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Employees of Biblioteca Angelica Demonstrate a Book that Opens Six Different Ways

Dear Members and Followers,

This 17th-century dos-a-dos structure opens in six directions. The video gives an idea of the beauty and refined technique with which this artifact was created. It is a true masterpiece of printing and bookbinding crafts.

https://www.ibookbinding.com/history/employees-of-biblioteca-angelica-demonstrate-a-book-that-opens-six-different-ways/

Calliarts - Double Pencils

Dear Members and Followers,

Your not seeing double, we are actually learning how to write with double pencils!

For our first Calliart of 2019 we will put our pencils to work to examine some of the many applications of double pencils. They can be used for text, headings, decorated letters, cut-out letters and adapted to several letter forms.

Saturday 9 February 2019
1pm to 4pm
Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania
Cost $10.00
Tutor - Gloria Scott

Materials List:
You will need your usual calligraphy gear, plus two 2B pencils, a sharpener, clean rubber, coloured pencils, textas and/or gouache paints or coloured pens. Plus craft blade, cutting mat if they have one, small scissors, UHU glue stick or tube, and some off-cuts of gift wrap paper or similar.

Happy New Year and Pens Up

Dear Members and Followers,

Firstly Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you had a safe Christmas and holiday period and are ready to start your calligraphy adventures for 2019!

We have a packed year with local and visiting tutors so stay in touch for Calliarts and Workshop updates!

Merry Christmas from Us

Dear Members and Followers,

How ever you celebrate, have a peaceful Christmas and a calligraphic New Year!

A Look at the Typeface that Helps Students Study

Dear Members and Followers,

Okay so its not calligraphy but these days typeface or fonts are huge. So this makes interesting reading.

Regards,

Cathy

https://www.campusreview.com.au/2018/10/a-look-at-the-typeface-that-helps-students-study/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CR+BN+Email+-+05+Oct+2018+%2AFree+Speech&utm_content=campusreview.com.au%2F2018%2F10%2Fa-look-at-the-typeface-that-helps-students-study%2F&utm_source=apneducationalmedia.writemsg.com

Quills and Calligraphy Masterclass

Dear Members and Followers,

If you are lucky enough to be in London in January try to book in to this course offered by the British Library.

Learn the art of quill making and calligraphy

Course date: Saturday 26 January

Time: 10.00 – 17.00

This one-day course is a chance for beginners and those with some experience to learn how to write Uncials as in the St Cuthbert Gospel displayed in our Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. All tools and materials will be provided and ink and broad-edged nibs will be used to create the letter-forms. The course covers the basic principles of calligraphy, and exemplars and worksheets are provided for you to work on during the day and then take home as an aide-memoire or for further study. In the afternoon, learn how to cut your own quill and write with it, how to prepare vellum (calfskin) for writing, and use your quill to write a name on vellum in Uncials.

https://www.bl.uk/events/quills-and-calligraphy-masterclass

Medieval Hipsters

Dear Members and Followers,

This month many people are celebrating Movember, yet few imagine that one of the most detailed works on beards comes from the medieval period. The Church Fathers had thought about facial hair in moral and theological terms, while medieval theologians and clergymen debated whether communities of priests, monks and other clerics could grow beards at all. By the 12th century, canon law forbade Western clerics to grow beards, as beardlessness came to be associated with the purity and humility of angels. Laymen could grow beards if they wished, but that would mark them out even further from the clergy.
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/11/in-defence-of-medieval-beards.html

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