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 way to get to know other members. They also offer a safe environment for beginners to ask questions of more experienced calligraphers. New members are warmly welcomed! If you would like to join, please send an email to Rachel Diamond Calow at Rdcalow@aol.com.
Illuminated Letters – Left image by Cindy Rudolph, right image by Rachel Diamond Calow
Hands Through Time images by Paula Howard, CA Millner, Bertha Petruski, Rachel Diamond Calow, Kathy Mogayzel and Cindy Rudolph
by Rachel Diamond Calow