Book Making Mini MAC
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Wink Covintree and Vicki Corwin are looking forward to spending time with you on Saturday, March 16 making books.
The book form they will be sharing with you is often called a “book on tapes.” In this case, the tapes are ribbons. The finished books lie flat when opened. We think you will be amazed to find yourself going home with a cool book that was actually pretty easy to make.
Each participant will receive a kit containing:
2 - 8 1/2 inch x 11 inch cover sheets
16 - sheets of 8 1/2 inch x 11 inch text weight paper for the signatures
A paper guide for hole-punching and a pushpin
An exacto knife
A bone folder
A pencil
A handout with the directions
There will be ribbons, waxed thread, clips, needles, buttons, decorative elements and other things to choose from and share.
Coffee is provided. Snacks to share are always welcome.
Instructors: Wink Covintree and Vicki Corwin are both long-time MAC members who love letters and words and books to put them into.
MINI MAC • Gel Printing
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Skill Level: All levels.
Recording: We are not recording this workshop.
Do you enjoy collage? Die cutting? Any paper crafting? Painting or playing with paint or ink? Each print is different! Use your paper in card making, scrapbooking, collage, journaling, and journal making - anywhere paper can be used. Prints can also be framed or used as backgrounds for inspirational quotes or messages.
This class will focus on building and pulling prints with various papers, paints, ink, and markers. Students will leave with several backgrounds and layered prints along with the knowledge to use gel printing successfully outside of class.
Skill Level: Beginner
Materials included: Gel Plate, brayer, paper, and paint are included in fee. Participants will leave with finishe prints ready for paper crafting.
Instructor: Kimberly Vallance
Kimberly Vallance is the owner of Life in the Craft Room, LLC. Kimberly started sewing when she was 4. Kimberly learned to knit, cross stitch, and crochet. She has learned weaving, scrapbooking, polymer clay, alcohol inks and markers, jewelry and bead crafts, and more!
Life In The Craft Room provides a cheerful, creative, and fun classes that naturally reduce stress and boost self-esteem and confidence. Kimberly will provide tailored instruction and guidance in multiple techniques, and looks forward to sparking your creativity and keeping fun in the Gel Printing 101 Class.
$35/person for 3-hour class session with an additional 2-hour open class session
Mini MAC with Vicki Corwin
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Morning: Pointed Pen Instruction - Learn basic strokes, plus a few letters and manipulations! Spend the morning learning how to use a pointed pen, either straight or oblique.
Bring a packed lunch with you and we'll take a short break to eat our meal. Then...
After lunch: Playtime! Vicki will focus on flourishing, with a hearts / flowers / Valentine's Day theme in the afternoon. Perfect for any Valentine's greetings you may want to send.
This is a loose schedule and attendees will be in an intimate setting to ask questions and get one-on-one instruction. Must have 7 attendees sign up to run the event; capacity of 12 attendees maximum. We know members were craving an in-person event, so MAC is delivering! We hope to see you there.
Introduction to Calligraphy (Italics) with Edie Richardson
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This class is especially suited for the novice, someone who has been curious about how to make beautiful letters, but who doesn't know a thing about how to start. "By the way, what is a chisel-edged pen?!" (It's the tip on the writing tool that is straight across, has no point but can be manipulated into make stunning marks that become letters which make words which convey thoughts which....well, you get the picture).
No previous experience is needed. We will talk about the basic tools: pens, paper, ink, and some of the other stuff calligraphers use and talk about. Calligraphy is a beautiful art form you won't be sorry to learn. The Italic alphabet, especially, will set a foundation that will take you to untold wonderful places. From name tags to gift cards, to greeting cards, to lettering wedding vows, to making certificates, the possibilities are endless. We will also give you names of companies that basically do nothing but specifically provide calligraphers and book makers with tools, books of ideas and how-to's as well as let you know about on-line lessons that are available via Zoom, and some in person and some around the world. There are so many great resources.
Although the class is designed with the beginner in mind, anyone who wants to learn more or tweak what they already know about the Italic alphabet, is welcome. Anytime you can be with lettering friends it's always a treat. Members of the calligraphic community are kind and gracious people willing to share their knowledge and encourage others' success. We are all, always learning something. It's a great environment.
