Edmonton Calligraphic Society WinterTreasures Parrrty!

Rrrr ye comin to rrr winter treasures parrrty?

tickets @ Thurs Nov1 meeting!

only $10 for our annual winter potluck!

Admiral Gertie (Wendy G) is the author of our tickets while I had a funtime designing and lettering them.  Our social committee trimmed the edges with decorative scissors, painted them with walnut ink, marked the X with a 1/4"brush dipped in gold liquid acrylic paint, then rolled & wrapped them with string, the edges of which they also dipped in walnut ink.

 

  

 
check us out at http://edmontoncalligraphicsociety.ca for info
as well as http://www.facebook.com/groups/151228041582552/ for beautiful workshop photos of instructor and student samples!!
We Twitter@ #EdmCalligraphy.
If you're interested in calligraphy and live in the Edmonton area we meet the first Thursday of the month on the South side, except for December and June when we hold our Socials, and we don't meet in July or August.

i have to admit it's been a while since i've lettered something of this length, so i was quite pleased with myself to get through it the first time without any major mistakes! if i were to do it a 2nd time, the December 6 line in the blackletter style could be written slightly higher, and all the pointed pen lettering could definitely be improved with practice, but i figure pirates probably didn't posess the best penmanship skills!!!

i'll be at the parrrty as Cap'n Fancy Buttscar!!!

(suitably named i must say)

and ye can bet i'll be lookin t' rob me some loot; especially that gold & glittery kind, in the form of handmade carrrds!

 

ECS on Twitter @ EdmCalligraphy

previous Twitter sample:

• Thursday meeting, Nov. 1st. Doors open 6:30pm #yeg #calligraphy Visitors welcome : ) We're doing a colour theory project. 2 days ago
• Noon - 3:00pm open studio @ThePaintSpot for Edmonton Calligraphic Society members. Friday.Oct.26. #yeg #calligraphy1 week ago
• Fabulous weekend with Barbara Close and a very full room of #calligraphers. We learned so much from this gentle and inspiring guest. #yeg1 week ago

ITALIAN PASS DA PIZZA PARDEE

Our Edmonton Calligraphic Society's http://edmontoncalligraphicsociety.ca/ Spring Social has come & gone! And us Italianos (true, & temporary), we know ow do pardee!!!

In keeping with the colours of the Italian flag, we had tables full of decorations, which had taken the 6 of us about 6 work bees to create.

The excitement of the evening started off with the talented accordionist Heinz Frank playing a number of tunes from 'the old country'. What a treat! Meanwhile our Social committee members, Nadia, Jeanine, Barb, Wendy, Deb & I greeted everyone with green "Calligraphers Do It With Their Hands" t-shirts, Italian chef aprons with additional lettering by Barb Keir and of course painted on moustaccios, which i had fun creating using Caran D'Ache water-based pastels (they look like crayons but they're not...but they are non-toxic!) You can find them at The Paint Spot in Edmonton.
http://www.paintspot.ca/cgi-bin/paints.pl?t=5&g=71; Moustaccios...a necessity when using de accenttas, no?
Just because we're a little weird & crazy Nadia & I even painted the colours of the flag on our nails!

An yo notta gonna believe dis...one of our membersa, she show uppa ina da darka rainacoata, ana she pullsa outta da gun!!! Ma sacramento! She give ussa da bigga scare...we taught she come fromma da wrong famiglia!! Dat Judy, she'sa somting elsa!!!

Arrivederci Wall Flag

Mini bottle dessert labels

The food....mmm mmmmmm!!! Ze potluckka, she was excellentte - i had no idea what some of those dishes were, but they were all so good, tasting just like they came out of Mama's kitchen!
For beverages we'd supplied iced coffee (with an optional scoop of ice cream), along with 3 flavours of italian sodas.

On top of some , which was out of this world!!! Nadia, being an actual Italian &deliccioso desserts brought by members, Jeanine's daughter Dayna created red Strawberry-Rhubarb sorbet, cream-coloured Zabalione gelato, and green Basil ice creamamp; even speaking the language, had made some special pistachio cookies & soma Italian pastries; sorry i don't recall the names.

