Cards with Pockets and Alphabet Play - IN-PERSON

PRESENTERS: Wendy Telford and Kristi Darwick

Sponsored by: 

Saturday November 14, 2026, 10AM to 3:30 PM. IN-PERSON

Location: San Diego Education Association

FEES: no charge for the program. Optional materials fee.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:  Wendy will teach cards with pockets--these are so handy to have on hand. 

   Kristi will walk us through a fun, narrow version of Romans, inspired by the lettering of Brian Kurzius.
    Participants will have the option to attend both sessions or only the morning or afternoon session. 

SKILL LEVEL: All levels.

SUPPLY LIST: 

• Paper 8 1/2" x 11": for your convenience, two sheets of paper (autumn or Christmas-themed) and two envelopes will be available for a $4 materials fee . If you prefer to bring your own, the best paper for this project will be non-directional. 
  
• Scissors 
  
• Some type of liquid crafting glue, tape runner, or double-sided tape
• Pencil/eraser/ruler
  
• Bone folder
  
• A stylus to score your paper
  

1. Our cards will have pockets. Feel free to bring tags, small photos, ephemera that you might want to put in a pocket. 
2. If you have rubber stamps featuring holiday images or greetings, feel free to bring.  We will bring some to share. (If you bring stamps please bring a dye-based stamp pad). (Wendy will provide paper and tags for stamping.)

ALPHABET

With permission, Kristi adapted this alphabet from the work of Brian Kurzius, which she has long-admired. She continues to experiment with various tools and techniques and we'll play with what we have in this session. Brian uses an EZ-A pen, which is no longer available. Bring that if you have it. Kristi particularly like built-up letters and has the best success with fine-point markers, such as Micron .01. She'll also show a technique from Brian where he outlines the letter forms in black and fills the strokes with a line of bleed-proof white. Bring whatever tools you'd like to use to experiment. Some ideas--none of these is required:

• Layout or gridded paper
• Better paper--#300 or #400 sketch or drawing pads 9"x12" by Strathmore will work.
• Optional - dark paper (be sure to bring bleed-proof white or other favorite that will show on this)
• Pencils, eraser, ruler - mechanical or any graphite pencil, even colored pencils.
• Pens: Smaller broad-edged pens, pointed pen (straight holder), ruling pen, folded pen. Fine markers .01 up to .08.
• Your writing fluid of choice: gouache, walnut ink, sumi, etc.

For confirmation and prompt receipt of supply list, we recommend that you register no later than one week before the program. You do not have a spot in the session until you receive a confirmation email. Membership in SfC is not required.

Questions? E-mail Kristi Darwick at sdworkshops@societyforcalligraphy.org

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.