You will receive handouts about a week before the class begins, and you will receive a supply list when you register so you can have plenty of time to gather your materials. The instructor tries to keep the supplies simple when at the start, and identifies optional items if you want to dive a little deeper into learning.
Instructor Edie Richardson looks forward to meeting each of you. She knows those in the class will have a great time exploring the learning and putting all the parts together for a beautiful outcome. She is planning on a little finished project at the end of the class. It's a surprise for now, but she knows you will like it.
Skill Level: Beginners
Class Schedule:
Saturday September 25, 2021, 10am-12:30pm
Sunday September 26, 2021, 11am-1:30pm
This includes a 15 minute break each day, and 15 minutes at the end of each day for questions and wrapup.
Supply List:
Required Supplies
Pilot Parallel Pen (comes with two cartridges), size 2.4 mm or 1.5 mm (found at Dick Blick, JohnNealBooksellers.com, or PaperInkArts.com)
Pencil, and a pencil sharpener if you don’t have an automatic pencil
Eraser – white plastic type
Ruler – see through type is best, but not necessary (12” or longer preferred)
**Grid paper – eight squares to the inch is easiest to learn so it’s a preferred grid pattern, but not necessary. Best paper size to get is 11”x17” pad, but 8.5x11” is okay. You will just need to make more pages for practice. You will be sent an email with grid paper with guidelines drawn on it. If you want to use this, make at least 10 -15 copies. Be sure to use paper that does not “bleed” or feather when the pen makes a stroke on the paper.
Water container
Roll of paper towels, or rags
Optional Supplies
Zig Calligraphy Marker – Dual Tip, Broad Edge (straight edge on both ends) in two different colors (your choice of colors)
**JNB Graph also called Grid Pad 11x17 Item # P21 – you can purchase this at JohnNealBooks.com
**Canson Foundation Graph paper 8 squares to the inch size 11x17” per DickBlick.com
**Bienfang Gridded Paper #10613-1026 (8x8) 11”x17” per DickBlick.com
C-1 or C-2 Speedball nibs, Straight pen holder
Small bottle of Sumi Moon Palace Ink 2 oz. size
Cheap brush for loading ink
Small container to decant ink into – similar to Dinky Dips
Old (clean) toothbrush
Eventually, extra paper such as Borden & Riley Marker Paper, to make your own practice sheets
Blank greeting card with envelope for a project we will make if time permits.
Although there are numerous places to purchase calligraphic supplies, there are two shops that specialize in having products for the calligraphic lettering artist: PaperInkArts.com and JohnNealBooks.com. You can also find some calligraphic supplies at DickBlick.com.
About Our Instructor: Edie Richardson began her journey enjoying letters at a young age. In elementary school, she decorated her folders with lots of lettering. In junior high, she had a substitute teacher from England who demonstrated the way "old fashioned" letters were made. He took chalk on the board, and held it in just a certain way, using the side of the chalk and showed the students the John Hancock style of writing. That's what Edie called it, but the real name was Copperplate. Years later she took a community ed class and thought she’d "nailed it". The teacher was gracious enough to invite her to her home where she gave classes to others who were interested in learning calligraphy, and as it turned out she was one of the founders of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers. She encouraged Edie to join. Edie wasn't keen because she felt her skills were awful compared to the teacher’s skills. But the teacher told Edie that she would learn by coming to the workshops the guild offered, and by just being around other calligraphers. The teacher was absolutely right.
In the years since 1980, Edie has taken classes from world renowned teachers, as well as just good artists who loved to dabble in making lettering beautiful, or making lettering say what the saying was they were putting on paper. Edie has studied under Reggie Ezell, Timothy Botts, Peter Thornton, Sherri Kiesel, Diane VonArx Anderson, Barbara Close, Renee Jarmolowicz, Vicki Corwin, Jacqueline Sullivan, Yves Leterme, Harvest Crittenden, Rosemary Buczek, Kathy Milici, Phyllis Macaluso, Alison Clement, the list goes on. Then there's watercolor, Edie studied with teacher Charles Passarelli, and for pastels, teacher Bill Hosner. Edie is always learning, and she loves where calligraphy has brought her.
You may see the Edie's work here:
Instagram: EdieCreative
Facebook: EdieVeenstraRichardson
Requirements: This is a virtual workshop. Students should have the following:
Computer or other internet-connected device with a built-in camera.
