Cover Artist:
Glass
Etching by Shawn
Behrens
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Kaye’s Korner Dear Friends, Our new year got a wonderful start with our January meeting. We had a large crowd and the sharing of the handmade cards was enlightening and inspiring.
Maggie gave us some good tips on using gold gouache and a ruling pen to add some pizzaz to our work. B.J. Grant had a hands-on program and many ideas for us to make for cards and favors for
our friends and the Battered Women’s Shelter. We can make additional ones at home this month and bring them to the February meeting for Valentine surprises for the women and the children.
Also, we enjoy bringing the small boxes of assorted cards for the children to take to school for their exchanges. Personal grooming items are
always welcomed at the shelter. Don’t forget to make a card to exchange with another guild member. In consideration of the new year and new beginnings, I think about the creative way we calligraphers view signs and ads
and any grouping of words and I think author Rory Noland explained it very well in the following paragraph: “Artists look at things differently than non artists do. So I challenge you this year to see how many different media with which you can experiment. Also why not work on an original alphabet?
Go wild with color for a good stretch instead of sticking with black ink and white paper. (I need to do this.) Even if it is ugly you learned a lot. Some
weeks all I learn is what doesn’t work …and that is so helpful. Leslie and I will get together in Austin this month for sharing of ideas and discussing teachers for our major workshops with other representatives from the Guilds in Texas and Oklahoma. This annual gathering
is known as the SWCC (Southwest Calligraphy Conference). We will report to you what we learn at the February meeting. The teachers and the courses at the 25th International Lettering Conference - which will be held this year the last week of July in Dallas and is known as Legacies - have been posted online. You can access this at http://www.legacies2005.com. Just reading the classes offered and seeing the examples is thrilling. Shirley Ginn, our liaison to the conference,
is keeping in close touch with the chairman, Angie Vangalis. The entire conference will be held at the air-conditioned Hyatt Regency Hotel at the airport. It
will never be this close to San Antonio again and it is not to be missed if you can possibly swing it. Have a great month! |
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bulletin board Our new year is off to a wonderful start, with thanks to our January hospitality hosts: Jane Fair, Sandy Nasello, Cher Solis, Karen Veni, & Cheri Wolf. As always, we are grateful to co-chairs Loni Carlson and Jeff Pyle for a job well done. The Calligraphy Faire which was held in November did break even, despite rather low attendance. We are looking into other venues for future activities, since it is apparent that we need to take
our show to where the people are, rather than continue to hope that they will find us. If you have any ideas for exhibit or Faire venues, please contact our President, Kaye Yarbrough. Keep in mind that we must always be conscious of the need for adequate security whenever the venue is open or closed. The January Card-A-Thon with BJ Grant was terrific fun. We made several different kinds of cards with BJ and her guest Jo.
Maggie Gillikin gave a little ruling pen demo that helped us embellish our cards. Many cards have already been donated to the box for the Women’s Shelter, but there’s plenty of room for more. Please remember that the women and children in the shelter leave home And let’s remember our own guild’s Valentine Card Exchange. You may bring a card or bookmark to exchange with another member. If you are a new member, do not be intimidated!
This is just for fun and we all love to give as well as receive. So use this opportunity to do something creative and to share it with everyone. Congratulations to our Door Prize winners in January. These include Carol Keith, BJ Grant, Jo Drake, Loni Carlson, Mavis Caudill-Lummen, Cher Solis, Bonnie Davis, & Sylvia Stanley. And thank you so much to Nancy Meier for her door prize donations. If you have any donations, please contact Sally Theus, who reminds us that these are to be related to calligraphic arts and supplies. Thank you to Jo Drake, our official photographer, for all of the lovely pictures on this page. 2005 Graceful Envelope Contest The call for entries for the 2004 Graceful Envelope Contest has been posted at http://calligraphersguild.org/envelope.html. Again this year, the contest is being sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and administered by the Washington Calligraphers Guild. This year's theme is the weather, inspired by the unofficial motto of the Postal Service: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." The deadline is April 18. ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
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February Activities Early Bird and Program A Night With Our Library Thursday, February 6, 2005 - 7-9 pm Our Guild is fortunate to own a library full of intriguing volumes, many of which are now out of print. The long awaited library inventory is complete.
The books are categorized and now happily rest in their ten rolling boxes. During Early Bird time, we will all have an opportunity to peruse the library at our leisure. During the Program, we will discuss the wealth of materials at our
disposal, including the books, videos, CD’s, and the Gocco printer. Everyone will receive a new inventory list. Those who are not present will receive
theirs in the mail with the next newsletter. If you are one of the ten volunteers who offered to be responsible for one box, please be sure to attend so that you can take your box with you at the end of the meeting. Mini Workshop Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7-9 pm Glass Etching with Shawn Behrens We will be learning the most basic form of glass etching - using etching cream - as well as briefly covering and viewing examples of other methods of etching and their
application. I will be providing a piece of regular glass (approx.5”x7”) already masked, as well as the etching cream. There is a $2.00 supply fee for those materials. Supply List: · Any kind of craft knife, X-acto™ or scalpel for cutting your design out of the masking · Pens, markers, stamps - anything you want to transfer the lettering or image onto the masking tape. Or you can letter directly on the tape. · Portable light box (for those of you who have them - not necessary to buy one) if you want to use lines or trace a design with it. I will bring mine for anyone wanting to
use it. · A word or design - keep it simple, and blocky letters like Neuland are easiest to cut out. I will bring several alphabets for reference. |
