Mary Teichman studied calligraphy with Donald Kunz for all four of her years at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, where she received her BFA in 1976. She has designed numerous wedding certificates, honorary degrees, signs, citations and poems. Besides her calligraphic work Mary is a printmaker, illustrator and painter. Her etchings are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of the City of New York, The Corcoran Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She has illustrated several children's books, including Color by Christina Rosetti, and Stars for Sarah by Ann Turner. She is a member of the Society of Scribes, Masscribes, The Society of American Graphic Artists, The Boston Printmakers, The Print Club of Albany and The Society of Egg Tempera Painters.