FEBRUARY ZOOM PROGRAM - "KNOTTY LETTERS" MINI WORKSHOP: Society for Calligraphy

FEBRUARY 2021 NEWSLETTER

                                       FEBRUARY
                                     ZOOM PROGRAM
                                      MINI WORKSHOP:

                                      “KNOTTY LETTERS”
                                      with RISA GETTLER

                                     Saturday, February 27
                                     10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

                                          COST: $25

RSVP to Linda Renner (larenner@yahoo.com) and send checks
to Linda Renner, 3223 East First Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.
Checks must reach Linda by Wednesday, February 24. Risa will
send you the Zoom invite for the class.

‘KNOTTY LETTERS”

                                    PROGRAM DETAILS
                               From the distant dark ages is a Spanish
                               psalter, completed in 567, in which resides
                               this unique interlaced knot work Zoomorphic
                               initial ‘C.’ Come paint it with me!

                                I’ll e-mail the pattern to you so that you can
                                use it over and over again. Beautiful and
                                meaningful knot work, aka Celtic Knots,
                                are wonderful on their own and when
                                accompanied with your Uncial calligraphy.

Upon registration, I’ll send you the painting pattern, an image of the original
initial, and my drawing (for your reference), the short material list and my
contact info should you have any questions. I’ll paint along with you in our
studio Zoom class, answering your questions and sharing all my tips and
tricks for successfully painting knots. Some of my Valentines are below.

      2021                          2018                          2020

VALENTINE’S DAY DISPLAY
            BY MARY GRIMES

When Mary Grimes was an employee at the Paper Source in South
Coast Plaza in 2008, she designed their Valentine’s Day window dis-
play. She wanted to send the white card to Papyrus so they could
make three-dimensional cards but never got around to it.

Each envelope on the card was handwritten. She used a Hallmark
envelope with the gold lining to make the golden envelopes that are
shiny. The postman and his bag of letters are mounted on the card,
but the printed cards that she sent our were flat copies. That year,
she mailed 150 cards and she plans to send about 300 this year.

VALENTINES FROM
 LINDA RENNER

VALENTINES FROM
  ELIE CORRICK

VALENTINE GREETINGS
           FROM JOAN BECHTEL

The plaited hearts are a Danish
design … these small ones
were made with 1/2” strips of
Canson paper.

The 14” x 10” puzzle below had
500 pieces that were about the
size of a penny.

HEART ART
     BY NANCY PUGH

I love painting and tangling hearts. - Nancy Pugh

CALLIGRAPHY BY
               SACHIN SHAH

Special thanks to Sachin Shah from Mumbai, India, for allowing me
to share his beautiful lettering done with Colorverse inks.

ART FROM
          De ANN SINGH

With leaf prints, block printing ink, Finetec watercolors,
                and Esterbrook 358 nib.

ART FROM
YUKIMI ANNAND

ART AND CALLIGRAPHY
FROM YUKIMI ANNAND

ART AND CALLIGRAPHY
FROM YUKIMI ANNAND

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

            I am taking Violet Smythe’s “Bensgothic”
            class, another of my many classes now.
                         - Sylvia Kowal

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

What better time to revisit my skills in embroidery and beading to
make these hearts! The events these past few weeks have pre-
sented many TV hours glued to the tube. This was an opportunity
to use up several colors of felt I discovered in my stash. Happy
Valentine’s Day! - Anne Bystrom

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

I’ve been painting water lilies during the pandemic. Calligraphy
has really helped me to make stronger marks on the canvas.
And my signature is much neater! - Joan Resnikoff

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

 I did the first piece in January with a photo from a guy in Portland (who
gave me permission). It is a microscopic photo of a Mountain Swallowtail
   butterfly! The second is one I did as a thank you to the fire defense
           which was made for the El Dorado fire. - Mina Taylor

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

Angela Arcari’s Zoom classes have been extremely helpful to me in
dealing with the quarantine. - Sandy Doerr

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

I just took a wonderful work-
shop with Syeda Ullah on
Watercolor Waves. Here is
my art. - Carrie Imai

“WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING”

