Calligraphy Society of Tasmania

"Document Security" with Jo Cromack
2023-10-15 10:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Hobart) | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Document Security: 500BC to a time before the internet
Since written communication began, there has been a need to authenticate the author or sender of a document and to secure the document in a way that means it is only the intended recipient who reads it. Throughout history there have been scammers who by means of a good forgery could ruin or inflate reputations, derail property or other negotiations, and make financial or social gains. Seals were the main way to authenticate documents. Whether it be Royal mail, wartime strategy, secret lovers’ notes, medical notes, goods prices and movements, information needed to be kept secret. Documents were folded and sealed in ingenious ways for protection and has come to be known as letterlocking. We shall look at types of personal seals used throughout history and the way they were applied to documents. We’ll make seals and use them with wax on documents we have folded and tied based on historical examples. Then we will try some letterlocking. These can be sealed with wax but there are modern alternatives as well.
As the envelope came to be the preferred sealing method, we’ll fold a good template for one of
those too. This is also a writing practise day, so there will be time to just write. Script of your choice.

Please bring an item to make a deep impression into modelling clay to make a wax seal eg: a button, a shell, a signet ring. See image below for inspiration.

Materials list updated
Cost: $40 members/$50 non members. Payable by bank transfer or cash on the day.

Monthly Meeting
2023-09-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-08-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-07-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-07-17 15:00 - 16:00

“Make a Portfolio” with Ann Sturmey
2023-09-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Fee $40 members, $50 non members.
We will make a portfolio based on a Japanese model. The portfolio is designed to house a collection. For example a set of cards, postcards, photos or booklets. So what have you got that you would like to house? Some people may have a collection of A5 booklets or folios from workshops done this year.
Your collection ‘stack’ should be no larger than A5 (15cm x 21cm) and a minimum of 1cm high. It has inner flaps that clasp the contents. The cover closes at the front with an attractive rod closure with a contrasting panel.
All levels of experience welcome.
Ann Sturmey is an artist and book binder currently taking classes at the Bellerive Art Centre.
Materials List

"Sunday Funday" with Ailsa and Gail
2023-08-20 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Cost: $40 members/$50 non members. Payable by bank transfer or cash on the day.
Mystery tools and folded paper.
Making a Hexi-Flexigram with Ailsa in the morning, an intriguing 3 sided turn through structure, and creating lovely paper textures with Gail in the afternoon.
Materials List:
Paper – Mi Teinte, cartridge or equivalent weight for both sessions.
For the morning activity making the Hexi-Flexi please cut into a strip 50 x 350 mm OR 100 x 700mm OR any width as long as it is 7x as long as wide and edges MUST be parallel.
The afternoon activity will involve paper sculpture techniques where you can use old or practice sheets of calligraphy.
For decorative papers bring practice sheets for calligraphy, as they will be cut up for both morning and afternoon decoration purposes. Morning needs 3 different textures or different colored papers to clearly demonstrate the finished object has 3 sides and 2 re-arrangements of each side. I will also bring some old journals and images that can be cut up for this purpose.The following list is all the usual bookmaking gear, but if you do not have some of the items do not go shopping, as there will also be items to share from the tutors.

Cutting mat and tools
Ruler
Glue (pref not glue stick for Ailsa)
Bone folder
Set square with 60° angle – I have 3 to share
scoring tool/stylus
scissors
small clamps
one paper clip – the curly piece of wire type
awl
needles for stitching paper
light weight threads/crochet cotton – matching your paper or contrasting

"Copperplate & Pointed Pen Variations" with Jane Stanton
2023-07-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Cost: $40 members/$50 non members. Payable by bank transfer or cash on the day.
Come and learn some basic pointed pen handling techniques and practise a Copperplate alphabet. Those with previous experience may like to try their hand at some pointed pen script variations.
Suitable for beginners and experienced alike.
Materials list for Copperplate and Pointed Pen workshop

