A brush is a very unique, responsive and gentle tool, which can be used for calligraphy backgrounds or a final artwork. With the patterns and transparent paths of the brush, one can enjoy all the advantages that it offers.We will build designs by exploring textures with the brush by making numerous layers of letters and Read More
Barry Morentz, Japanese Boxes – April 26, 2019 at 9AM-5PM
In this workshop we’ll make two, possibly three, simple, elegant, Japanese-style folded boxes. The boxes are geometrics, formed from one long sheet of card stock scored and folded to create equal triangular shapes. The form can easily be expanded from a square to a pentagon, hexagon, octagon, etc. The first box will be made from Read More
Barry Morentz, Gothicized Italic – April 27-28, 2019 at 9AM-5PM
In this workshop we begin by looking at Johnston’s forms and their historical antecedents. Then we zoom into the 21st century and consider the forms stripped of anachronisms, and apply modern techniques to make them more viable. Day 1 deals with the minuscules and the rhythm of writing and spacing. On Day 2 we will Read More
Save the dates for 2019 General Meetings!
April 13, 12PM-3PM – Spring Brunch/General Meeting at the United Church of Norwood, 595 Washington St, Norwood, MA September 14, 1-3 PM – Fall Lunch/General Meeting at Norwood Sportsman’s Club, 576 Nichols St., Norwood MA November 9 – Holiday General Meeting at Norwood Sportsman’s Club, 576 Nichols St., Norwood MA
Mark your calendars for 2019 workshops!
April 26-28 Barry Morentz with 2 workshops! April 26 – Japanese Boxes; April 27-28 – Gothicized Italic September 21/22 Loredana Zega – “Brush Textures”. See www.kaligrafija.org and follow Loredana on Instagram and Facebook October 19/20 Rick Paulus – “The Truly Flexible Pointed Pen”. See Rick’s work at http://www.rickpauluscalligraphy.com If you are attending the Rendez-vous 2019 International Calligraphy conference in Montreal next July, Read More
Masscribes General Meeting – December 8, 2018
Please come to our Masscribes Holiday Gathering on December 8, 2018! This will be an all-day event, which will be divided into three sessions. You can sign up for any or all sessions. Each session will cost $10. The deadline to register is November 25th so sign up right away using the PayPal buttons below! You do Read More
Save the date – Masscribes December 8, 2018 General Meeting
On December 8, we will have a general meeting at the Norwood Sportsman’s Club, Norwood, MA. Lunch will be catered and there will be two sessions (morning and afternoon) with some exciting techniques to try. More details to follow!
Amity Parks, “Be Fearless – A Way of Working Without Worry”, October 26-28, 2018
Imagine having time dedicated to focusing and exploring a series of works that combine meaningful words and images in multiple ways. Our focus will be on layout and design, layering lettering techniques, combining text and images, and most importantly learning to work on multiple pieces at once in order to overcome the ‘fear’ we develop when the investment is focused Read More
Diane McDougall-Desautelle, “Celtic Knotwork Unraveled”, September 22, 2018
Celtic knotwork is a beautiful art form that can look more difficult than it actually needs to be. Once having learned the basics of drawing elementary knots, one can use simple methods to expand designs and use them in numerous creative applications, from illuminated pages to decorated objects. Working with the symbolic geometry that is Read More
Pamela Paulsrud, “Sounding the inner landscape: handwriting, mark making and sacred geometry”, April 27, 28 & 29, 2018
I view handwriting and mark making as visual languages emanating from our thoughts and emotions, a remnant of a process. Each line, each stroke, is distinguished by the materials, the mood, the day, the rhythm, the breath—a visual language within a language, a cross between a fingerprint and an EKG, telling not only who we Read More