Meetings

Annual Holiday Card Swap

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Whatever holiday you celebrate, create your cards (suggest 5 – 20) and bring them to the December meeting, where they will be ‘swapped’ for cards from other members. Your card must contain a Calligraphic element. All of your cards can be originals, or you can create 1 original and have it reproduced.

You are The Program: Everybody’s Best Calligraphy Tip

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"You are The Program" Everybody’s Best Calligraphy Tip - Tamra Thomson will preside. Members are invited to come prepared to briefly describe their best calligraphy tip and/or tool

Veteran's Showcase

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Five long-time members of the Calligraphy Society of Ottawa will take you through their personal Calligraphy Journeys with slides and stories, explaining how they got started, and where it has taken them.

Calligraphy Preserved

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Susan Pinard will show books she has made, many with her calligraphy, mostly poems about nature. Some books she has had copied, usually in a smaller size, and these she has bound as well. She has also been making carousel books, with pictures from landscape calendars. Then she will guide you as you make your own single signature book. All mat...

Exploring our Own Letters; Annual Swap Quote; John Whitehead Award

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Swap Quote for 2023: "Not all those who wander are lost." – J.R.R. Tolkien

Write all or part of the quote in any style you choose (any size, colour, script, tools, materials, etc.) Bring your completed work to the June meeting, where it will be swapped for someone else's piece. Participants are also asked to briefly describe their process ...