NOTICE OF THE NEW ZEALAND 

CALLIGRAPHERS 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

10th June, 6pm - 9pm at the Gifford Gallery, 27a Poronui Street, Mt Eden.

Artwork and Calligraphy Jan Leonard

Come along and see us on Tuesday evening and catch up with what we have been up to over the past year. We will be running a lucky door prize, competitions, short workshop reports, a continuous raffle, a photo display and if everyone brings a plate there will be a superb supper. We would love to see you one and all.

Next months meeting (Tuesday 6th May) has a few exciting things to look forward to. Firstly we will have a journal catch up, everyone please bring your journals along from last month to a show and tell. Even if there is nothing in them - perhaps there will be several of you struggling to work on content. We would love to see those who have completed the quotation challenge too.

We would ask everyone who has made a collaborative book to bring them along as we plan on doing another. Some of our group have no idea how a collaborative project works. There will be a group discussion, some decisions made, and everyone who wishes to join in will go home knowing what to do next.

Our first meeting at the Gifford Gallery was attended by twelve of us. After a catch up greeting and lots of noise, Hillary showed us her first workbook from 1999 and then later ones showing changes. We handed round published books on journal making, content and examples of individual pages from all over the world.

Dale showed us her workbook from the same era and the journals that followed. It was interesting to see different ways a journal could be used. Everyone was given a ring bound journal and were instructed to decorate a page in it. Draw roughly a grid, put our initial in the centre and around in the remaining squares the initials of the others at the tables. We are to finish decorating the page at home. It was supposed to help us break the white page syndrome.

We asked for volunteers for writing names on bookmarks for whole classrooms of children, Susan is organising this. Then a welcome cup of tea and a quick discussion about next months class and what to do in the meantime. Dale has a project for us - to take the words summer, winter, spring and autumn and play around with capitals. White paper please, suitable for publishing, look for ‘Quotation’ in the magazine. Dale made some roughs to give you a starting point.

Added below, one week later are two journal pages that have been further worked on.

Margaret Schmidt has sent a few more pictures of what you can expect at her workshop. She is visiting us in May, please see our earlier post on Tuesday 4th March for more information.

Journals: Come along and join us at our new venue.

A ‘show and tell’ will be held on Tuesday 1st April at The Gifford Gallery, 27a Poronui Street, Mt Eden, from 6pm to 9pm where we will share experiences and advice about keeping a journal. Have you kept one before? please bring it along. If you have never kept one, tonight might inspire you to start. Bring along a pencil, a ruler, an eraser, optional if you wish, something colourful to write with:- a parallel pen, a brush, a felt pen or a nib and holder.

Hillary's first workbook cover.

Where :- 27a Poronui Street, Mt Eden.

When  :- Tuesday 6pm - 9pm 1.4.14

Bring  :- pencil, ruler, rubber.

Exciting News

We have a new home

We are very excited to confirm that Margaret Schmidt will be coming from Australia to Auckland to tutor a  3 day workshop.  Margaret is a very experienced and talented Calligrapher and the 3 days will be packed with creativity, fun, new techniques and learning.  For beginners to experienced, Calligraphers.

3 day workshop 9^th 10^th & 11^th May  2014

Day 1 & 2  ‘Creative Calligraphy Cards’  workshop will be all about creating different effects with your lettering, decoration, colour, decorative papers and shapes.  A basic foundational or Italic hand will be used.  Lots of variation in these 2 days, it will be full on fun!!  Suitable for all levels.

Day 3   ‘Contemporary Pointed Pen’  this 1 day workshop will be more suited to more experienced calligraphers with an interest in Copper plate or fine nib work.The workshops will be held in Warkworth at Kowhai Art and Craft Centre.  We have applied for funding to assist us in bringing Margaret to NZ  and should know if we have been successful early April.  Therefore, the cost for the workshops will be finalised a bit nearer the time when we have been notified.

If we DO get our funding,  we are expecting the cost for each day (based on 10 attendees) to be $40.00

If we do NOT get funding,  we are expecting the cost for each day (based on 10 attendees) to be $60.00

The cost will be adjusted according to the number of people attending each workshop.

Please register your interest ASAP,  there will be a close off date of  30 April.  A Deposit of $30 will be required to secure your place at the workshops.

To register please contact - Gillian Carlsson - email carlssonb@orcon.net.nz -     Phone  09 4223740.

Max Gimblett will be visiting New Zealand during the week 9th - 13th June. He is here to lecture and teach at Waikato University, the program is expected to be confirmed by mid April. Watch this space.   Last year he taught a Sumi Ink workshop and his lecture was Creativity and my Practice. Click here for more information on his Sumi ink workshops. 

LAST NIGHT AT WINDMILL ROAD

Jan had prepared an excellent evening for us, starting off with an over view of the year to come. There was a packet handed out of historical examples of Roman caps, some paper, a guide sheet, an exemplar, some latin quotes and the work sheet we were to follow. Heads down then with coffee taken when a break was needed. Blu tac helped display our work on the wall and we appreciated the change of view. Below is a sampling of the pieces achieved.

Next month's meeting will be held at the Auckland Public Library, please note the change of date and time to 12th March at 1.30pm. Contact Jan by email jan.c.leonard@gmail.com  or phone ph.09 232 0068 if you intend going.

Those are the contact details to register interest or if you want more information for the correspondence course on Capitals being run by Jan and Dale.