Presenter: Judy Detrick
Sponsored by the San Diego chapter of SfC
SECOND SERIES ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND.
Sessions will be recorded and available for one month, following the last session: Four Wednesdays. May 4, 11, 25, June 1, 1:30-3PM. (No class on May 18.)
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:Throughout the long reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England enjoyed a surge in art, science, literature, and new world explorations. Meanwhile, existing correspondence sent to and from the Queen revealed conspiracies, plots, proposals, assassinations, beheadings and other intrigues that characterized her reign. The letters signed by the queen were written mostly by secretaries who were entrusted with protecting the interests of the queen and keeping her secrets—hence the word secretary. The handsome and modestly flourished hand they wrote is quite readable and easily learned once several unfamiliar letterforms are explained. It is also accepting of the idiosyncrasies of one’s own handwriting. In this class we will explore the script, the form of the letter itself, and ways of folding the letters for dispatch. Finally, as a form of continuing practice, we will dispatch letters of our own.
BROAD-EDGED EXPERIENCE NEEDED
ABOUT JUDY: Judy Detrick is a calligrapher/designer living on the Mendocino coast of Northern California where she taught calligraphy and graphic design at College of the Redwoods on the Mendocino coast for more than 25 years. Her work can be found in several anthologies of calligraphy and graphic design, and she is represented in the Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering at the San Francisco Public Library. She is the author of Simply Calligraphy, A Beginner’s Guide to Elegant Lettering.
Cost: $120 for check or Paypal (see fine print below)
REGISTRATION: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. Pay by check or PayPal. Registration is not guaranteed until confirmed by the workshop coordinator. No refunds unless your place can be filled from a wait list.
Workshop is limited to 20 participants. Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. No reservation will be held until your dues are current. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. Sign-ups are accepted in advance on a first come, first served basis. No refunds unless your place can be filled from a wait list. If you must cancel, please allow sufficient time for your place to be filled. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, your check should arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop.
Please make your check payable to SfC, and send to Kristi Darwick, 2455 Oakleaf Canyon Rd, Walnut, CA 91789-3435. Please write the workshop name in the memo space. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf. Include your current name, address, phone number, and email with the check (s) in the envelope. Or contact Kristi to pay for membership via PayPal.
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. *** You must ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
Presenter: Michelle Morin
SPONSORED: Inland Empire/Pomona Valley Chapter
ABOUT THE PROGRAM: In this class, we will use both composition principles and intuition (improvisation) to make fun and beautiful modern flourished borders for your calligraphy or handwritten pieces. Michelle will use a pointed pen with metallic watercolors, but you may use any tool and any ink you prefer (see materials list for suggested alternative monoline or pressure-sensitive tools). These borders can coordinate with many calligraphic hands, including Copperplate-based and Spencerian-based pointed pen scripts. Michelle has used these borders around and in her calligraphy sketchbook pages and art pieces, on cards, and as custom stationary borders. Experience with preparing and using a pointed pen is recommended but not required if other tools are used.
In this class, we will learn:
ABOUT MIMO: Michelle Morin ("Mi Mo") enjoys learning and creating in many visual arts and calligraphic traditions, including mixed-media, watercolor, and hand bookbinding, as well as calligraphy and lettering using pointed pen, pointed brush/marker, pencil, and other tools. Mi Mo teaches a Copperplate-based Modern Calligraphy and runs regular calligraphy study groups and creative meetups online. She is also a collector of fountain pens, hoarder of art supplies, avid journal-keeper and journal-maker, Program Chair for Pacific Scribes, corporate lawyer, and mom. @michelle.l.mo and @calligra_mi.
SUPPLIES: Your favorite pointed pen holder (straight or oblique), at least two different pointed nibs, ink, preferably in a few colors, and paper of your choice that works well with your inks and nibs. These are the nibs, inks, and paper I like. You do not have to buy exactly what I use! Use what you have and what you love:
Demonstrator: Carrie Imai
Sponsored by – San Fernando Valley Region
Description - Paste paper designs have been used for centuries to decorate book covers and papers. A close relative of the finger-paintings of our youth, the basic paste paper technique involves dampening a sheet of paper, coating it with colored paste, and then drawing various implements through the paste to create deceptively sophisticated designs. It’s simple and fun!
