August Meeting

For more information please  look through side panel for contacts, times, dates, bookings and whereabouts.

Brief reports from our travellers who have returned from SSiW

Gill provided a few photos from her experiences at Summer School in Winter 2013.

Left to right: Rose, Hillary and Glenice in Melbourne, Olive Bull demonstrating Cnut Charter hand, Cnut practice and example sheet, Maggie and Rose at the Cnut Workshop. I couldn't find a website for Olive but here is the report from Melbourne, click this

Jake Weidmann's photocopied examples

Glenice has provided a few images to post here to show some examples of the tutor's work and what she achieved during the workshop.

Glenice Martin's examples

The above class was led by Jake Weidmann and if you want to see more of his work click here. There will be a fuller report later in our magazine.

Glenice Martin's work.

J.Weidmann's work

Glenice took another class with Heidi Willis, a botanical artist, and to visit her site click here 

There are many reports coming out about the whole event, for an overview 

of the tutors try this link 

Card Workshop

Jan Leonard continued her well planned series developing the use of her earlier calligraphy lessons even further.  As usual her notes for the card making were comprehensive and well thought out. Step by step plans for even the most challenged of us. Personally made cards are more valuable than any you can buy in a shop and the receiver knows that extra skills and time have been spent on them and that you value the family, friendship etc. The photo of Dale's piece shows an explosion or map fold, the card on the left is marked with fold and cutting lines.

Card Making

Come along and join us on the 2nd of July, 6.30 to 9pm

Modernised Gothics

This course will look at how gothic lettering can be adapted into more contemporary scripts, along the lines of the process used for developing the Marisco wine labels. We will start by looking at some more formal and informal gothic scripts and then merge them with elements of non-medieval alphabets in order to come up with new types of script. This process will initially be experimental, but the intention is that you will all be able to develop and apply your own alphabet by the end of the course. Here is the link to Peter's work at the Marisco web site click here

Tutor: Peter Gilderdale

When: August 3rd and 4th, 9am to 4.30pm Saturday, 9am to 4pm  Sunday

Where: upstairs at 48 Windmill Road, Epsom.

Cost: $140 total for the two days. Cheque or direct credit - $40 to enrol (non refundable fee).

Materials: Bring your usual calligraphy gear and if anything special is required we will post it here.

One member's view of the AGM: 

What a pleasant surprise to walk into a full room of people poised for the start of the AGM meeting, way ahead of time (no, I wasn't late), all the tables were set up and the chairs down. More than a baker's dozen which was a great improvement on last year, well done members. A healthy contingency from Warkworth had made the trip down in the dark and the rain, we really appreciated their effort. There was food covering the table down the back and with a few hot drinks we settled into the business. These are not the minutes by the way! All business on the agenda was discussed, new officers elected with more volunteers for the committee. Ideas and solutions were bought forward. After the meeting there was a social chat over a hot drink and the food. Good to see everyone willing and eager. The gilding video started running and I had to leave, with confidence that there was an interesting year planned. Hillary Barnes

The back row

Annual General Meeting

NEW ZEALAND CALLIGRAPHERS
To be held on Tuesday 4 June 2013 6pm at 48 Windmill Road Mt Eden.

Agenda

1. Choosing of Officers for 2013

2. Keeping out of town members in the loop. We would like a discussion about how out of town members could keep in touch better. In the past the liaison person would receive an agenda and minutes of committee meetings. The agenda would allow us to make comment on items coming up and the minutes kept us in touch with decisions made, and up coming events. Today the committee seems to be working more informally as there don’t seem to be agendas or minutes. From the Waikato Group

3. The blog is a great help to us, but not always sufficient. For example Deidre’s visit seemed to have been organised at short notice and we became aware of it on the blogsite only the night before the workshop took place. None of us was able to make the trip to Auckland at such short notice. We had expressed interest in be involved when Deidre came and were disappointed not to be there. While we wouldn’t want to travel to Auckland for an evening regularly, it is not impossible and members have done it in the past. We think it would help if someone on the committee was responsible for keeping in more direct contact with the liaison people. Or do you have any other ideas about how the links could be made stronger for NZCalligrapher members who are not in Auckland. From the Waikato Group

4. Review of Posting News Letters

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8. General Business

Please contact us by email if you wish to add any items to the agenda.

The Committee are looking forward to seeing you there.

