster that includes Montblanc, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Christian Dior, Tiffany and Co., Burberry, Ferrari, and Delta Air Lines, is what makes Bespoke Strokes the studio Seattle's most ambitious events come back to.
If you are planning a brand activation, corporate event, private celebration, or retail personalization experience in Seattle or the surrounding area, we would love to talk.
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