Edmonton Calligraphic Society celebrates 25 years at June Social!

Yes, we are 25 years of age! And are we planning a special and colourful celebration at our June 2 Social & Silent Auction! In 1981 the guild started up with 14 charter members and we're hoping they''ll all be able to join us in celebrating.

This special night is open to members, former members, and invited guests.

If you'd like to come, tickets are $15 and as it's a catered event, we have a cut-off date of May 26. You can contact me for a ticket by leaving a message here. We're so fortunate to have 5 of us on the social committee, and the ideas are just bouncing! We are going to wear our favorite colours & party like we're 25! With gifts for everyone!

Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild Anniversary

The calligraphic community in Alberta is celebrating a couple of milestones this year! The Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild in Calgary is 30 years old & planning something special for their fall newsletter. They sent out a notice for a comment along with a logo-type design, so I did up this little piece using a Techniquill pen, fine point marker and Higgins Eternal Permanent Black ink.

Below are a few I fooled around with; pretty similar but mostly trying to get a workable "s" on "years" that didn't look like it was hanging out there too much, all alone. I had another page of trials, tracing back & forth using a small lightable.Now that I look at the finished product I see the that the final "s" really looks more like a lower case "d" and the little ampersand amongst the monoline words looks more like an "e", cause I forgot to put in the "t"-like slash; ampersands having originated from the latin ET. or something.

Duhhhh. This is why I don't hold a regular job, people! Yeeesh!