Zoom conferencing software and familiarity with the platform. In order to access the workshop on Zoom, you will first need to download the free Zoom app (called Zoom Client for Meetings) on your tablet or computer, if you don't already have it. Click here before the workshop to download the Zoom app https://zoom.us/download. If you are new to the platform, Zoom offers tutorials here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697. Please contact the Workshop Chair in advance if you are totally new to Zoom. Her contact info is in the confirmation email.
Recording: none. We are not recording this workshop.
Michigan Association of Calligraphers (MAC): MAC is a non-profit organization open to all who are interested in calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. Its principal purposes and functions are to perpetuate, enhance, and promote the art of calligraphy. Guild membership covers a calendar year (Jan-Dec). We invite you to follow us on Eventbrite.
Introduction to Calligraphy (Italics) with Edie Richardson
register now
This class is especially suited for the novice, someone who has been curious about how to make beautiful letters, but who doesn't know a thing about how to start. "By the way, what is a chisel-edged pen?!" (It's the tip on the writing tool that is straight across, has no point but can be manipulated into make stunning marks that become letters which make words which convey thoughts which....well, you get the picture).
No previous experience is needed. We will talk about the basic tools: pens, paper, ink, and some of the other stuff calligraphers use and talk about. Calligraphy is a beautiful art form you won't be sorry to learn. The Italic alphabet, especially, will set a foundation that will take you to untold wonderful places. From name tags to gift cards, to greeting cards, to lettering wedding vows, to making certificates, the possibilities are endless. We will also give you names of companies that basically do nothing but specifically provide calligraphers and book makers with tools, books of ideas and how-to's as well as let you know about on-line lessons that are available via Zoom, and some in person and some around the world. There are so many great resources.
Although the class is designed with the beginner in mind, anyone who wants to learn more or tweak what they already know about the Italic alphabet, is welcome. Anytime you can be with lettering friends it's always a treat. Members of the calligraphic community are kind and gracious people willing to share their knowledge and encourage others' success. We are all, always learning something. It's a great environment.
You will receive handouts about a week before the class begins, and you will receive a supply list when you register so you can have plenty of time to gather your materials. The instructor tries to keep the supplies simple when at the start, and identifies optional items if you want to dive a little deeper into learning.
Instructor Edie Richardson looks forward to meeting each of you. She knows those in the class will have a great time exploring the learning and putting all the parts together for a beautiful outcome. She is planning on a little finished project at the end of the class. It's a surprise for now, but she knows you will like it.
Skill Level: Beginners
Class Schedule:
Saturday September 25, 2021, 10am-12:30pm
Sunday September 26, 2021, 11am-1:30pm
This includes a 15 minute break each day, and 15 minutes at the end of each day for questions and wrapup.
Supply List:
Required Supplies
Pilot Parallel Pen (comes with two cartridges), size 2.4 mm or 1.5 mm (found at Dick Blick, JohnNealBooksellers.com, or PaperInkArts.com)
Pencil, and a pencil sharpener if you don’t have an automatic pencil
Eraser – white plastic type
Ruler – see through type is best, but not necessary (12” or longer preferred)
**Grid paper – eight squares to the inch is easiest to learn so it’s a preferred grid pattern, but not necessary. Best paper size to get is 11”x17” pad, but 8.5x11” is okay. You will just need to make more pages for practice. You will be sent an email with grid paper with guidelines drawn on it. If you want to use this, make at least 10 -15 copies. Be sure to use paper that does not “bleed” or feather when the pen makes a stroke on the paper.
Water container
Roll of paper towels, or rags
Optional Supplies
Zig Calligraphy Marker – Dual Tip, Broad Edge (straight edge on both ends) in two different colors (your choice of colors)
**JNB Graph also called Grid Pad 11x17 Item # P21 – you can purchase this at JohnNealBooks.com
**Canson Foundation Graph paper 8 squares to the inch size 11x17” per DickBlick.com
**Bienfang Gridded Paper #10613-1026 (8x8) 11”x17” per DickBlick.com
C-1 or C-2 Speedball nibs, Straight pen holder
Small bottle of Sumi Moon Palace Ink 2 oz. size
Cheap brush for loading ink
Small container to decant ink into – similar to Dinky Dips
Old (clean) toothbrush
Eventually, extra paper such as Borden & Riley Marker Paper, to make your own practice sheets
Blank greeting card with envelope for a project we will make if time permits.