‘Fraktur’ with Gyounghee Lee
2023-06-17 09:30 - 2023-06-18 16:30 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Fraktur – the beginning
Fraktur was made as a typeface by the order of German Emperor Maximilian in 16th century. It was based on Bastard handwriting. Many artists refined the typeface and now we can see wonderful books which were printed with it. Since then, many variations of Fraktur by calligraphers.
In this class, we will learn the history of Fraktur and two of the most beautiful letter shapes by Neudörffer and Schöngsperger. This will give you the better understanding of other Fraktur variations (such as Georg Bocskay, Herman Zapf, Julian Waters and Lucan Barcellona etc.)
Material list for Fraktur
This is a 2 day course – $180 members/$200 non members

Monthly Meeting
2023-05-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia

‘Back to Basics - Italic’ with Christine Farmer
2023-05-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Suitable for beginners and those with experience. All calligraphers need a thorough understanding of this versatile script developed in Renaissance Italy. Variations can be explored by the more experienced.
Cost: $40 for members / $50 non-members. Payable by bank transfer or cash on the day.
Materials: Your usual equipment including –
2.4 Pilot Parallel Pen
Dip nibs sizes 1 to 5mm
Ink
Bond layout paper
Pencil, ruler, eraser, T-square, water pot, tissues
2 tubes gouache, mixing brushes, palette
Slope board
Beginners: Contact us via the Contact page for more information about what to bring.

‘Caroline Minuscule’ with Christine Farmer
2023-04-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
The first fully minuscule script from C8 and reincarnated at least twice for calligraphy, it has been a typographical model for serifed fonts until the present day. We will look at its historic significance, and write a contemporary version.
Materials: Your usual equipment, including –
2.4 Pilot Parallel Pen
Dip nibs sizes 1 to 5mm
Ink
Bond layout paper
Pencil, ruler, eraser, T-square, water pot, tissues
2 tubes gouache, mixing brushes, palette
Slope board

"AGM"
2023-03-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
“Show and Tell” from Ross at 10am. Shared lunch at 12 noon.
AGM at 1pm. To be held via Zoom and followed by a general meeting.
All members welcome to attend.

"A Journalling Jaunt to Ross - 12th March 2023"
2023-03-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Ross Town Hall, 12 Bridge Street, Ross, Tasmania, 7025, Australia
Please note change to the date and venue.
Travel time from Hobart to Ross is 1 hr 35 mins, from Launceston to Ross is 1 hr 5 mins. Please check the current travel time before departure. There are ongoing highway roadworks which may affect drive times.
This excursion will be a self-guided journalling day. There is a lot of tantalising subject matter to sketch in Ross. We’ll meet at the Ross Town Hall Supper Room at 10am and exchange some ideas over morning tea. Then we’ll go out to sketch and photograph. Come back to the hall around 12 for a quick lunch and spend the rest of the afternoon working on our sketches in the hall. Di and Olive will be on hand for support.
Di has shared the following information to help your prepare for the workshop over the next few months.
Journalling Jaunt Preparation Ideas
Jaunt Materials List
Ross-TownHall-Guide

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"Monthly Meeting"
2023-02-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-20 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood Centre, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia

"Fun with Decorated Letters" with Robyn Colman
2023-02-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Using techniques inspired by Yukimi Annand we’ll design one-stroke capital letters, adding decorations to make words and messages suitable for greeting cards.
Materials to bring:

Two or three sheets of copy paper or sketchbook paper for roughing out designs
Two sheets of A4 (or thereabouts) watercolour paper, 160gsm – 300gsm
Some watercolour paper suitable for folding into cards
Pencil, ruler and eraser
Fineliner pens – any sizes between 0.05 and 0.1. If you have a range of colours, bring several but just black is fine too
Ruling pen, folded pen, automatic pen and/or pointed nibs – anything with which you can draw a fine line
Watercolour pencils, water jar and small pointed brush
One or two watercolours, a mixing brush and a palette or dish

"Christmas Gathering"
2022-12-18 12:00 - 15:00
To be held at Ailsa’s place. Bring food to share, and a handmade card.

