Modern Carolingian Workshop 20 June 2015

Dear Members and Followers,

We venture to Sutherland for our next full day workshop, so take advantage of a warm room, good company and come along for a great day of calligraphy.

SUTHERLAND UNITED SERVICES CLUB. EAST PARADE SUTHERLAND.   10AM – 4PM

Used from the 8^th to the  mid  12^th Centuries, Carolingian is the first true minuscule script. 

It is characterised by simple, compact, round letterforms with long ascenders & descenders and extra wide interlinear spacing.

We will modernise this pretty, and useful script by increasing the X height, adjusting the pen angle used, and shortening the ascenders & descenders.

Decoration, kept to a minimum, can be anything you like, and simple Roman Caps or Versals, can be used to good effect.

WHAT TO BRING.

·         Usual Calligraphy gear, with a variety of nibs if possible.

·         Layout pad.

·         Ink or gouache to write with.

·         Colour pencils or gouache for your decoration.

·         Water jar, brushes, rags for clean up, etc, if you are using paint.

·         A3 size of better quality paper for ‘finished ‘piece. Lana, or Canson Mi-Tientes will be fine.

·         Piece of prose or a verse for approx. 10 lines of finished writing.

·         NB: A simple background wash (if you have one just hanging around) looks good with this style.

Contact Meril for more details meril@bowyer.com.au or southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Meeting and Calliarts

Dear Members and Followers,

Just a quick reminder that our next meeting is on Saturday 13 June from 10am to 12pm. All members are welcome and we would love to see you there.

After lunch at 1pm there is the calliarts afternoon planned. The program this month is for Glenis to take us through Art Deco. 

This visual arts style first appeared after World War 1 and flourished during the 1920s. 1930s, and 1940s. The style combines traditional craft motifs with machine age imagery and materials. It is characterised by rich colours, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation.

Think the State Theatre Building, Hayden Orpheum, the Archibald Fountain and ANZAC War Memorial in Hyde Park.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco

Here are some examples that Glenis has previously created:

Please see earlier post for the materials list.
 

Vale Hermann Zapf

Dear Members and Followers,

It is sad to hear that Herman Zapf, German typeface designer from Darmstadt, Germany has passed away. Married to Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, calligrapher and typeface designer, Herman was the creator of the famous Palatino and Optima typefaces.

A legacy for future calligraphers and lettering students, of all levels.

June Calliarts - Art Deco

Dear Members and Followers,

Here is the latest on our Calliart afternoon for June.

Hope to see you there!

ART DECO WORKSHOP 

Calliart 13 June 2015 - Tutor: Glenis Sheather 


Elegant, geometric and streamlined epitomise the Art Deco Period and in this workshop we will be looking at some Art Deco inspired monoline scripts. We will also look at some suitable decorations to use with the scripts for use on cards, etc.

Materials list:

Speedball Series B nibs, preferably within the 4-6 size range, and inks/gouache of your choice. If you don’t have these nibs you can use any of the pens listed below.

A selection of monoline writing implements such as ball point pens, gel pens, fine liners/round end felt tip pens, pencils, etc.

You might like to colour the decorations so bring along your preferred choice of colour, whether it be coloured pencils, aquarelles, water colour paint or gouache. A ruler will also be a must for the geometric patterns.

Usual calligraphy gear. 

Glenis

 P.S. Don't forget the meeting at 10am - it's your group - have your say.

May Summary

CALLIGRAPHY SOUTHSCRIBES SUMMARY for MAY 2015

Workshops:  The continuation of the Italic Lettering Course is proceeding well with 8   participants. There have been no other bookings for future workshops at this time, Meril will send out an email reminder and Gloria will encourage her evening class to participate in Calliart and workshops.

The next workshop, Modern Carolingian with Pat Moody, will be at the SUSS Club at Sutherland on the 20^th June 10am to 4pm.

Please consider booking in for some workshops and attending the Calliart afternoons, it is your society and we need

your support to keep it viable.

Workshop Bookings: Please email your booking and payment information (including the code) to Meril Bowyer at

meril@bowyer.com.au or post to PO Box 714 Caringbah 1495. Direct debit details are available if you prefer to pay electronically.

Magazine It was decided that we would try to maintain a basic newsletter to go out bi- monthly, with eg the presidents report, workshop information and reports and some photos. Those without email will receive a hard copy as before. It is anticipated that the first newsletter will be out in the first week of June. This will only be sent to those who have renewed their membership

Membership: Our current membership stands at 20 financial members and 5 life members. It is pleasing to report that we have 3 new members, 2 from Pat’s Community College class and one from Gloria’s Italic Lettering Course. However it is disappointing that so far only 17 members have renewed their membership. Glenis has sent reminders and membership renewal forms to those members who have not as yet renewed their membership in the hope that they will do so.  For those who do not renew their membership this will be the last summary you will receive.

Social Activities: We have received an email from the Maritime Museum regarding the Mary Rose Exhibition. The social secretary may consider organising a visit. More details when they become available.

Hazelhurst Exhibition. This was a resounding success with many compliments, such as “one of the best exhibitions I have ever seen” from one visitor and similar. The subject seemed to strike a chord with many people. Fifteen calligraphers produced 36 pieces of work which was a wonderful effort and 10 were sold. The President of the ASC mentioned what a great exhibition it was at their committee meeting. A very big thank you to all those who worked so hard to submit pieces and to “mind the shop” at the exhibition in spite of the appalling weather on a couple of days.

We are putting in a submission to move the exhibition to the Dragon’s Lair next year. There is a possibility that we may be able to hang some extra pieces so keep thinking of anything else you may wish to do.

Calliart: A fun afternoon was had by all making paste paper with Kath McEwen. It was very pleasing to see a new member and two guests who participated and another new member who came in to meet us. A big thank you to Kath who spent a great deal of time in meticulous preparation of all the materials.

Next Committee meeting:  Saturday 13^th June.

World War 1 in Pen & Brush - A Great Success at Hazlehurst!!!!

Congratulations to everyone in Calligraphy Southscribes on such an amazing and successful Exhibition !

Comments heard were :

" it is so moving"   " I wish I could do that"   'that must take hours"

                     "just loved the way the works were hung"      

                            " poppies are for remembrance "  "

"some really beautiful pieces'"     " loved the inclusion of women"

    " the nurses stories were extremely well researched and told"

    AND - 9 works to date have been sold - congratulations!

 

It's Official - Our Exhibition Is Open!

Dear Members and Followers,


Saturday 18 April saw the official opening of our exhibition World War 1 in Pen and Brush at the Hazlehurst Regional Gallery  in Gymea, Sydney! There have been some great sales too!

Speeches




WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!!