Classic calligraphy

I had a fun filled time of calligraphy, vintage Victorian photographs, artful ink blots, and clever phrases with Tom Sale this past weekend.  

Quill Pen Calligraphy is coming up on Sunday, April 13 from 1:30-4p at Oil and Cotton.  Students will learn to make a quill pen and improve their handwriting. 

http://oilandcotton.bigcartel.com/product/april-13-calligraphy-quill-pens

I am excited about my new calligraphy and typography books. 

I am looking forward to upcoming work with Marion Marshall of AbsolutelyBlooming. 

Wedding season is upon us

Wedding season is kicking off.  

If your wedding is within the next six months, you may be thinking about save-the-date cards. If it is in the next four to two months you need to get those invites out.    

You will also want to consider any hand-lettered signage or hand-painted materials you may need at your wedding.

Look for materials you can keep or reuse, handmade paper, 100% recycled paper, or cotton paper.  Save those trees! 

I use Sumi ink and walnut ink. Both are plant based inks.  

Happy Weddings!

Spring is in the air

Intro to Calligraphy and Intermediate Calligraphy classes are coming up at Oil and Cotton.  

Intro to Calligraphy is next Sunday, March 16, 1:30-4p.  Students will learn the Flourished Italic handwriting style and get a great Pilot cartridge pen.

Intermediate Calligraphy will follow weeks later on Sunday, May 4th, from 1:30-4p.  Students will take what they have learned in the Intro class and complete a project.

Sign up and pick up a skill for Spring Break! 

Deep in the Heart Wedding Expo!

I will be participating in the Deep in the Heart Wedding Expo today from 11a-3p at South Side on Lamar.  I will be there with Marion Marshall of AbsolutelyBlooming!  Come out and get your wedding planning done.

Illumination class

I had a great time taking an Illumination class with Susie-Melissa Cherry of Calligraphic Arts.  I am excited to have added screen printing and illuminating letters to my calligraphy skills.  

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

Well, 2013 was pretty good. I took a printmaking class at Oil and Cotton and I am signed up for an illumination class with Susie-Melissa of Calligraphic Arts. Those were my resolutions for last year.  

 

Next year, I am changing the class offerings I have at Oil and Cotton. Intro to Calligraphy will still be offered. I will add an intermediate class, in which we work on flourishes and small projects with the italic handwriting style we learned in the intro class, and an advanced class will be offered, in which we go over some design and typography concepts and complete a calligraphy project.  The classes will happen on Sundays this year.

The images in this post are details of my last project for the year.  I had a blast doing it.  I got the paper from Paper Arts. Completing that project has inspired me to take and Arabic calligraphy course. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Snow Day!

I needed this snow day.  I am doing another calendar.  This year's calendar will be a color, screen-printed one.  Here is a detail of the layout: 

There will be two sales in Oak Cliff next weekend, December 13-15, starting on Friday the 13th at 6p: the Holiday Mercantile at Oil and Cotton 

and the Christmas Art Market and Open House on Marlborough with Gretchen Goetz and many other local artist.

 I will be offering on-site addressing in calligraphy (limit 2 envelopes with full address or 5 envelopes with a name per person...flat fee of $5 per session) at the Christmas Art Market on Marlorough on Friday the 13th from 6-9p and Saturday the 14th from 3-4p, and at the Holiday Mercantile at Oil and Cotton on Sunday the 15th from 1-4p. 

The color, screen-printed calendars will be available at both sales starting Friday the 13th. 

Hope to see y'all at both stocking up on gifts you can't get anywhere else!