The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa

Our annual Saturday afternoon get-together features an interactive program with founding member Heather Mallett. Heather has offered a list of things she suggests you may want to bring:

• Five sheets 8½ x 11" photocopy paper
• Coloured pencils, oil pastels, chalk pastels: anything you have that makes large coloured marks on large paper (not we…

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, New Year or Festivus, bring your calligraphic cards for the annual Holiday Card Swap.

Letters rising up from the paper are just gorgeous! Meet Slovenian scribe Loredana Zega. She has been described as “a wild calligraphic whirlwind. No tool or surface is safe from her.” You may have read about her in Bound & Lettered (Vol 12, No 1). Now you can see her work in person.

Whimsical Watercolour: fun tips for calligraphers

We will look at 10 quick ways to use watercolour in combination with lettering, such as backgrounds, texture effects, layering and masking.

To participate, attendees should bring:

• a calligraphy pen of their choice
• a round brush (size 4-8)
• ink

Calligraphic shorts are hot on social media. Norma Goldsmith, George Gillam and Marta Stojanovic will discuss how to use blogs, Facebook, Instagram and other forms of social media to promote and learn about calligraphy.

Please remember to bring your renewal payment for the 2017–2018 membership year, as well as any borrowed library books.