Carolingian Calligraphy

The final project for

Introduction to Carolingian, an 8 week calligraphy course,

was the collaborative book, OCEANS OF INK.

Each student created one page per student. (10 students = 10 pages.)

Individually designed book covers and pages were bound in our last (8th) class.

Books measure: 11-1/2" wide X 5-1/2" high.



Colophon

Red Carritte

Juanita Garcia

Carol Landford

Kim Stirratt

Dorothy Wilson

Angels on Earth

Angels on Earth

Magazine Cover



July/August issue



Calligraphy Library Exhibit

The Final Project for

Introduction to Uncial Calligraphy, an 8 week course,

was the historically accurate 4th century Nag Hammadi book written in 4th century Uncial (Celtic style) calligraphy.

Guest bookbinder, Edna Wright, taught this earlest-known bound book structure,

which was named after the town in Egypt near where the books were discovered in 1945.

Carol Landford, Moi, Edna Wright, Amy Woodruff

Our thanks to Laura Davis, Murrieta Public Library Community Outreach Coordinator

for the for inviting us to exhibit our books.

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Amy Woodruff

Amy Woodruff

Amy Woodruff

Red Carritte

Red Carritte

Red Carritte

Carol Landford

 

Kim Stirratt

Kim Stirratt

Kim Stirratt





I'm back in High School

Kim Stirratt, art teacher and calligraphy student

invited me to teach her students at

Upland High School

I had so much fun.  Thanks Kim!

Exultation of Marks

Exultation of Marks is a collaboration with Kathleen Morgan, printmaker http://kamsart.blogspot.com/

We sent a jpg to Letraset, UK showing how we'd used rub off letters (circa 1984) and they loved it.  Paul Lewin, Marketing Executive, Letraset UK Ltd. featured it on their blog and website. 

 

Giclee prints are available  

8-1/2" x 11"

Signed and matted

 

Here we are at the Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery.

The 3 collaboratives we submitted were juried in the exhibit.

Roots and Branches won an award that we spent on wind!

Big Dragonfly Book

Another successful collaboration!

Edna Wright, bookbinder and my book collaborations, The Big Dragonfly and Swiveling Pages (see Februray post) were accepted in the Front Porch Gallery juried exhibit, “Art of the Book”.

The Big Dragonfly Book was featured in Bound & Lettered magazine, Vol 8, No. 1, front cover and pgs. 28 and 29.
(The Mozarabic Arch and Persephone's Pomegranate books are featured on page 30.)

Dimensions:  24"  x 18"
Photographer:  Nicole Toesca
Medium/Materials:  Written with gouache on Crane's paper. Illustrations in watercolor

Cover and Front Page

Wings

Mandibles

Eyes

Colophon

Gothic Calligraphy

There's an ongoing class in Murrieta that calligraphy teachers dream about; at least I sure do.  I call them 'Hungry Scribes' because I can't get information to them fast enough.  Check out this sampling from these talented new scribes.  Their work is from my 8-week class, Introduction to Gothic.

Juanita Garcia

Kim Stirratt

Shweta Sharma

Amy Woodruff





International Art Exhibition

13th Annual Judeo-Christian juried International Art Exhibition

“Noah’s Ark, A Person Journey”

received

Special Recognition

in the 13th Annual Judeo-Christian Juried International Art Exhibition which debuts this month worldwide on http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/ This work was chosen from approximately 200 entries.

(Hooray! all three of my entries were accepted)



Alzheimer's Disease

What Alzheimer's Disese Taught Me

written in Visigothic Versals

was featured in

National Council on Aging Conference, Anaheim, CA

Bound & Lettered, Vol 9, No. 2

Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

The Write News, Coral Sea Calligraphers, Australia, front cover

 26th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease Internat'l, Toronto, Canada.

Swiveling Pages Book

Swiveling Pages is another successful calligraphy and book collaborative with Edna Wright, bookbinder.

Swiveling pages has been in juried exhibits and featured in

Bound & Lettered magazine, Vol 8, No.3, inside cover and

step-by-step instructions on pages 10, 11, 12.

Merging Art and Poetry

The Merging of Art and Poetry is a collaborative effort between 

Escondido Municipal Gallery's juried Summation III exhibit www.escondidoarts.org

and

Poets INC. (Inland North County)

poetryscenestealers@yahoo.com

Members of Poets INC are invited to select art work in the Summation III exhibit and write poems inspired by these works. 

The poems are also juried.

(This is known as ekphrastic poetry for those who are into technical jargon). 

The talented poet, Oriana

chose Noah's Ark - A Personal Journey (see preceding post) 

It was a thrill to be in the audience and listen to her

beautiful poem entitled, Mrs. Noah.



Noah's Ark - A Personal Journey

John Neal Bookseller honored my work by featuring

Noah's Ark - A Personal Journey

in Bound & Lettered magazine 

Vol 8, No. 3, inside cover, page 16

http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/Bound-and-Lettered