Using the A Series Speedball Nib with Violet Smythe

Have fun exploring this square nib. If you don’t have an A nib, Opus does carry them in open stock. Details of suggested supplies are on the Meetings page.

Due to uncertainty, we are continuing with Virtual Meetings in September. Meetings will continue to be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Check back later for details of the Fall meetings.

Bubbly and Brie. Since we are still meeting at home via Zoom, you will have to supply your own Bubbly and Brie. Join us as we raise a glass and celebrate the successes of our past year when we had to take all our activities online. There will be a slide show of pieces done for our Exhbition, “Silver Linings and Gilded Words”.(Have you booked your time slot to get your work photographed on June 6. There is still time to book. Refer to your e-mail notification for the details. There’s also still time to actually complete a piece for the exhibition. Don’t be shy, let us see your work! Participating in some fun activities will complete the evening.

Our May Meeting featuring Dr. Erik Kwakkel speaking on The Gutenberg Bible: Innovation or Imitation has been advertised on Eventbrite and is fully subscribed. We are looking forward to this talk with a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker.

Renée Alexlander will be sharing with us her Botanical Journey. She will discuss how her exploration and study of botanical drawing has influenced her calligraphy and how she has used the two together.

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Wendy Cowley will present some new ways of incorporating “writing between the lines” in our work

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