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Glasgow Scribes
For information about Glasgow Scribes, please contact Lyn Hughes on 0774-9644884 or via glasgowscribes@yahoo.co.uk for more information.
The Glasgow Scribes will be meeting 10am to 1pm on the following dates in the Stirling Room, Mitchell Library, Glasgow:-
- 6 September 2008
- 4 October 2008
- 1 November 2008
- 6 December 2008
- 10 January 2009
- 7 February 2009
- 7 March 2009 (alternative venue to be arranged)
- 4 April 2009
- 9 May 2009
Spencerian Study Group
Above flourish is by L.M. Kelchner.
Look in any modern calligraphy book and you will not find anything relating to a wonderful era of calligraphic endeavour in the United States during a seventy-five year period between 1850 and 1925. This period was awash with skilful, elegant and creative work during what has now become known as the 'Golden Age of Ornamental Penmanship'. This period included pointed pen scripts such as Spencerian Script and the more elaborate Ornamental Penmanship. Yet the top calligraphers, penmen and illustrators of the day were real experts in many other forms of the lettering arts. Their skills were such that they didn't need the engraver's tool to create perfect ovals devoid of kinks or wobbles. And believe it or not, they were equally skilled in the use of the edged pen well before Edward Johnston here in the UK was supposedly re-discovering it!!! The 75 year history surrounding the Golden Age is also of historical interest with the fascination of the master penmen themselves with their real personalities and the many art colleges and business schools where many of them taught and worked.
The Spencerian Study Group was established in 2000 with aims not only to learn and study Spencerian Script and Ornamental Penmanship, but also to use these hands and other aspects of calligraphy from that period in a creative and contemporary way. The group has a wide brief within the study of the Golden Age just as calligrahers today find inspiration within the huge legacy of the Roman alphabet. The Golden Age of Ornamental Penmanship is the study group's foundation, but then members are free to explore and develop their own calligraphic ideas. So despite its name, the group doesn't just do Spencerian Script. Having a different starting point to other calligraphy groups, we hope that what we create will be different, and being different, will be calligraphically original and interesting. Equally, studying and practising these American styles of penmanship has a knock-on effect on other calligraphic skills. Ornamental Penmanship in particular teaches beautiful movement and glide: a greater sense of touch, grace and delicacy: the skilful use of tools and materials: and a deeper appreciation of line. Copperplaters particularly would find ornamental penmanship a useful experience. Members of the group enjoy what we do because it IS different and also because it's a definite challenge to one's calligraphic skills. The SSG is now in its seventh year. The group meets twice a year in April and September, but there is also a postal group, which is a way of keeping in touch with the group and its activities.
Brian Walker, 32 Braemar Croft, South Hiendley, Barnsley. S72 9DB. bgw13@btinternet.com
The Pen Room
Calligraphy classes (in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, home of the pen trade)
Venue: The Pen Room Telephone: 0121-236-9834
Argent Centre
60 Frederick Street
Hockley
Birmingham
B1 3HS
Time: 10.00am to 11.30am on Saturdays during Adult Education term-time
Tutor: Sandra Sandilands Telephone: 0121-444-7919
Website: www.penroom.co.uk
Farncombe Estate
Farncombe Estate is a member of ARCA (Adult Residential Colleges Association).
Farncombe Estate Centre offers a selection of courses in a beautiful Cotswold setting. Just outside the lovely village of Broadway on the Worcestershire / Gloucestershire boundary. The Centre provides an idyllic location at which to develop new knowledge and skills.
Fees include full board accommodation and use of other facilities such as bar, gym, games room and tennis court.
Courses are available for calligraphers.
Farncombe Estate Centre Ltd, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ
Tel: 0845 2308590 Fax: 01386 854350
email: enquiries@FarncombeEstateco.uk