Nashville Calligraphers Guild

March Meeting

The March meeting of the Nashville Calligraphers Guild will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Plaza Artist Materials in Nashville.

Following the business meeting, Lilo Regen will conclude our study of Italic lettering.

Our repertoire of letterforms is based on relatively few stroke elements that are combined in letter construction. The broad-edged pen produces hairlines and thick strokes, in other words, a ribbon effect that becomes a major design feature in Italic. Pen angle and direction of stroke determine the width o the strokes which have to be brought into balance in order to produce harmonious effect. To achieve this effect pen angle adjustments have to be made. In general calligraphic hands have a predominant pen angle – not a constant one.

All of these aspects of letter design along with letter and word spacing will be the focus of our study for the March program.

For hands-on experience, please bring a chisel-edged marker or a parallel pen 3 mm or wider and graph paper. If you have done any Italic calligraphic work since our last meeting, bring it for show and tell.

Guild meetings are open to anyone interested in the art of calligraphy.

Guild Pins

Nashville Calligraphers Guild pins are available for $5.00.

Pins may be purchased at any Guild meeting.

2010 Meetings

March 13, 2010

May 8, 2010

September 11, 2010

November 13, 2010

Social time begins at 10:00 a.m. with the business meeting following at 10:30 a.m. Scheduled programs follow the business meetings.

Meeting Location

Plaza Artist Materials
633 Middleton Street
Downtown Nashville
(Middleton is between Ewing
& 7th Avenue South)

For more information, please call:

(615) 824-5989
or
(615) 297-2044