"Exhibition Catalogue Binding"
2022-11-20 12:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood Centre, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
After viewing the Society’s 2022 exhibition. FLOW, online and having a celebratory lunch, we will bind our personal copies of the catalogue using a Japanese Stab binding technique. The catalogue will be ready on the day, printed and collated; then it’s up to us to stitch it together.
Please bring:

pencil, ruler and eraser
bone folder or other scoring tool
bookbinding needle, thread and scissors
awl and phonebook or something else to stab into
bulldog clips and paper for padding

Total cost for the day – $30 ($10 for the session and $20 for the catalogue).

“Graphite Techniques” with Lyndall
2022-10-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Based on techniques from a workshop I did with Amity Parkes in 2016 at SSiW.
We will make two small, easy fold books – 1 with dry graphite techniques, the other with wet/water soluble graphite techniques.
Please find the materials list below.
Graphite Techniques Materials List

“Elaborating Uncials”
2022-09-24 09:30 - 2022-09-25 16:30 | Warrane Neighbourhood Centre, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Two day workshop with Deirdre Hassed
Fee $180
Explore variations of the Uncial hand, using different tools, weights and rhythms in your lettering, as well as gleaning tips from an historical model. We will include some simple Celtic knotwork designs and each student will come away with a broadsheet (large watercolour sheet) or a book containing the variations.
We will be working largely in black and white (or walnut ink) with a touch of colour and/or gold.
Suitable for all levels of experience, though a basic understanding of Uncial is necessary.

ELABORATING UNCIALS – Materials’ List

"Victorian Lettering" with Lyndall and Jane
2022-08-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
This workshop has been inspired by a workshop taught by Helen Warren many years ago. Helen was an accomplished sign writer both in the UK and Australia.
Although we will be looking at lettering and design from the Victorian era, we will also look at ways that this style can be incorporated into contemporary calligraphy.
This workshop is suitable for calligraphers and artists of all experience levels.
As time is limited, you will be provided with a pack with all the tasks printed on good quality paper. Please see below for the link to your equipment list.
VictorianLetteringEquipmentList

"Mid Winter Sunday Funday” with Ailsa Fergusson
2022-07-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
Mid-winter Sunday Funday, with shared Ausmas lunch.
There will be three calligraphic challenges in the morning, which you can tackle with whatever tools you choose to bring. So bring your usual tool kit of writing implements, brushes and a few sheets of white paper. Ailsa will bring some unusual tools for you to experiment with and to use in conjunction with what you bring of your own.
In the afternoon we’ll make paper spheres in the style first made by member Liz O’Leary. You will need an A4 sheet of slightly heavier paper for one sphere, cutting mat, cutting tool and a scoring tool. Bring more paper if you wish to make more spheres.

"Uncials" with Christine Farmer
2022-06-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
In preparation for Deirdre Hassed’s workshop Elaborating Uncials in September, this will be an introductory/refresher course in basic slanted pen Uncial. We will use a modernised version of Uncial from the 8th century: The Stonyhurst Gospel as shown in John Woodcock’s A book of Formal Scripts.
Materials
Your usual gear, including:
A4 layout paper
A few A4 sheets of Mi Tientes or Cartridge paper
Ink and/or gouache
Pencil, ruler, T-square, eraser
A selection of nibs – Speedball, Brause, Tape, Mitchell – your choice
Pilot pen 2.4
Sloped board, if you use one

"A Detailed Study of Versals" with Jo Cromack
2022-05-15 10:00 - 15:00 | Warrane Neighbourhood House, 150a Bligh Street, Warrane, Tasmania, 7018, Australia
These elegant pen-drawn capitals are characterised by their fine serifs and sharply defined angles at the meeting of their thick strokes and serifs. We’ll look at some historical examples, then draw them with nib and ink, paying attention to fine details. We’ll try and find some modern interpretations.

VersalsMaterialsList
