Merry Christmas from Us!

To All Our Followers,


Calligraphy Southscribes wishes you a safe and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Artists: Colleen Collings, Valerie Keevers, Kay Pittman and Gloria Scott.

P.S. Remember to put a calligraphy workshop at Calligraphy Southscribes on your New Year Resolutions list!

Calligraphy Southscribes is supported by Sutherland Shire Council 

November Calliarts - Wrapping Up the Year!

Dear Members and Followers,

Well, it is our last Calliarts for the year and Gloria Scott is going to end it on a Christmas Note.

It’s a Calliart Christmas and to end our Calliart year on a festive note we will be using

the Uncial letterform and apply it to wrapping paper, gift tags and paper strips to help

“wrap up” a very happy year and maybe have time to put it in a gift bag for someone special.

We will be looking at ideas for "dressing up" gifts and greetings, trimming tags, simple tree decoration, paper ribbon and wrapping or envelopes. 

So please bring any A3 practice pages of calligraphy, eg Uncial, some off-cuts of light card,
small to A4 size, strips of card, Canson or similar, Christmas paper for trims or cut-outs, ribbon, trimming, stickers and so on.   Just odds and ends will do.

Scissors, double sided tape, UHU glue stick and some fibre tip colours, textas etc.
Also 2 or 3 colours in Duo, Marvy or similar.

Please bring your usual gear if you wish to use pen and inks.

Do not panic buy, I will have spares.  So please just come along and enjoy the company.

Gloria

Sylvania Community Hall - Canberra Road, Sylvania - 11 November 2017 - 1pm to 4pm. 

Gloria Scott

Gloria Scott

Gloria Scott

 

Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. is supported by Sutherland Shire Council

Calliarts - Mystery Box – Valerie Keevers

Dear Members and Followers,

October's Calliarts is a Mystery Box with Valerie Keevers. So what is the Mystery Box? Well, you'll just have to come along and see!

MYSTERY BOX.   Requirement List.

·   1 sheet Liviano Heavy Card 300gsm A2 size (58 x 41 cm) any colour.This is available at Eckersly’s for $2.60.

·   Watercolour paper 190gsm or Canson paper in white or pale contrast colour to card, cut into     7 x 7cm squares.  (26 for every face or as many as you need.  You can use off cuts you may have at home.)

·         Cutting mat and craft knife.

·         Sharp scissors.

·         Glue stick and double sided tape.

·         Pencil and steel ruler.

·         Any Bond type paper you have for making the patterns.  (Butcher’s paper or Cartridge is good).

Optional extras.

·         Calligraphy pens and ink for Alphabet decoration if time allows.  (This can be done at home later).

·         Decorations if using, eg. Cut out designs, small photos, small shell s etc.   (This can be done at home later).

Okay, I'll let you in on the mystery:

This box opens out to reveal the secret layers inside.  There can be one or two internal layers depending on what you wish to display inside.  Make it with three layers and using all the faces on inside and outside gives 26 areas which is ideal as a script exemplar.  Photos can be added for a family box, shells, buttons, your artwork are all suitable for inclusion in the mystery box. Develop the box with your own creativity which is then a fun talking point.

Saturday 14 October - 1pm to 4pm - Sylvania Community Hall