Workshops and Diary

Welcome

All workshops are be held at:
Primrose Park Art and Craft Centre
 Matora Lane (off Young Street)
Cremorne

Workshops will mostly be held from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays unless otherwise indicated. Most workshops accommodate beginners and those with little experience as well as the more experienced. Please note: some workshops may run on Sunday rather than Saturday.

To book a place in any workshop, email the workshop co-ordinator to check that there is a space available. Bookings are made on a first-come-first-served basis and places will only be secured upon receipt of a cheque or bank deposit transfer within seven days of making the booking. Please assume you are booked into a Workshop, unless you are notified that the class is full, has been cancelled or postponed. Payments made for any workshop are considered non-refundable, unless a replacement participant is found up to two days (unless otherwise stated) prior to a workshop.

Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your booking form OR your email address to receive notification and materials lists. Materials lists are sent to participants as soon as the workshop has been confirmed, usually 2–3 weeks prior to the class. Receipts will be given at the workshop.

If Paying by cheque, please post to:
Attention: Workshop Coordinator
ASC Inc
PO Box 190
WILLOUGHBY NSW 2068

Places are limited:
 Unless otherwise stated, maximum workshop participants (at Primrose Park) is 15. Once the workshop places are filled, your name will be added to a waiting list. If any cancellations occur we will contact you.

Workshop kits are available to ASC members who are either disabled and unable to attend a workshop due to their disability, or those who live out of the Sydney metropolitan area. They are $15.00 each and can be obtained by writing to the above address, enclosing an envelope large enough to hold A4 sheets (uncreased), with your name and address and two 50 cent stamps. Please make cheques payablet to The Australian Society of Calligraphers Inc. Please do not send cash.

Workshop kits available include:
Geoff Ford - Batarde
Jane Kent - Versals
Lexie Arlington - Modern Charter Hand
Julie Williams - Family Ties
Heather Courtis - Spencerian Script
Susan Latty - Decorated letters
Di Harris - Pointed Brush
Colleen Little - Lets Get Creative
Julie-ann Williams - Rawhide and Quills
Julie-ann Williams - Enhance your Handwriting
Quite a line-up!

Travelling by public transport?
 We know it can be difficult to get to Primrose Park by public transport, so if you are traveling this way don't be put off! We will organise a pick up and drop off from St Leonard's station or a suitable bus stop. Let the workshop co-ordinator know if you require a lift from St Leonards Station to Primrose Park when you book.

WORKSHOPS

Tune into Italics
with Lexie Arlington
Saturday 15 May
also Saturday 17 July
and Saturday 16 October
10:00am–4:00pm
$55 members, $60 non-members
3 Lesson Package: $150 members, $165 non-members
All levels

This will be a series of workshops. You can come to one, two or all three workshops. It is suitable for those who have learnt a basic Italic.

Take the opportunity to concentrate on letterforms, improve and fine tune your pen skills and knowledge of Italic. It is one of the most useful and versatile calligraphic scripts. It can be written in a formal or a casual style. By exploring form, size, weight, texture and structure you will add to your ‘calligraphic repertoire’. Your compositions,will be more interesting. Incorporate your new letterforms into small calligraphic projects …

Lesson 1
ITALIC CONTRAST AND TEXTURE
Saturday 15 May 2009, 10am–4pm
This workshop will give you a chance to refresh and refine your ’Sweet Roman’. During this workshop you will revise a basic Italic script - lower and upper case. By changing ‘the basic recipe’ students will learn to create variations in tones and textures. Alter serifs, add simple flourishes and give your Italic a different ‘look’. Explore these forms and complete a small calligraphic work.

Lesson 2
COMPRESSED AND EXTENDED ITALIC
Saturday 17 July 2009, 10am–4pm
During this workshop students will explore different rhythms in Italics. You will learn compressed and extended Italic. Compression and extension of the letters will vary from slight to extreme. Students can experiment with a variety of writing tools. Have fun ‘playing’ with these new letterforms.

Lesson 3
A CALLIGRAPHIC WALL HANGING
Saturday 16 October 2009, 10am–4pm

The aim of this workshop is to produce a calligraphic wall hanging. Students will revise and fine tune the letterforms that have been taught in the previous workshops. The wall hanging will be composed of individual ‘pieces’ using Italic variations. It is suggested that all quotes be based on a theme. You have lots of time to think about this.

AN AUSTRALIAN BESTIARY
with Timothy Noad
Saturday 14–Sunday 15 August
10:00am–4:00pm
$130 members, $140 non-members
All levels

Timothy Noad is an Heraldic Artist at the College of Arms in London and also an occasional Queen’s Scribe. His expertise in designing and executing heraldic-style paintings and gilding is exemplary.

This workshop involves taking an Australian animal, bird, fish or even a plant if you like (each student will choose their own) and painting it in a stylised manner inspired by medieval bestiary illustrations, but with a decidedly contemporary twist. It brings in design, painting and gilding techniques and each person can work at their own level.

Roman Capitals Hand Made
with Graham McArthur
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2010
10am–4pm
$130 members, $140 non-members
All levels

If one wishes to learn calligraphy thoroughly as a craft a good in-depth study of Roman capitals is almost compulsory. Usually this requires a lifetime of dedication and hard work. But not for us, not this weekend. We are spending just two days of that dedication and hard work as we explore as much as we can the delights the Roman capital letter form has to offer.

We will briefly examine historical examples and their proportions and methods of construction. We will make our own Roman forms from a variety of tools including the brush, broad pen, pointed pen and pencil. Due to the tight time frame we will spend most of the workshop exploring a more contemporary approach to our calligraphy and to the Roman capital, particularly built-up and drawn forms.

Graham will be the guest speaker for our AGM this year. This will be held on Friday 17 September at 7pm, Primrose Park Art and Craft Centre. A Contemporary Approach to a Classical Idea. A warts and all step by step examination of how he approaches a calligraphic painting from idea to completion.

TEXTURE-LICOUS CARDS WITH FESTIVE FLAIR
with Julie-Ann Williams (Morning)
 WORD PLAY — ARTFUL DESIGN WITH LETTERS
with Elaine Witton (Afternoon)
Saturday 6 November2010
10am–4pm
$55 members, $60 non-members
All levels

This workshop will focus on creating textured surfaces for papers, cards, gift tags, etcetera for Christmas.

Full description in September Colophon.

Note from workshop coordinator:

If you think you’ve made too many Christmas cards, I am sure Bill Crews’ organisation will be only too happy to have them for people who drop in there at Christmas. 

My church gives unused cards to the homeless people who come for their Christmas lunch, and are helped write and send the cards, maybe to a family member, just to let the family know that they are alive.

This is just one idea — nursing home patients are another group who are often forgotten.

 

DEAR DIARY


13 - 28 August

Meet Tim Noad at the Opening

Workshop Arts Centre
Willoughby

Click here for Details

 

Annual General Meeting
Friday 17 September
7:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Graham McArthur

A Contemporary Approach to a Classical Idea. A warts and all step by step examination of how he approaches a calligraphic painting from idea to completion.