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.
Zoom in with MAC • Creating Products from Your Calligraphy
Join MAC Board Member Elana Hopman, owner of Annabel Reese, as she provides an overview of how you can turn your calligraphy into a physical, sellable product.
In this session, we’ll review:
• Product Ideation and Development
• Printing Processes & Finding Partners
• Avenues for Sales (Wholesale vs. Retail)
• Marketing Yourself & Products
• Examples of Calligraphy Products
Supplies Needed:
This will be an interactive presentation, so you should have with you a pen and paper to take notes - bring any questions you may have about creating products with your calligraphy!
You can learn more about Elana and her business, Annabel Reese here.
Zoom in with MAC • Got Washi Tape?
Got Washi Tape?
presented by MAC Board Member, Wink Covintree
Use Washi tape and simple supplies to make fun birthday cake cards, holiday cards, and other
special occasion cards. At some point, I found myself with several rolls of Washi tape but not
a very satisfying use for it. Then I thought of cake, layer cakes, and turned tape into cakes. Try
it with me on the 17th!
Supplies
Washi tape
Paper
Markers
Scissors
Michigan Association of Calligraphers is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Zoom in with MAC
Time: Nov 17, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81821815472?pwd=UDJCWVVDVS9XbnI4YzltOUxvS2QvUT09
Meeting ID: 818 2181 5472
Passcode: 719887
With Pen In Hand Exhibit Awards & Closing Reception
A Juried Exhibition by the members of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers
Southfield Public Library
26300 Evergreen Road
Southfield, MI 48076
Join us for the closing reception and award presentations for this year’s exhibit, With Pen in Hand!
For further information please contact the Exhibit Chairperson
Gaylene Vitale @ calligal14@gmail.com
With Pen In Hand Exhibit Opening
A Juried Exhibition by the members of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers
Southfield Public Library
26300 Evergreen Road
Southfield, MI 48076
September 3, 2021 through October 26, 2021
For further information please contact the Exhibit Chairperson
Gaylene Vitale @ calligal14@gmail.com
Artwork Drop-off for Exhibition: With Pen in Hand
Today is the day to drop off your entries for our exhibit, With Pen in Hand. For more information about the entry procedure, please click here.
Zoom in with MAC • Welcoming Summer with Weathergrams
WELCOMING SUMMER with WEATHERGRAMS
presented by MAC Board Member, Judith Cattran
Judith Cattran will teach WELCOMING SUMMER with WEATHERGRAMS! The summer solstice arrives on June 20, and we can honor it using this unique method created years ago by Portland calligrapher Lloyd Reynolds.
One can just watch and learn about weathergrams or (with the following simple supplies) make your own:
Supplies
Brown kraft paper (OR a paper grocery bag)
Scissors and ruler
Your favorite lettering supplies (permanent inks are best, but whatever you have)
Also, to complete your weathergram:
A one-hole punch
Twine or string
Judith usually gets together with a friend to make these for each season’s annual arrival!
Zoom in with MAC • Paper Folding with Debbie Gallas
Learn to Fold, Pleat and Twist Paper with MAC Member Debbie Gallas
Together we’re going to explore the wonders of a Paul Jackson design. With some basic supplies and a few folds and snips, this magical structure will come to life before our very eyes! One side of our paper ends up looking woven, and the other side will have nine elements popping off of the page. You can write on it, draw on it, frame it, make it into a card.... Once you learn the basic concept, the possibilities are endless. Come fold with me!
Supplies
Paper (with contrasting sides).
Please choose a paper that is text weight or lighter. You can use printer paper (with one side plain and one side printed with text or a photo), scrapbooking paper (NOT CARDSTOCK), a calligraphy practice page on marker paper, or even a page from a magazine or calendar (one side with LOTS of color and the other side with text or a contrasting color). You choose! The paper size should be around 8-1/2 by 11”. Feel free to use 9 x 12, 8 x 10, etc. You get the idea — we just need a rectangle.
(What if it’s the last minute and you need a sheet for this demonstration? Don’t despair. Grab a sheet of copy paper and scribble with your markers or crayons on one side. Voila! You’re ready to join us for the fun.)Scissors (small, pointy, sharp would be ideal)
Pencil
Fine-point black marker
Eraser
Ruler
Bone folder (old gift card, butter knife, ...)
Luscious Layers with Jacqueline Sullivan
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Class is 10am-4:30pm with 45 minutes for lunch and a 15 minute afternoon break.
Learn to layer lettering and handwriting with beautiful watercolor techniques to make lovely art works for wall hangings, and for sentiments in a little book.
Skill Level
This class is open to all levels of experience, absolute beginners to mixed media artists, to those who like monoprints, to bookbinders, to painters, to calligraphers. It is not necessary to know a calligraphic hand. Students may use their own writing or stamps should they choose to do so. All levels of calligraphers and non-calligraphers can enjoy this workshop. A love of text and words will carry you through the experience.
About the Workshop
This class is about building a painting layer by layer. Students will work on paper, with water media and acrylic inks. Transparent washes will be layered with various styles of broad edged or brush lettering, mark making and handwriting to form a luscious abstract work. Participants will learn asemic writing techniques. In the end we will use some fragments of our works to make a small “pocket book” with watercolor cards that contain some of our favorite words. We’ll work with just a few colors of watercolors and do some color mixing exercises to learn what colors we can make with our limited palette. We’ll write with waterproof pens and do our calligraphy with waterproof acrylic inks in order to be able to layer with our watercolors.
MAC Juried Exhibition - POSTPONED
The 2020 MAC Juried Exhibition, With Pen in Hand, has been postponed due to Covid-19. We’ll keep you posted with the new date as soon as we have it confirmed!