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General Meeting – May 2018
So many things happened in our General Meeting in May! Brian Zampier did a great, and humorous retrospective of his artwork and to top it all off, he juggled too! Can you say prolific? Below are just a few pieces of his art, and journals, shown by Brian Zampier, during his retrospective. Works also included Brian’s needle-felted…
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Mini Workshop – April 2018
Joan Schmitz did a fabulous lesson, teaching the Carolingian hand! Joan also taught the history of the Carolingian hand and how and why it was developed. Carolingian hand consists of only minuscule letters. It has no capital letters, so the people used what they already had, Romans or Uncials, as capital letters. Thanks to Joan for providing all…
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April 2018 General Meeting
During this hands-on meeting, Maggie Gillikin taught us all about the history of the pencil! She showed us the many different kinds out there and how they truly are one of the most versatile and valuable tools out there!
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March 2018 Mini Workshop – Art Dolls with Lenora Jordan
During our March Mini, Lenora Jordan taught everyone how to make fantastic little art dolls!
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March 2018 Major Workshop
On March 3-4, British calligrapher James “Fazz” Farrell presented a great major workshop entitled “Contemporary Pointed Pen”. James’ pointed pen style is a development of the classical English Round Hand and Spencerian hands. Inspired by his interests in cosmology, astrophysics and the complex polyrhythms heard in heavy metal music, James builds on the traditional strokes…