Cover Artist Leslie Winakur
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SHIRLEY'S SCRIBBLES We had the unveiling of our Secret Pals at our Secret Pal Art Expo, and the only word I can think of to describe it is WOW! There were awesome treasures sent this year - beautiful handmade books, art dolls, broadsides, cards, polymer clay objects, etc. There is so much talent in this Guild and it certainly blossomed once again this year. A big thank you to all who participated. And a big thank you to our Secret Pal Committee for a job well done. Our 2003 calendar is available now for sale - it is beautiful! This is a wonderful gift to give to those that you just want to give a little something for the Holidays! (That just happens to be right around the corner.) Think about the school teacher, the soccer coach, the piano teacher or Aunt Bessie and Uncle Sam when you make your list. Our calendar is a gift that will bring pleasure for at least 12 months. I encourage each of you to support your Guild by purchasing calendars. While I am thinking about calendars, maybe you are unaware that our calendar is one of our fund raisers each year. The money generated by our calendar contributes to our operating fund. With the cost of printing, postage, paper and everything just going up and up, we need to supplement the operating funds. By doing this, our dues can remain the same. If we do not support our fund raisers, we might have to raise our dues in the future. Trust me, this is the last thing that I want to recommend any time soon. So, please support your fund raisers - both the calendar and the House of Cards. On the 19th of September, we have Angie Murray teaching us how to make Art Dolls. Art Dolls have been the biggest rage in all the magazines lately. Angie will be sharing her secrets with us that evening. Please plan to be there. We have a first Saturday Special coming on September 21st. Bill Waddington will be teaching us Gothic in a Circle. Remember our Reggie T-shirt? Bill designed it and he will be sharing with us how to design our letterforms into a shape. This should be a great day of fun. Hope to see you there! Our October early bird and program will be Ian Harkness; a jolly chap from England by way of Dallas. Ian will be bringing leather and paper for us to look at and to purchase. Many of you are familiar with him but for those of you that aren’t, what a wonderful treat is in store for you. I am sure that you will enjoy Ian. As for me, I am coming with my checkbook in hand. I just love his leather and handmade papers. As you can see, we are back in the swing of things. There is something for everybody. Please do not think that you have to do everything. You don’t! If you do, please share your secret with the rest of us so we can get the same vitamins!!! One of our out-of-town members commented that she got exhausted by just hearing what we have planned for this month and for this year. Have a great September and I will see you at the next event. Hugs, Shirley |
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Our 2003 Calendars are now available for sale. They are a lovely exhibit of the work of some of our members. The 8½” x 7” horizontal format is a comfortable size. Please be sure to purchase yours as soon as possible. We only printed 300 and we’ve already sold over 140. Jane Fair, editor and graphic designer, and Janice Anabtawi, sales manager, did an outstanding job on this publication. Jo Pacelli provided the cover art. Now it’s our job to make this project a financial success. At only $7 each, these are great holiday gifts.. CALLIGRAPHY CONNECTION 2002 CONFERENCE The annual international calligraphy conference was in Minnesota this summer, June 22-29, on the St. John’s College campus. Several of our members went this year, including Maggie Gillikin, Shirley Ginn, Fritzi Harry, Bonnie Houser, BJ Nichol, Dolores Schultz, Francene Smith, Angie Vangalis, and Gayle Venticinque. Frank and April Rippel also were there and made a web site: |
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Papers, leathers, tools, etc. Ian harkness Early Bird and Program ~ October 3 Ian Harkness is a very friendly and interesting Englishman who comes to us from the Dallas area. He is an importer of art papers and leathers from Asia, England and continental Europe. He travels extensively throughout the United States, making his imported goods easily available to those of us who travel far less than he does. Ian has an extensive stock of reasonably priced papers, including Japanese washi papers, British printed papers, lovely hand marbled papers from France and Italy, and some very beautiful stationary. He also has a large stock of leather suitable for bookbinding. And he carries some calligraphy tools as well. Ian will discuss these products, and will provide us with some insight into the qualities of various papers and how the leathers are prepared for our use. This will help us learn which product is best suited for which project. Ian’s stock will be available for display and sale during the Early Bird and after the Program. Calligraphic inspirations Marsha brady lecture Friday, October 4, 7-9 PM At the home of Leslie Winakur, 707 Summer Dawn, 545-9492 Marsha Brady, of Los Angeles and Colorado, is one of our long time favorites in San Antonio. She is a wonderful teacher and calligrapher, and we are so happy to have her coming to San Antonio three months in a row for our workshop on the manuscript book with cut paper collage illustration. We often wonder where the masters get their inspiration. In the course of this lecture and slide show, Marsha will share her sources with us. We will learn about the people, images, and experiences that have influenced her calligraphic journey. Don’t miss this chance to gain insight and inspiration from one of the premier calligraphers of our time. Mini workshop Gothic Cursive ~ Leslie Winakur ~ October 17 Okay, let’s start with the obvious question: What is gothic cursive? We will be learning a lovely hand which Arthur Baker describes as English Documentary