Breaking News:

Something wonderful is in the planning stages for August, Peter Gilderdale has said yes to teaching us 'Modernising Gothics'. The actual dates are still to be confirmed. If you would like to see an excellent web site that features Peter's labels for the Marisco Wine Company (and I recommend this site) please try this link. Get a taste of these. Make sure you have your sound on as well. 

Update 5.6.13
Keep these dates free, August the 3rd & 4th. The cost for the two days is $140, you will need to provide your own materials and the list will be posted when it has been announced.

Modernised Gothic with Peter Gilderdale.
If you are interested in attending this workshop please contact us.
Subject matter line to be Modernised Gothic, in the email please include your name and phone number. A non refundable deposit of $40 is required, please pay to the New Zealand Calligraphers in the form of a cheque or by direct credit. The account details are in the magazine or in the side bar of this blog, remember to mark with your name. Please let the treasurer know in the email how you are paying to avoid confusion.

Watch this space as information will be relayed as it comes to hand.

The minutes from last years meeting have been posted here to give members planing to attend this year an opportunity to read them before the meeting on the 4.6.13. There are no attachments.

NEW ZEALAND CALLIGRAPHERS 
Annual General Meeting – Changed to a Committee Meeting as not enough for a quorum

Held on Saturday 24 June 2012. 2.25p.m. 

The Tindell Room, Lake House, Takapuna, Auckland.

Presidents welcome and report. Dale-Cormack Pearson

Present: Glenice Martin, Gill Carlsson, Mary Starr, Jan Leonard, Hillary Barnes

Apologies: Ann Cooper, Roselda Stevens, Tom Smith, Theresa Cashmore, Pam Fricker, Merryl Houghton, Margaret Smith, Hilary Lewis, Bevan Holmes.

Confirmation of the minutes of the previous AGM held on 18 June 2011. Typing error made to the constitution in regard to quorum. Not able to hold an AGM at this time until clarification made, need to contact Tom Smith, Dale to do. 
*Added to minutes after clarification with Tom Smith : 5/8^th of the committee members need to present to make a quorum, this is to be added to the constitution before being printed and sent to all current members.
Moved Gill Carlsson seconded Glenice Martin

Presidents Report: 
Read by Dale Cormack-Pearson, copy attached.
Moved: Gill Carlsson 
Seconded: Jan Leonard

Treasure’s Report:
Presented and read by Glenice Martin, copy attached.
Moved: Jan Leonard
Seconded:  Gill Carlsson

Editor Report:  
Moved: Gill Carlsson
Seconded: Jan Leonard

Librarian Report: 
Moved: Glenice Martin
Seconded: Hillary Barnes

Far North Liaison Officer: No report available. To be looked into for future.

Northland Liaison Officer:  No report available. To be looked into for future.

Wellington Liaison Officer:  Maggie Salter to continue in this role. All present agreed.- report read out 

Waikato and Area Liaison Officer:  Pam Fricker to continue in this role. All present agreed  - 
report read out

Warkworth Liaison Officer  Gill Carlsson
All present agreed - report read out

Election of Officers to the committee of the Society;    These members have been co-opted in to these roles. Mary Starr, Hilary Barnes, Jan Leonard, Tom Smith, Roselda Stevens.
Hillary Barnes has been co-opted to be blog editor.
Jan Leonard, Glenice Martin and Dale-Cormack Pearson will assist with workshop arrangements for the time being. Future workshops to be looked into  Dominic Hurly – Spenserian, Deirdre Hassed ?
General Business
Rooms still needed for classes and group meetings in the evenings during the week  Dale to check out Embroiderer's Gild in Mt Eden.
Request from Gill for use of the library for her group up in Warkworth so some of the available books will be moved there for the time being.

Archivist: Barbara Ellis
All agreed

As unable to run an AGM all roles have remained the same for the time being.

Meeting closed at 3.40pm.

Afternoon tea and discussion about making Victorian items for Lake House Exhibition later in the year.

NOTICE OF THE NEW ZEALAND CALLIGRAPHERS 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 6.30pm. on the 4th June 2013 at 48 Windmill Road, Mt Eden. We look forward to catching up with all our members, and we value your input and ideas. This is your group and we want you to participate. After the meeting we plan to show a gilding Video. (Viewing should take under an hour). Tea and coffee will be served, please bring a plate to share. There is no charge for this evening.