Join us for a creative time making your own unique hand-painted paste papers. Paste and paint will be supplied along with some Tyvek.
Please bring: Your own combing tools Your own papers (i.e. Arches Text Wove or any water-tolerant papers)
Workshop Details:
Workshop Fee - FREE
Registration is for current Society for Calligraphy members only Sign-ups are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Limited number of participants.
For more information please contact Carrie Imai at: carrie@carriedesigns
Instructor: Annie Lawrence
Sponsor: Orange County Society for Calligraphy
I think the words MAJESTIC FORMAL ROMANS scares us calligraphers we think we are not ready for them until we learn and practice many other calligraphic hands. and BUT I believe studying these Roman forms (in a casual way) helps us with all calligraphic hands! The prerequisite for this class is a lot of patience and being able and willing to work slowly and play with our tools. No judgements, just loving these Big Guys and playing. Experience with the broad edge pen will be helpful.
Please download flyer for supplies and class details
Registration Details:
Workshop fee $40
SfC Members to register: email Barbara Steel bambigram1941@gmail.com and then mail your check for $40 (payable to OCSfC) to Barbara Steel, 17202 Sandra Lee Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Your confirmation will be emailed to you along with class exemplars and Zoom information.
Non SfC Members to register: Follow instructions above but include a separate check for $42, (payable to SfC), this will give you a years subscription to all of the publications of the SfC and enable you to take all of the Zoom and In person workshops for just the workshop fee. Many fun Zoom workshops have been free for members. Send check along with a membership form. Click to Download Membership Application
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. You must ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
Presenter: Veronica Phillips
Sponsored by
About the workshop: Join us for a journey to explore the exciting variations of Versal letters…
We'll start with basic warmup exercises and study the versals using pencil and broad edge pen. Alternative letter forms will be shared and we'll end with creating a couple of greeting card designs you can personalize with your own hand.
Workshop will be recorded and available to registered participants for one month.
Free
SUPPLY LIST
Funky Romans
Supplies for greeting card project
Questions? Kristi at societyforcalligraphyevents@gmail.com. NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted without prior consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. ** You must ask permission of the artist/ instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
GUEST SPEAKER
POTLUCK LUNCH (BRING A DISH TO FEED 6)
SHORT BUSINESS MEETING
* RSVP IS REQUIRED *
Please RSVP by June 7 at this Google doc location: https://forms.gle/WyWcqz3QzrLhmnwm8
Download Flyer
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Vanessa Wilkie, William A. Moffett Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History at the Huntington Library and Gardens
"Emblems, Icons, and the Elites who Loved Them: Decorated Manuscripts in Early Modern England"
In 16th and 17th century England, writers, poets, and artists from various social stations and homelands moved to London to court the patronage of the aristocracy. They intended to woo their elite clientele by filling the pages of books and manuscripts with vivid heraldic devices, emblematic icons, mottos and verse, thus creating constellations of visually striking iconography. This talk explores these codicological monuments of honor that complicate our modern conventions of genre.
Dr. Vanessa Wilkie curates the renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British History at the Huntington Library and Gardens. She has published on female editorial practices, patronage, and death rituals. Her forthcoming book A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England (Atria/Simon & Schuster) will be available April 2023.
Location:
Culver City Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
(Corner of Overland Ave and Culver Blvd)
Free parking located along Culver Blvd
For questions, contact Chava Gerber at programs@societyforcalligraphy.org
SPONSOR: South Los Angeles Chapter (Solar Nibs)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Travel back several decades and enjoy these unique and whimsical alphabets that became popular in the 1970s. These hands greatly influenced many calligraphers at the time, but they are just as relevant today as they were then.
In this 4-hour workshop, the focus will be to move the pen angle to create interesting letter strokes. Two alphabet variations will be introduced. Through study and practice of these unique shapes, students may be inspired to take their own lettering to a new level.