I have been putting puzzles together—lots of them. Some were easy
and others were quite difficult. The free-form cat was probably the most
difficult one to put together because the pieces did not lock together and
kept moving. The Copenhagen one was fun because the pieces were
made of wood and fell into place easily. I did discover that store-bought
puzzles were not only cheaper, but were better quality, and they came in
nice boxes. Most of the puzzles I ordered from Facebook ads came from
China in flimsy boxes or they came pre-assembled, sealed in plastic
wrappers. - Joan Bechtel

COLLABORATION

                    “TWO PAGES AT A TIME”
                         Online Zoom Presentation:
                         Tuesday, March 23, 2021
                         10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PDT
                         Cost: $25 via PayPal to:
                    caroldubosch.com/online-teaching/
    The session will be recorded and shared. Class size is limited.
       For additional information: abcdubosch@frontier.com
Susan Longerot and Carol DuBosch reaped countless benefits from collaborat-
ing on artist books. The project, which was born five years ago, has produced
23 handmade original books. When the pages were finished and the books
were completed, each of them had an original book to keep. Two pages at a
time: send one and keep one.
Take a walk through the pages of six of their favorite books. They will share the
joys and benefits of the process, along with a quick-start program for beginning
your own. They will share what they have learned along the way to help you
experience a successful collaboration. You will leave the class inspired to take
an artful journey with a friend that will produce much more than just two
beautiful books.

A LAUGH FOR TODAY

 Copied from a Facebook posting by Cherryl Moote:

       I have a riddle:
  If you’re going down a
     river at 2 MPH and
     your canoe loses a
      wheel, how much
    pancake mix would
  you need to re-shingle
          your roof?

NEWS

Here are replies I received to my request for information about what
people are doing. - Joan Bechtel

CAROL HICKS (from January 21): I have joined the Boise guild and
they are having a Zoom meeting tonight. It is a virtual Hand Embossing
class. My first meeting. Everything is still closed down here (except the
restaurants). I am still loving it here, especially my new home. A little
snow is expected tonight. Brrrr! Still trying to keep warm.

MARY GRIMES: I have been so isolated, spending 100% of my time
taking care of two elders in my family, and this year I promise to spend
25% of my time doing things for myself. I will join the group again. I’m
driving for Uber, so I have some cash to spend on myself. Getting back
to a normal lifestyle again, and I realized that Zoom really helps make it
more convenient to take classes.

SANDY DOERR: Since COVID-19 quarantines began, Angelina Arcari
has been teaching 90-minute live Zentangle sessions on Facebook from
her cottage in rural Ireland to help relieve stress. They are at 7:30 a.m.
PST, weekdays on Zentangle Club Ireland. Her story was recently fea-
tured in the Family Tree section on the Zentangle.com site. Her sessions
have been extremely helpful to me and many others around the world in
dealing with this quarantine.

MINA TAYLOR: I will be starting a beginning class for Photoshop in
March on Saturdays. People can write to me at gracetogrow@
yahoo.com if interested. They have to have Photoshop already on
their computer. The classes will be by Zoom from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

NEWS

CARRIE INMAI: All of the teachers for Letters California Style 2021 have
agreed to transfer their teaching to the 2022 conference, and most of the
registrants have taken the option to transfer their deposit and their class
choices to the 2022 conference. We will come roaring back in 2022. At
this point, we are a full conference. If you are interested in attending and
have not registered, refer your questions to Carol Hicks at letterscs2022@
gmail.com to be on the “wait list.” We will be in touch with updates by this
fall with better news. We are fortunate to have the technology to be able
to meet electronically and at the time the Letters conference would have
been held, Kristi Darwick is coordinating a wonderful talk by some of our
SfC founding members, including Kitty Maryatt and Nancy Ouchida-
Howells, moderated by Janet Martorello. You can find information and a
registration form at: https://societyforcalligraphy.org/event-4063313/
Registration. For questions and information, e-mail Kristi Darwick at
workshops@societyforcalligraphy.org. In the meantime, be well and stay
safe.

YUKIMI ANNAND: I have been busy taking and instructing online
classes. Just finished one with a Japanese group.
And I have been taking John Stevens’ “Uncial-
Roman” class.

JOAN BECHTEL: I hope you are enjoying all the
Bernie memes on Facebook as much as I am. I
couldn’t resist adding this Facebook photo to the
newsletter to remind everyone to follow Bernie’s
example and wear a face mask wherever you go.