Gothic Cursive of the 13th century. I’ve done my homework, and learned that this is a hand which had a relatively short life and existed primarily between the Carolingian and Gothic periods in the history of calligraphy, i.e., approximately between 800 and 1200. An example of this hand is on our cover this month, and shows the basic Carolingian forms of many letters, with very long ascenders and descenders, plus some Gothic features in many letters, along with some very graceful and decorative flourishes. Please bring a Mitchell number 2 nib (or equivalent) and ink or gouache, and I will supply lined paper. design your own alphabet & capture it in a manuscript book Saturday special November 2, 2002 ~ 9AM to 4PM ~ Tomlin Room at Christ Episcopal Church Sharon zeugin & Maggie Gillikin We count ourselves very lucky to have teachers and colleagues as talented as Sharon and Maggie in our Guild. Both are as creative as they are patient instructors, and we’re proud to offer this class with them. Sharon will take us through a series of exercises in which we develop our own script into a more calligraphic alphabet. And Maggie will help us put our lettering in a manuscript book with acrylic painted Tyvek covers and a Japanese binding. Supply list: drawing paper (like Strathmore), HB pencil, the usual calligraphy supplies like pen, nibs, ink/gouache, rags, water jar, water, loading brush, and a fine tip marker like a micron pen, size .01. Grid paper will be useful. Do not buy anything unique. We will use what you have. One full sheet of Arches text wove. Any special acrylic color you want . Any special acrylic brush you love. Otherwise Maggie will provide brushes, paints, and all bookmaking tools. The usual Saturday Special guidelines apply. Contact Keith Cheshire, 930-0099, to sign up and to pay your fee. Class fee is $20. HOUSE OF CARDS FUNDRAISER The House of Cards Fundraiser is nearly complete. You may remember that this is our handmade box with hinged lid, covered in book cloth, with a Friendly Plastic house closure on a leather strap. It is filled with the 26 Letters from our poster project, individually cut into cards. It is the brain child of Karen Veni, and we love it. We’ve had 26 different members contributing to this major effort (not to mention the original 28 artists who made the letters, logo, and ampersand), and it’s so exciting to see this level of participation in any project. We have sold nearly half of this limited edition of 100 so far, so be sure to contact Jill Adams if you would like to purchase this lovely little treasure. Thank you so much to all who have helped to make this project such a pleasant undertaking. GETTING TO KNOW YOU Starting this fall, we would like to profile individual members so that we can all get to know one another better. We will ask Sandra Reyna to pick an extra number from the sign-in sheet when she picks door prize winners, and that person will be our biography of the month. |
October Birthdays
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bulletin board THANK YOU to Loni Carlson, Laura Heye, Sally Hoffman, Bill Waddington, BJ Nichol, and Rose Marie Siebenhausen for the delicious refreshments at the September meeting. Juliet Bickley and Angie Chaos-Peters, our new Hospitality Chairs, would like to remind everyone that the committee will provide drinks, ice, and paper products. When it is your turn to contribute, please bring finger foods that require no utensils. Please note that Hospitality has sort of resurrected the Kitty in the form of a Piggy. So, from time to time, especially if it isn’t convenient for you to sign up to donate food, try to remember to FEED THE PIGGY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At this writing, Eleanor Russell and BJ Nichol have both been quite ill. We wish you both a complete and speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONGRATULATIONS to our DOOR PRIZE WINNERS in September. Jo Drake won a Carol Pallesen card, Hanni Jane Thomas won a brush tote, Thea Moore won a frame from the Guild, Kaye Yarbrough won a Carol Pallesen card, Mary Bumstead won a calligraphy card, and Gayle Vinticinque won a frame from the Guild. We apologize for not crediting some donors, but we don’t know who you are! The Door Prize Committee is grateful for all contributions, and is always in need of more. Please be sure to give your name to Sandra Reyna when you donate. Thank you so much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone should now have a copy of the LIBRARY INVENTORY. What a thrill to get to browse on paper and then go seek out the actual books. The rolling storage unit is still a work in progress, and we’re looking forward to having it soon, thanks to Maggie and Bruce Gillikin. We have two new works in the Library: How to Paint Greeting Cards, which is edited by Elizabeth Jaon Black, a former member of our Guild. This book is reviewed on page 7 of this newsletter. We also now have a copy of A Degree of Mastery, by Annie Wilcox, a lovely little volume about bookbinding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The proposed BUDGET, which was printed in the September newsletter, was accepted unanimously. We apologize for the computer glitch that made it appear that the Southwest Calligraphy Conference would cost $1800! The conference budget is $800 and the Guild’s general operations budget is $1000. Maggie has reminded us all to fill out the proper request form if we need to be reimbursed for personal layout of funds for Guild expenses. Contact Maggie if you have any questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE will now operate year round, and everyone will always be notified, either by e-mail or telephone. If your e-mail address is listed in the directory, we assume you check e-mail often enough to receive important messages. Please remember that only the President or Vice President can activate the Notification Committee. So, call the President, and do not call the Notification Committee yourself. Thank you to Thea Moore, Nancy McHugh, and Pam Braha for our most recent