ABOUT SUE GREENSETH:
Sue Greenseth is a calligrapher and lettering artist in Portland, Oregon. In the 1970s, she moved from Central Illinois to Corvallis, Oregon, and found herself in the middle of a calligraphic renaissance. She has a broad range of creative pursuits. Early in her career, she taught calligraphy and freelanced as a commercial lettering artist for world-renowned clients. In the 1990s, when e-commerce was in its infancy, she became a designer for her own online jewelry company. These days, Sue continues to teach calligraphy as well as practice as a full-time artist. She loves breathing life into letterforms and animating words with a pen.
Website: suegreenseth.com
SUPPLY LIST:
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Workshop fee $42 by PayPal - or - $40 by check. Please be sure to click on the "REGISTER" button at the top left first before making payment.
To pay by check, email Linda Renner at LArenner@yahoo.com. Send a check for $40 payable to "Solar Nibs" to: Linda Renner, 3223 East First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803. Be sure to indicate the class name in the memo section of your check. Non-members, include your membership form and a separate check for $42 payable to "SfC." Form can be found here:
https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Membership.pdf.
If you have any questions, please email Linda at LArenner@yahoo.com.
Workshop is limited to 30 participants. Registration is for Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. No reservation will be held until your dues are current. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. Sign-ups are accepted in advance on a first come, first served basis. No refunds unless your place can be filled from a wait list. If you must cancel, please allow sufficient time for your place to be filled. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, your registration should be complete, or your check should arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop.
NO audio or video recording of any program, meeting, workshop or other SfC function permitted without prior consent of both guest artist and a representative of the Board of Governors. You must ask permission of the artist/ instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
Presenter: Andrea Wunderlich
Saturday-Sunday, July 30 and 31, 2022 9:00AM-12:00PM (PT)
Sponsor: IE/PV
About this workshop: In our Who's Afraid of Rudolf Koch? workshop, we explored Rudolf's world of expressive gothic letterforms. Now it's time to have a closer look at his unique use of color and ornament. He had his own style in decorating by creating powerful ornaments and initials. Let's find out what it's all about & how we can use them for our own contemporary gothic projects. If you've already been a student in Who's Afraid of Rudolf Koch?, you're a Rudolf Koch addict anyway, or maybe you have some experience with gothic lettering? Perfect! This class will add some extras to your gothic lettering. Level: intermediate, must have some knowledge in Gothic/Blackletter
Workshop will be recorded
About Andrea: Andrea Wunderlich is a freelance calligrapher & book artist from Germany. She´s working on commissions on a wide field of sign-painting, lettering, logo-design and murals.
In her free artwork she loves to follow the historic paths of alphabets and enjoys expressive transformation into the contemporary.
Her art is shown both nationally and worldwide and is part of private and public collections like the Berlin calligraphy collection, the Center of Book Arts, San Francisco and the Int. Museum for Contemporary Calligraphy in Moscow.
She is a member of German societies ars scribendi and Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach (board member), CLAS fellow (Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society), full member of LX (Letter Exchange) in London, and member of Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco.
www.andreawunderlich.com / instagram: wunderliche_welt
Questions? Alessandra at iepv.sfcworkshops@gmail.com
Cost: $75 for check or Paypal (see fine print below)
REGISTRATION: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. Pay by check or PayPal. No refunds.
Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. Your membership must be current at time of sign-up as well as when class is held. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, your payment should arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop. Supply list will be provided within the week following receipt of your registration.
Please make check payable to IE/PV SfC and mail to Alessandra Kawakubo, 22891 Hilton Head Drive, # 197, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4413. Write the workshop name in the memo space. Include your current name, address, phone number, and email with the check (s) in the envelope. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf.
*** You must ask permission of the artist/instructor to photograph any copyrighted materials, including demos.
Presenter: Debby Reelitz
Sponsored by our San Diego Chapter
1-4PM PST
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Seeing your calligraphy in a circle is an exciting design component. During this three-hour workshop, we will practice lettering on a curve and how to calculate, draw and letter a full circle of text. I'd recommend focusing on just one lettering style and applying the techniques to that one lettering style. Digital handouts will be provided prior to class. Workshop will be recorded.
