2012 Programme

NYC PROGRAMME 2012

Sat 7th Jan 2012 (AGM)

Sat 4th Feb 2012 Susan Moor (Calligraphy and backgrounds - part one)

Sat 3rd March 2012 Susan Moor (Part two - Book making related to part one)

Sat 31st March and Sun 1st April 2012 (Gaynor Goffe weekend )

(Script variations - formal and experimental italic variations on a variety of backgrounds with main focus

on lettering. Learn or improve a script and experiment with led exercises. An introduction to flourish design)

Sat 5th May 2012 Robert Cooper (Purely Pencils)

Sat 9th June Jilly Hazeldene ( Writing with a ruling pen)

Sat 7th July 2012 David Price (Roman miniscules and Monoline Roman - working in a defined space)

No August meeting

Sat 1st Sept 2012 Claire Whittaker (LITTLE AND LARGE- USE OF LARGE AND SMALL NIB plus experimenting with

the use of two or more tools on one piece of work)

Sat 6th Oct 2012 Angela Dalleywater (A recap of the basics then free-up and develop variations of Roman Caps)

3rd Nov 2012 Margaret Beech (Secrets and Surprises - Books)

Sat 1st Dec 2012 Members Day ( Some of our members present a series of 'mini workshops' throughtout the day)

Calligraphy School at Scribblers

See the new Calligraphy School section at Scribblers Blog (photo from Scribblers Blog)

Marbling Workshop

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EMBLEM OF MY WORK

Hand marbling workshop with Christopher Rowlatt

Sunday 23 October 2011

10am - 4pm

Coxwold Village Hall YO61 4BB

£30 - Booking Essential

(Please bring a packed lunch and apron)

To book: 01347 868465 shandyhall@dsl.pipex.com

www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk www.emblemofmywork169.blogspot.com

Books in the news

A couple of items on the news caught my attention recently...

Books made from metal

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14251461

Papyrus scrolls

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-14289685

(both photos from the bbc website)

CLAS course

York scribes are looking for someone to join a CLAS diploma course in York. Dates would be:

June 18th

August 27th

December 17th

April 21st (2012)

And the cost is - £135

Please contact me if you're interested and I'll forward your details.

info@northyorkscalligraphers.org.uk

Poetry Walk

Over the Easter weekend I walked part of the Kirkby Stephen poetry walk.

The walk is a short route with carved poems along the way - we didn't walk all of it as it was part of a longer walk, but I managed to take a few snaps.....

If you're in the area I'd recommend it, especially if it's a nice day!

Having searched for more information on the route, I found that Eden Valley Scribes had got there before us!

And they have had a workshop based on the walk. Would that be of interest to NYC members?

Alcuin's Lost Library

I found out on Saturday that some members of York Scribes have been working with the University to produce some calligraphy based on the lost library. The exhibition is in the Minster library. Apparently it's not well signposted from outside so you have to know where you are going! See http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/the-old-palace-archives-conservation-and-library/

Unfortunately I didn't get to see the exhibition as it's only open Mon-Fri 2-4pm until 15 April.

There are two lectures on Friday starting at 6pm - on the subjects of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and Alcuin's York. For details/tickets email boxoffice@Yorkminster.org or phone 0844 939 0015.

See the links below for more info...

http://exploreyork.co.uk/the-great-lost-library-of-alcuins-york/

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/literature+%26+music/art349156

http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2011/events/lost-library/

http://www.york.ac.uk/history/news/news/lost-library/

Get ready for this year's boot camp....who will join this time???

Lots of people asked me where I got my Crayola gel fx crayons last week. I got them in Asda, but I can't remember how long ago!

They don't seem to stock them any more and they aren't listed on the Crayola websites
http://www.crayola.co.uk/
http://www.crayola.com/

This Crayola product is also great fun - I'll try to find an example to post.

Crayola colour explosion paper

Denis Brown - Calligraphy.tv

Have a look at this fantastic calligraphy video by Denis Brown - sample available on his website (or click on the image below).

No wonder I don't get much done

Tried to spread some stuff out to photograph it....but someone else had other ideas. What must it be like to think that everything anyone else does is simply for your amusement?

February workshop

Some photos from our February workshop on making books

Wordle

Ruth mentioned Wordle at the last Quarto meeting. Looks like it could be good for layout ideas. Give it a try!
This is just one layout using the words "north yorkshire calligraphers". If you click the randomise button you get a series of different layouts. I think it would be more interesting with more words.

Book art

Have a look at this amazing book. Thanks to Jill for forwarding it.

Patience from Glowing Heads on Vimeo.

Quarto

Three of our members, Ruth , Susan and Jill have been members of Book Art Group Quarto who meet every 3 months in Sunderland for a number of years now. Yesterday, Sarah, Mari and Marise joined us. The theme for our book swap was Serendipity and these are some of the swap books.

2011 Workshops

Just a quick list of our workshops this year...

5 February - a guide to making books
5 March - the spaces in between - colour between letters
2 April - dance of the pen
7 May - creating new alphabets
4 June - backgrounds
2 July - photography and writing
3 September - modern half uncial
1 October - back to basics
5 November - textura
3 December - scrapbusters

AGM and workshop

Last week was the AGM, but it was combined with the postponed December workshop on "The Italic Hand of Edward Johnston". Here are some photos from the workshop.

Christmas Cards

Some of the lovely handmade cards sent/received by NYC group members...on display at the AGM last week.

AGM - 8 January

Just a reminder that the AGM is next Saturday. After the morning meeting we'll have a shortened version of the December workshop (aspects of Edward Johnson & writing his italic hand) which was postponed due to the weather. Please bring contributions for a shared lunch.

I have been writing my thank-you letters and decided to include a little bit of calligraphy too. This is based on an example from one of my favourite books, Lisa Engelbrecht's "Modern Mark-Making". You can get it here and here. You can see more of Lisa's work at her website and blog.

Hope to see everyone on Saturday, and Happy New Year.

Resolutions

How about this for a resolution? Print it out and put it where you need to see it often! I love the layout and it's available in a range of colours. This is a free printable, from here. I found it via Sarah London's blog. There's another good quote on there today too! Sarah mainly blogs about crochet and is definitely worth a visit.