Calligraphy Southscribes Inc.

More About Your Committee

Who Are You?

Valerie Keevers

What Position/s do you hold at Calligraphy Southscribes?

Secretary and Public Officer. Past President.

How long have you been involved with Calligraphy?

25 years

Why Calligraphy?

My love of colour and design, words and heraldry drew me to calligraphy as a creative outlet, when I closed my dressmaking business.

Favourite Hand and Why?

Uncial and all forms of Italic because I find them expressive and adapt easily to whatever words I am working with. However I use all scripts from time to time.

Favourite Piece of Calligraphy Gear and Why?

The flexible pen, as I can re-create any script to highlight the emotion of the words in a piece whether it is traditional or modern in design.

Most successful Calligraphy tip?

Practise and more practise in the early stages of your adventure into calligraphy develops an undying love of the fine art and all the associated arts.

You would like to see Calligraphy Southscribes where in one year’s time?

Continuing to bring this beautiful art to the attention of people, so that it does not disappear into the sands of time, only to be lost again for hundreds of years. By using the electronic media and any other means to our advantage, increase our membership so that we can influence others particularly the younger generation to see the advantage of using knowledge that has survived for centuries and is the basis of their taken for granted, writing skills.

Who Are You?

Jan Armstrong

What Position/s do you hold at Calligraphy Southscribes?

Treasurer, Scripts & Scribes for All Seasons Co-Ordinator

How long have you been involved with Calligraphy?
2 ½ years, enthusiastic learner

Why Calligraphy?

Discipline, Discipline, discipline

Favourite Hand and Why?

Copperplate

Favourite Piece of Calligraphy Gear and Why?

Coke Pen suits my messy style

Most successful Calligraphy tip?

Watch, Listen & Learn

You would like to see Calligraphy Southscribes where in one year’s time?

With lots more members, old & new. The core members have so much expertise to share. We must keep it alive.

Workshop Reminder - Modern Italic

Members and Followers,

Don't forget to book for our next workshop beginning 19 September - Modern Italics. Full details are located on our Workshops Page. You wouldn't want to miss out!

Your Committee Answers the Hard Questions

Some weeks ago I put some hard calligraphy questions to your committee about Calligraphy Southscribes and calligraphy in general. So here we go:

Who Are You?

Patricia Moody.

What Position/s do you hold at Calligraphy Southscribes?

President & second workshop co-ordinator.

How long have you been involved with Calligraphy?

Since school, but only seriously for 30 years !!!

Why Calligraphy?

A natural progression from the formal, and compulsory, Italic lessons done at school, coupled with, a love a letterforms, art, colour & design in general.

Favourite Hand and Why?

Italic: For it’s complete versatility, vibrancy, and ability to cover all the emotions of any piece of prose, poetry, or music. Traditional or modern, there is an Italic variation just waiting to be used!

Favourite Piece of Calligraphy Gear and Why?

Too many to name, as every writing tool can be a joy to work with. However Mitchell nibs, Parallel pens, and Ruling pens would all be near the top of the list.

Most successful Calligraphy tip?

Don’t be too pedantic about cleaning your nibs. They are very forgiving, and mine tend to only get a wipe with a tissue rather than washed!

You would like to see Calligraphy Southscribes where in one year’s time?

Apart from retaining the wonderful core group of members who continually support our activities, it would be brilliant if we could increase our membership and participating numbers to a higher level.

This beautiful art form has so much to offer, and as an antidote to the all pervasive new machine and digital age, what could be a nicer activity to be involved in.

Who Are You?

Penny Laver

What Position/s do you hold at Calligraphy Southscribes?

Vice President and Workshop Coordinator

How long have you been involved with Calligraphy?

For nearly 20 years

Why Calligraphy?

Bought David Harris’ book many years ago and was very quickly hooked.

Favourite Hand and Why?

I don’t really have a favourite; the hand I use depends on the project and the text.

Favourite Piece of Calligraphy Gear and Why?

John Neal’s Ruling pen, just a beautifully crafted tool and fun to use.

Most successful Calligraphy tip?

Keep practising!

You would like to see Calligraphy Southscribes where in one year’s time?

A vibrant society with new members becoming involved with the beautiful art of calligraphy.

Library and Latest Magazines

Dear Members,

As our new magazine comes out for the next quarter, I am reminded that Calligraphy Southscribes boasts an excellent library for the use of all of its members. The library consists of an extensive range of calligraphy books plus magazines from other calligraphy societies.

If you are attending a workshop or the Saturday meeting take some time out to use the library and perhaps borrow something. Our librarian Dorothy is always available to lend a hand and check out some books for you.

From our latest magazines;

Postscript (The Calligraphy Society of Victoria Inc.) - Paper Sculpture with Dave Wood; CSV's 30th Birthday; Jim Murphy an Icon Painter and Parchment & Aging Effects by Daniel Reeve.

Alphabetical Order (Canberra Calligraphy Society) - Rotunda; Pop-Up Cards; Making Guidelines on the Computer and Sara's Traveling Saga.

The Dancing Pen (Calligraphy Society of Tasmania) - Words of Poets; Making a Japanese Treasure Box; All That Glitters is not Gold - a workshop by Deirdre Hassed.

Workshop Reminder from Your Workshop Co-Ordinator

Hello Members and Followers,

Just a reminder that we have a wonderful workshop on Saturday 11th August with Elaine Witton, "Versatile Uncials". Those of you who know Elaine know she is a wonderful teacher and an absolute pleasure to work with, those of you who don't it is a chance to work with one of our very best calligraphers. Do consider booking in for what will be a great day,you can email me to book.

Also don't forget our next evening class, "Modern Italic" with Patricia Moody who is an expert in Italic, which commences on 19th September for 8 weeks.

Regards,

Penny

Exhibition Wrap Up

Well, another exhibition is over and to wrap things up here is a last look at some of the exhibits.

The intellectual property of all works is own by the artist and cannot be reproduced without strict permission. Please contact Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc for contact details.

Here are more pieces from the exhibition:

Here are some of the collaborative pieces:

And finally the students from Gloria's Italic class showed off what they had learnt:

Exhibition Opening

Dear All,

Glenis and I are just back from a week at Sturt Winter School with our Guest Calligrapher, Rhonda Ayliffe.
Meanwhile on Saturday June 30, we had the official opening of our latest exhibition - Scripts and Scribes for All Seasons. If you missed the official opening here are some of the photos taken. A big thank you to the organising committee of the exhibition for staging such a professional event.