The Calligraphers’ Guild holds workshops on a regular basis using local, interstate or overseas tutors. Subjects are calligraphic or related to calligraphy and many are suitable for beginners and more advanced calligraphers alike.
Despite the weather the house was full for Martin’s Fancy Letters and Pens workshop at the August 2024 meeting.
We started by making our own quill pens using wheat straw. These pens produced some interesting marks on the paper.
With automatic pens of varying sizes, we wrote some letters and words freehand, dusting the wet strokes with salt, producing salt stars.
Martin provided toothpick pens for the next activity, ruling up a 4×4 grid of 50mm squares then filling each square with a different group of lines.
More multiline letters written in a plain Textura Gothic using a wooden fork.
Writing Uncial letters using a double pencil and overlapping the letters and filling in alternating spaces created unique patterns.
Above: Jeanette Fuller – Practice page, using diluted Sumi ink and table salt to create patterns and texture.
Gold Gold Gold and Klimt workshop with Gaye Godfrey-Nicholls
Below – selection of members that work was inspired by Gaye’s workshop.
Below: Christmas Party Fun at the 2023 meeting with bag making, card exchange and loads of cheer
“Deep Practice Sound Learning” – A Zoom Workshop held by Gemma Black
Thanks to Martin and Susie for organising all the technical requirements which went off without a hitch. Another great workshop presentation by Gemma with much thought provoking work for us to continue on with.
Gaye Godfrey-Nicholls “Sacred Geometery” October 2020
Sue Hopkins “Pencil and graphite” workshop August 2020
Past Workshops include: Yves Leterme April 2019 with his workshop “From Formal to Gestural”
Lorendana Zega from Slovenia in September 2018
Gemma Black 2016 “Purely Pencils 2”