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Calligraphy

11/17/2019

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Amity Parks holding one of her pieces.
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My first effort at calligraphy!
I spent the weekend taking a workshop from Amity Parks.  A wonderful, sharing instructor that teaches all her tricks without reservation.  She gave everyone lots of personal instruction, wonderful handouts, a palette and inks we needed so we could continue working with her alphabet when we got back to our studios.  Sponsored by the Colorado Calligrapher's Guild, this workshop as affordable and a great value.
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Over the past several years, I have been interested in incorporating text into my work — first with fabric and now with books.  But there is a big difference between the kind of hand lettering I've been doing and calligraphy.  

I'm not a person who likes "rules" or following specific instructions so I didn't know if I was going to like learning this precise art.  Turns out, I was in a class with 10 "Calligraphy Experts" — some who are known world-wide.  Intimidating!  But I confessed to my beginner status and then just had fun experimenting with pens, inks, and letters.

The hardest part was coming up with a quote.  I don't use other people's words in my work and my husband suggested "Impeach the SOB!" but I thought that might be a little harsh.  So I settled on something supportive of women, a cause I have been working for all my life.

I have often taken workshops that are a reach for me and every time I do it, I am happy with how it expands my thinking and art-making.  I highly recommend you do the same if you want to get re-energized, look at your work from a new perspective, or just have fun being a beginner again!

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Renee Jorgensen link
11/24/2019 05:46:32 am

Thank you for taking this workshop! I enjoyed meeting you and seeing how well you took to calligraphy! I am not surprised after viewing your beautiful, creative works of art! So nice to meet you Carol!

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    Carol Ann Waugh

    I am a mixed media artist and love color and texture!

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