messages. Nancy and Pam are our new Committee Chairs and they do still need some telephone volunteers. Please contact Nancy if you would like to assist. You would only have to call about 4 people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The EDUCATION COMMITTEE, chaired by JOAN SCHMITZ, had two requests for teachers this past month. Thank you to Maggie Gillikin for going to the San Pedro Public Library. Central Market wants a volunteer to teach/demonstrate calligraphy, and someone in Uvalde needs calligraphy instruction. Our Education Committee is important to us for our own education, but it is also our primary means of fulfilling our mission to expand the community’s appreciation for and knowledge of calligraphic art. Joan is one person, and a committee needs more than one member. If it is ever possible for you to assist with community outreach efforts, please contact Joan and add your name to her list of those who are willing to “spread the word”. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are pleased to be the hosts of the SOUTHWEST CALLIGRAPHY CONFERENCE, which takes place on January 24-25, 2003. This is a meeting of the presidents and workshop chairs of ten guilds: Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Houston, El Paso, and San Antonio. Our own Houston member, Dolores Schultz, was the genius behind this idea for us to gather annually and share information and experiences, in hopes of avoiding having to reinvent the wheel every time we plan an activity. The idea was so successful that the meeting has continued yearly since 1982. Maggie Gillikin is heading the SWCC Steering Committee. If you did not have a chance to sign up to assist at the September meeting, please be sure to contact Maggie. She will be calling an organizational meeting in the near future. We will need volunteers for everything from airport pick-up to goody bag donations. We’d really like to show our colleagues a good time in sunny San Antonio (even if it rains). Please sign up to help showcase not only our calligraphic talents, but also our super warm and welcoming hospitality. |
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PAINTED GREETING CARDS Elizabeth Joan Black Northlight Books, July 2002, $17.95 This colorful book familiarizes beginners with the basic materials, tools and techniques they need to paint their own cards. The creative book includes advice for working with the best materials and helpful hints for painting a successful card every time. There are guidelines for using rainbow stamp pads, watercolor, and watercolor markers. A gallery of ideas and samples follows each project. There are chapters on mini scapes, stunning stencils, poor man’s airbrush, the charm of the chisel brush and creative paper casting. There are examples of several artists’ work in the book including that of former SACG member Donna Livingston and our Canadian friend and instructor Betty Locke. Author Elizabeth Joan Black is a graduate of the University of Toronto. For the first part of her life music was her greatest joy but she damaged her hearing and developed hyperacusis, acute sound sensitivity. She turned to calligraphy, the quietest creative process she could find. She now teaches calligraphy and card making and has been involved in the craft scene for many years. She has written for the Bow Valley Calligraphy Quarterly and has exhibited at the San Antonio Calligraphers Guild show in Texas. The book was a gift to our guild by the publisher and is available for check-out in our library.
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Membership News New directories were picked up at the September meeting and those of you who joined us got to wear the beautiful new name tags. This was definitely a team effort. Pam Thomas, our Membership committee Chairperson, would like to thank Nena Richardson for getting the 2002 directory camera ready, Shirley Ginn for helping to proof read it, and Gigi Starnes for getting it printed. A wonderful group of women gathered on August 10 and sewed it together. Thanks to Beverly Carter, Angie Chaos-Peters, Maggie Gillikin, Bonnie Houser, Sylvia Stanley, Gigi Starnes, and Gayle Venticinque. We talked, laughed, snacked, and got new member packets collated, the new name tags punched and cords tied on, and 150 directories bound. Thanks again to Maggie for the use of her house and to each and every one who came to work and play. Pam also wants to thank Kaye Yarbrough who agreed to letter all the name tags in her gorgeous Neuland hand. Twenty four hours later they were all done! Also, thanks to Gig Starnes who took the name tags and laminated them all. The great thing is they have both agreed to continue with new name tags as we have new members join this year. Thank you so much for saying yes! And thank you to the Austin Capitol Scribes whose name tags inspired us to undertake this task. Members who did not pick up their directories at the meeting will receive them in the mail. Hopefully we’ll see you at the next meeting. Pam says the way these tasks were all accomplished as a team effort portends a great year for SACG. Sally Gooze News From Okinawa: Sally is adjusting well and meeting new people. She survived the typhoon that hit China and Taiwan. She would love to hear real words and quotes, but not jokes or forwarded words of wisdom. She’s been to her first art gallery and purchased a small piece called Lucky Kimono. She misses us all.
Mary Bowman
will be teaching a 12 week fall Oriental Brushpainting class on
Wednesdays at 9:30 a,m, at the Academy of Learning in Retirement. These
classes at the Texan Cultures Bldg. are for people over 50, and my be
started any time in the fall. Call 458-2294 for a catalog of the Monday
through Thursday daytime classes. Mary also plans a limited number of
classes at home at $10 each, on brush handling for control, painting
notecards while learning. No supply list. Call 692-9099 to schedule a
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October 2002 Flourishes'
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