Although there are numerous places to purchase calligraphic supplies, there are two shops that specialize in having products for the calligraphic lettering artist: PaperInkArts.com and JohnNealBooks.com. You can also find some calligraphic supplies at DickBlick.com.
About Our Instructor: Edie Richardson began her journey enjoying letters at a young age. In elementary school, she decorated her folders with lots of lettering. In junior high, she had a substitute teacher from England who demonstrated the way "old fashioned" letters were made. He took chalk on the board, and held it in just a certain way, using the side of the chalk and showed the students the John Hancock style of writing. That's what Edie called it, but the real name was Copperplate. Years later she took a community ed class and thought she’d "nailed it". The teacher was gracious enough to invite her to her home where she gave classes to others who were interested in learning calligraphy, and as it turned out she was one of the founders of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers. She encouraged Edie to join. Edie wasn't keen because she felt her skills were awful compared to the teacher’s skills. But the teacher told Edie that she would learn by coming to the workshops the guild offered, and by just being around other calligraphers. The teacher was absolutely right.
In the years since 1980, Edie has taken classes from world renowned teachers, as well as just good artists who loved to dabble in making lettering beautiful, or making lettering say what the saying was they were putting on paper. Edie has studied under Reggie Ezell, Timothy Botts, Peter Thornton, Sherri Kiesel, Diane VonArx Anderson, Barbara Close, Renee Jarmolowicz, Vicki Corwin, Jacqueline Sullivan, Yves Leterme, Harvest Crittenden, Rosemary Buczek, Kathy Milici, Phyllis Macaluso, Alison Clement, the list goes on. Then there's watercolor, Edie studied with teacher Charles Passarelli, and for pastels, teacher Bill Hosner. Edie is always learning, and she loves where calligraphy has brought her.
You may see the Edie's work here:
Instagram: EdieCreative
Facebook: EdieVeenstraRichardson
Requirements: This is a virtual workshop. Students should have the following:
Computer or other internet-connected device with a built-in camera.
Zoom conferencing software and familiarity with the platform. In order to access the workshop on Zoom, you will first need to download the free Zoom app (called Zoom Client for Meetings) on your tablet or computer, if you don't already have it. Click here before the workshop to download the Zoom app https://zoom.us/download. If you are new to the platform, Zoom offers tutorials here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697. Please contact the Workshop Chair in advance if you are totally new to Zoom. Her contact info is in the confirmation email.
Recording: none. We are not recording this workshop.
Michigan Association of Calligraphers (MAC): MAC is a non-profit organization open to all who are interested in calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. Its principal purposes and functions are to perpetuate, enhance, and promote the art of calligraphy. Guild membership covers a calendar year (Jan-Dec). We invite you to follow us on Eventbrite.
Mini MAC: Quilled Illuminated Letters
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About this Event
Instructor Pam Signorelli will lead you through the creative process, step by step. These one of a kind initials could be used for special cards, gift wrappings, ornaments or gifts.
Skill Level: This class is suitable for beginners who are able to manipulate narrow strips of paper.
Recording: We are not recording this workshop.
Requirements: This is a virtual workshop. Students should have the following:
Computer or other internet-connected device with a built-in camera.
Zoom conferencing software and familiarity with the platform. In order to access the workshop on Zoom, you will first need to download the free Zoom app (called Zoom Client for Meetings) on your tablet or computer, if you don't already have it. Click here before the workshop to download the Zoom app. If you are new to the platform, Zoom offers tutorials here.
Supply List:
1/4” quilling strips (Select a monochromatic color scheme, with no more than five colors, e.g., "light blue, medium blue, dark blue, turquoise, and white", or "reds, pinks, coral, light purple, and dark purple". )
slotted tool
glue (any glue from Elmer's to Aileen's)
needle tool, or toothpicks
tweezers (optional)
base paper (card stock or watercolor paper) 8 1/2 " x 11", or any size desired
The instructor recommends the following sources for supplies.
Quilling.com
Quilled Creations
Amazon
About Instructor Pam Signorelli
Pam Signorelli is a member of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers, a retired National Board Certified Visual Arts Teacher and a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT). She has been teaching on Zoom since the pandemic began.