July Calliarts - Embossing with Valerie

 Dear Members and Followers,

This month we take a break from our lettering and take out some embossing tools instead.

The Cambridge Dictionary describes embossing as:

"To decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface"

This will be a fun way to spend a Winter's afternoon following our Christmas in July lunch.

General Requirements:

• Pencil, ruler and eraser,
• Masking tape,
• A4 pad,
• Tracing paper,
• Bone folder,
• Light weight card stock (optional),
• Or -A5 or any size pieces of 120-180gsm papers Coloured is fine but white is better,
• Watercolours & fine brush or coloured pencils (optional).

Tools:

• Ball or spoon embossing tools,
• Fine double ended bossing tool,
• If you do not have these - an empty ball point pen can be used just ensure it has no ink left in it,
• Small teaspoon can be useful.

If you wish to make your own stencils:

• Light weight card - a cereal box is ideal,
• Fine pointed scissors,
• Cutting mat and sharp craft knife,
• UHU type glue,
• Needle point tweezers are handy as is a wooden skewer

Where: Sylvania Community Centre, Canberra Road, Sylvania

When: 9 July 2022

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $15 members, $20 non-members (direct deposit preferred)

Bookings: Essential - email  southscribes@yahoo.com.au for bookings and payment details.

Questions: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

We're Getting Straight to the Point - Calliarts - Modern Uncial Or Pointed Pen Uncial

 Dear Members and Followers

Come join me in this afternoon Calliarts for some fun with letters. The letterform is based on Mike Kecseg’s Pointed Pen Uncial, where the compressed letters are oval instead of round with no ascenders and the descenders are minimal.

Mike Kecseg writes in Uncommon Numbers, that “the idea behind the development of this hand was to use the pointed pen to create letterforms that are traditionally done with a broad-edged nib.” c.1998 PenUltimates, Plantation, Florida.

By the end of the afternoon, you will have learnt a new hand or, brushed up on a familiar one and go home with a reminder of the class that you will create.

Materials List:

·         Layout pad

·         Pointed nib of your choosing

·         Pen holder

·         Ink/Gouache (black plus colours)

·         Graphite pencil

·         Black fineliner

·         Coloured pencils

·         Tracing paper (especially if you are new to the hand)

·         Usual calligraphy gear (ruler, eraser, slope board, water jar, paper towelling /tissues, mixing palette, cheap brush/es for mixing and loading gouache onto nibs)

·         Embroidery cotton (your choice of colour – fine wool is a suitable alternative)

Date:            Saturday, 11 June 2022

Time:            1.00pm – 4.00pm

Tutor:           Cathy Sayer

Cost:             $15.00 – Members, $20.00 – Non-Members

Place:        Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania (near Southgate Shopping Centre)

Bookings Essential: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Payment Options: Direct Deposit, Cash on the day or Cheque.  When booking, please advise which payment option you will be making.