Table center bottles show table numbers

Calligraphically, we had a wonderful display of artwork by members of the guild, who had used the 25 papers from Mary Brault's stash that we'd handed out at the Christmas Social. Plus papers that Betty Locke assigned to her challenges class on Vancouver Island! How cool is that! It was all so beautiful.
They'll all be displayed again, along with those that forgot theirs,at the September meeting for another showing & draw.

As a fundraiser, we had a basket full of items to create a true huge Italian meal, a pile of calligraphic treasures, and a piece created for us by the artist Barb Close http://www.bcdezigns.com/index.html , who had come from California to teach some courses for ECS this year.
I even won one of the draws; a bottle of ink, and a Noodler Pen(how appropraite is THAT name!)  from Stylus in Edmonton. http://www.stylusfinepens.com/pens/noodlers-ink/flex-nib-fountain/
I'd just like to add that's one of the pens i've been NEEDING for a while now, hahha! It's a fountain pen that you can actually put a little pressure & release into, with a result almost like pointed pen/copperplate lettering, but not quite as distinctive; not bad for practising, tho.

Pizza boxes for raffle tickets and draws

Close-up of some of my lettering

Such a fun time!! I'd like to thank Jad, who showed up early to help us set up, and Gail & Mary who stayed late & helped clean-up. That was so sweet of you girls!
I didn't take any pictures at the actual party, so will be relying on others & hope to post those later.

And if YOU would like to be a party animal too, join the Edmonton Calligraphic Society! We meet the 1st Thursday of the month from Sept-May, where we do fun stuff at each meeting, with the months of December & June being our Socials!
Next meeting 7 p.m. Sept 6 @ Southminster Steinhauer Church on the South side.
CIAO!!!

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!

You call this art?

I lied. Ive been telling people the blog is primarily art related...I've been very busy, relating to art, but as far as getting those pics up? Well, this was May; client here,Specialist appointment,Dr appt,Bank appt,Client here,Dr.appt,get 24 hour blood pressure monitor, return monitor(all that out of town),to Edmonton to buy student supplies,bus to Fort Mac to give presentation & teach Kersals (fun!),bus back 5 hours, finish 3 Phenomenal pieces, client here fro pick up-she loves em,hair appt&groceries&laundry during 2 days home, to Edmonton for 3 days of Thomas Hoyer(nice guy)from Germany(!) classes(wow!). Now INTO JUNE:create10 ATC's theme of bLING! for Edmonton Calligraphic Society Social&Silent Auction(lotsa fun)-Thomas Hoyer donated piece gets guild $70 in raffle,Dr. appt next day,visit Sam on the way home (sad...he's 80 & has emphysema;he's optimistic tho),Optomotrist appt-need new glasses (also need reading glasses now in curent frames so WooHoo! new frames!),start exercise with neighbor(Yay)in her basement gym(double yay-climb thru the fence),exercise again,another eye appt,wake up to discover 10calligraphed name place cards are due today(no spares) but forgot so fit in between exercise & another eye appt-write same name twice-wedding in 3 days,new place cards in Edmonton,fake it by cutting piece of card stock same color to fit within gold border,glue it on top, Evie from Cochrane drops by(old ECSfriend-nice),lunch with Evie&Mary(good visit),Father's Day,start card for Marv for FD(not finished but get to use Ruling writer)& Eco liquid watercolors from Hoyer class,chat to kids(always good),Gastroscopy &Botox yesterday(good-get to rest while under, plus 18 hrs no food-getting slimmer) plus Surprise! quick visit with operating room nurse Judy Langner (been 10 years-she used to be ECS member-looks exactly the same) plus visit with sis (before&after dropoff-bout time). Spend ALL of today trying to figure out insurance forms(bad idea-still brain dead). About the Botox-it's free when it's injected into your esophagus-Who's gonna see those wrinkles? Tomorrow I'm posting art pics! after I clean the studio. Oops,just remembered-I'm supposed to write the article on Hoyer's Flourishing (I think) class for the next ECS newsletter (I know). Hope I can read my notes-don't remember a thing but I KNOW I learnt a lot! If you read all this you need to get a life! Be sure to click on the studio photo to get the full effect.