Workshop Meeting Dates

For more information on any of the Workshops listed below – please contact the
Workshop Coordinator
The Committee has endorsed this exciting program of Meeting Workshops for this year:

Workshop Fees:
Members – $10 for the workshop held on each of the meeting dates
Non-members – $20 for each workshop – a non-member may elect to only attend the initial workshop, not the follow up workshop that is held on the next meeting date.

Completion of a Workshop Booking Form is not required for workshops held at the Guild’s monthly meetings.
REGISTRATION is only required for Special workshops. There are no notifications of Special Workshops at the time.

Preferred payment for the monthly workshop is on-line by EFT:
BSB 126572
Account Number: 22045523
Use Your Name in the reference area.
Cash is accepted on the day of the workshop.

Saturday 24th May: Engrossers Script and flourishes with Sandra Wedding

This Workshop will be held by Sandra Wedding.
We would like to congratulate Sandra who has been honoured to be one of the scholarship recipients awarded by The International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting (IAMPETH) who are holding their 76th Annual IAMPETH Conference in 2025 from 7th – 12th July in Norfolk, Virginia USA.

Engrosser’s Script (ES) is a style of American calligraphy developed during the late 19th century. It is a heavily shaded script that is NOT handwriting; it is the drawing of letters. Master penman Bill Lilly has said, ‘It is the equivalent of engraving on paper!’
Over the years the term Copperplate was given to English Roundhand script since the penned script was engraved as mentioned above. Today the term is ubiquitously but incorrectly applied to almost ALL forms of shaded script.
In the US, the availability of the flexible steel pen and oblique penholder allowed penmen to imitate the English Roundhand of the engraver’s burin and developed as a slow methodical style of drawing letters. Hence it was known as Engraver’s script. Since it was used to engross documents, it was also called Engrosser’s script.
The Zanerian Manual also calls Engrosser’s Script as Roundhand as a nod to its English origins. Using the term Copperplate to describe the work of Bickham and his contemporaries along with the style that evolved in the US is inaccurate and obscures the REAL differences between them.
ES letters consist of assembled strokes between which the pen is frequently lifted from the paper. English was typically written with fewer lifts of the quill. ES letters are connected to one another with precisely constructed hairlines and meticulous horizontal spacing.
References:
Dr. Joseph Vitolo (www.zanerian.com)
David Grimes (www.masgrimes.com
The Zanerian Manual

Below: The certificate awarded to Sandra and executed by herself