ABOUT DEBBY: Debby Reelitz is a professional calligrapher in North Granby, Connecticut. Introduced to calligraphy by her 5th grade teacher, she dabbled for years until opening her own calligraphy studio in Chicago. For more than 24 years, she has been a professional lettering artist, creating awards, gifts, commissions, chalkboards, writing on walls, teaching and much more. She has been teaching calligraphy and related skills for more than 15 years. Information can be found at her website: http://letteringdesign.com
SUPPLIES:
*calligraphy nib or brush for the lettering style/size you have chosen (those using a broad edge lettering style, have several sizes of nibs)
*guidelines (straight) for the lettering style and size you have chosen
*writing medium: ink, gouache or watercolor
*compass
*calculator
*paper for lettering (paper with 25% cotton is recommended, ie: a resume paper)
*pencil & sharpener
*scissors *tape
*2 quotes 9-15 words long (hopefully that will be about 12-18” of text in length)
MEMBERS ONLY
Cost: $35 for check or Paypal (see fine print below)
REGISTRATION VIA PayPal or check: You must be a member both when you register and when the class is held. No refunds.
Enrollment is limited to current paid Society for Calligraphy members only. No reservation will be held until your dues are current. If your membership lapses, you become ineligible and your space will be filled from the waiting list. Sign-ups are accepted in advance on a first come, first served basis. For prompt receipt of supply list and confirmation, it is recommended that your check arrive no later than two weeks before the workshop. Please make your check payable to SfC, and send to Kristi Darwick, 2455 Oakleaf Canyon Rd, Walnut, CA 91789-3435. Please let Kristi know before you mail. Please write the workshop name in the memo space. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf. Include your current name, address, phone number, and email with the check (s) in the envelope. Or contact Kristi to pay for membership via PayPal.
Save the date. Details coming soon.
Presenter: Amy Spencer
Sponsor: Inland Empire/Pomona Valley chapter
Saturday, September 24, Time: 9:45 AM - 2:00 PM, with approx. 30 minutes for lunch.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Romanesque Stitch books are beautiful and unusual exposed-spine books. The workshop instruction is based on Shereen LaPlantz’s description of the binding in Bound and Lettered magazine. Romanesque Stitch books open flat, which makes them perfect for sketchbooks, cookbooks, guest books, and journals. In this workshop, we will make a book, approximately 5 ½” x 6 ½”, with boards covered in decorative paper and containing a text block of 158 pages of text weight paper.
Students may purchase an optional kit for $30 which includes paper, board and thread. This price covers USPS domestic shipping. Registrants will all receive a detailed supply list of tools and materials (glue for example) students will need to gather and will also give dimensions for the materials in the kits for those who don’t purchase them. Some preparation before class will be required and described fully (cover the board with decorative paper and fold the signatures).
The focus of the instruction will be the Romanesque Stitch; basic bookbinding information will not be given much attention. For this reason, the workshop may be more approachable for those with some bookbinding experience. However, beginners are more than welcome!
WORKSHOP WILL BE RECORDED AND AVAILABLE FOR ONE MONTH.
Cost $35.
OPTIONAL KITS for purchase at $30 (domestic shipping only). To help ensure timely delivery, the cutoff date to order is August 31, 2022.
Please make check payable to IE/PV SfC and mail to Alessandra Kawakubo, 22891 Hilton Head Drive, # 197, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4413. Write the workshop name in the memo space. Include your current name, address, phone number, and email with the check(s) in the envelope. Non-members, include a separate check for $42, made out to Society for Calligraphy, along with your membership form: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/resources/Site/Membership/Membership.pdf.
Presenter: Mark Van Stone, Ph.D.
About the workshop: My teachers were the Medieval artists who made the manuscripts that enthrall us today. Having deciphered their techniques by scrutiny and experiment, I employed their ingenious improvisatory decorations in my calligraphy work for decades. These are the easiest and most improvisational Versal techniques, which is why they are so abundant in Medieval manuscripts. Like any improvisatory style, they have basic rules, but once these simple rules and methods are mastered, then the designs can grow organically. I have deciphered and used the techniques of Medieval Artists ingenious decorations in my calligraphy work for decades. These are the easiest and most improvisational Versal techniques, which is why they are so abundant in Medieval manuscripts. Students learn the simple rules and methods.
Save the dates! Registration Info to follow
Presenter: Sue Greenseth
Save the dates! Details to follow
