Please join us for our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at 6:45pm, followed by our program:

The Grid Game with Cindy Haller: VIA ZOOM

Cindy explores a variety of grid options to organize and group elements in a design for calligraphers. Whether the design is broadside or holiday card, Cindy provides time-tested solutions with historical references, along with reminders of the elements and principles of design. If time permits, a simple celtic knot may be incorporated into the program.

November Meeting – The Grid Game with Cindy Haller

Basic Supplies: 

• Pencil, Eraser, 12” ruler, 12 inch 45/90 Triangle 
• Grid paper – suggestion: 8 squares/inch 
• Layout paper thin enough to see guidelines underneath 
• Two paper clips to clip layout paper to grid handouts 

Optional materials to Follow Along: 

• Light pad 
• Square template w/multiple square openings 
• Colored pencils, regular or water soluble with a water brush 
• Black Micron pen – 01, 02 or 03 
• Colored gel pens 

Our April and May meetings are in person!

April 24 – Gothic Textura – Minuscules
May 22 – Gothic Textura – Majuscules

Emmanuel Buron is a freelance calligrapher and graphic designer operating out of Studio Emmanuel Buron in
Delta, B.C. This talented calligrapher will help us to explore the captivating world of Gothic Textura – an elegant
and intricate script.

We will focus on minuscules in April and majuscules in May. These programs promise to be an enriching experience,
allowing us to immerse ourselves in the historical roots and
aesthetic beauty of Gothic Textura. As we delve into this
script, we will uncover its unique characteristics. We will
even have time to practice our minuscules before we tackle
the capitals next month.

Supply List

• Please ensure that you have a broad-edged pen,
  such as Brause,Speedball, Automatic pens, or
  Pilot Parallel Pen, etc preferably in a larger size of
  ±3 mm.
• A round pen holder if you have a Brause or Speedball nibs (facilitates smoother and more effortless pen movements).
• Two pencils or a mechanical pencil will be necessary.
• A pointed brush is needed for loading the nib with ink.
• It is recommended to have layout paper preferably 11 by 17.
  ?Hahnemühle Bamboo sketch paper.
• For the ink, please use a water-based ink that does not bleed. While colors are optional, it is preferable to use black ink, such as Pelikan 4001, as it complements the Blackletter style.
• Having a ruler or a T-square will be beneficial for drawing quick guidelines.
• Masking tape.
• It is advisable to keep an old cloth or tissue papers nearby.
• Using a guard sheet or cotton glove is entirely optional.

Our MARCH 27 MEETING is via ZOOM!

The March program is a slide show and to help all members view it, we are using Zoom for this meeting. The program will be recorded and available to you for two months.

Join Merrilee Hughes on a virtual medieval manuscript road trip with stops along the way to exhibitions at the British Library and the Oxford Bodleian Library. Together, we also explore accessing closed stack collections. We will spend time examining a selection of manuscripts that Merrilee in Oxford including: an 11th century liturgical text used (and annotated) by nuns at Barking Abbey, examine the sumptuous details of the Apocalypse miniatures in a mid-12^th century manuscript, and flip through a 15^th century Book of Hours with pilgrim badges sewn into the pages.

Topic: WCS General Meeting – March 2024
Time: Mar 27, 2024 06:30 PM Vancouver

The meeting will start at 7 pm.

A tech check with Merrilee Hughes will happen prior to the meeting so please be patient. You will be allowed to enter once that has been done.

We are delighted to have Joy Vanides Deneen as our presenter in our January and February 2024 meetings!

Joy will be teaching Copperplate from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PST in the following dates:

• January 24, 2024 – lowercase letters
• February 28, 2024 – uppercase letters – moved to March 6, 2024

These programs will be held online via Zoom and we will be starting earlier than usual at 6 p.m.

Supplies

· Oblique penholder (if right-handed) or straight holder (if left-handed)
· Favourite pointed nib (Joy will use a Nikko G during the class)
· Smooth paper to print worksheets (Joy recommends HP Premium 32 paper)
· Small container or inkwell with walnut ink or sumi ink
· Matches (for prepping brand-new nibs)
· Paper towel and small jar of water

About Joy

Joy Vanides Deneen is a calligrapher and writer. She specializes in custom calligraphy and hand engraving for PR events, brand activations, weddings and special occasions and has worked with companies like Google, Louis Vuitton, The Ritz Carlton, Lululemon, Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian Bar Association. Calligraphy is the synthesis of what she loves: art, language, and human connection.

Joy is a past president of La Société des calligraphes de Montréal and served on the committee for Rendez-vous, the 2019 international calligraphy conference. She is also a core contributor to UPPERCASE magazine, where she writes about art, design and community.

You can find her on Instagram as @imaginejoy and you can view website here: imaginejoy.com.