Those of you who have been Masscribes members for some years will surely remember our beloved issues of Ink Spots, the printed and snail-mailed newsletter that would surprise us in our mailbox a few times a year. It regularly included a personal and encouraging letter from the president (The President’s Pen), a humorous or sentimental letter from the editor, announcements of upcoming events in the larger calligraphy world, reports from study groups, book reviews, exhibit reviews, workshop reviews, images of work from private shows to holiday greeting cards, articles about tools and supplies, and so much more. With the increased costs of printing and postage, along with limitations on our time, the newsletter went digital for a while and then seemed to take a vacation during the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope to someday again distribute a full-color printed publication that you can hold in your hands – but in the meantime, the idea of a blog within our already existing website seems to fit the bill. Here, not only can we share all the same informative and entertaining content, but it is also a wonderful way to have things archived so that you can return to the site and easily Read More

For the past two years, members of Masscribes have been meeting via Zoom on Tuesday nights to create community, creative outlets, and beautiful pieces of art and calligraphy.  We’ve had our regulars as well as many new faces over time. As the title says, there is no pressure to attend every session, you participate when you can. At first it was for us to gather and have company while we worked on whatever projects we had going in our home studios. Occasionally, we’ve had demos, including How to Fix Mistakes with Carole Roy, Creating Celtic Knotwork with Diane Desautelle and others.  Illuminated letters were one project that we worked on over two sessions. Over the next few weeks, we worked on a project with modern calligraphy as well as projects using shapes such as circles and brush calligraphy exploration. In April ‘23 we had a joint project for our Exhibition at the Norwood Public Library. We all chose the same palette of colors and wrote out the title of the show, Hands Through Time. Look for updates on Instagram and Facebook on our Masscribes pages for images of projects by the Tuesday night group.  The Drop-In meetings are a nice, casual Read More