Calligraphy Internet Resources (guilds, supplies, images, learning, etc.)

Posted on August 18, 2013 by

Contents

Calligraphy Guilds

Learning Calligraphy

Calligraphy Supplies in the U.S.

Calligraphy Books Published

Historical collections

Glossaries of Calligraphy and Lettering Terms

Wikipedia Calligraphy Entries

Misc. Calligraphy Interest

Calligraphy Images (various Internet search results)

Sell Your Work or Services

Alphabet Sentences (pangrams)

Informational Reddit Posts

Calligraphy Guilds

Look for a calligraphy society near you, or just be inspired by their galleries! (correct as of 3/2015)

AK

AL

AR

AZ calligraphicsocietyofarizona.org

CA societyforcalligraphy.com

CA friendsofcalligraphy.org

CA pacificscribes.net

CA

CO coloradocalligraphers.com

CO http://summitscribes.org/

CT http://www.calligraphyconnecticut.org/

DE

FL http://scribesofcentralflorida.com/

FL http://coastalcalligraphersguild.org/

FL http://southfloridacalligraphyguild.org/

FL

GA http://www.friendsofthealphabet.com/

HI

IA

ID

IL chicagocalligraphy.org

IN http://www.calligin.org/

KS

KY

LA http://www.neworleanscalligraphy.org/

LA

MA http://masscribes.org/

MD http://gvcalligraphy.org/

ME

MI http://pendragonscalligraphy.org/

MN http://www.colleaguesofcalligraphy.com/

MO stlcalligraphyguild.org

MT http://www.bigskyscribes.org/

MS https://www.facebook.com/MississippiCalligraphyGuild

NC http://www.trianglecalligraphersguild.com/

NC http://www.carolinaletteringarts.com/

ND

NE

NH

NJ

NV

NY societyofscribes.org

OH https://www.facebook.com/CalligraphyGuildofColumbus

OH http://www.cincinnaticalligraphy.com/

OK calligraphytulsa.com

OR http://valleycalligraphyguild.com/

OR http://portlandsocietyforcalligraphy.org/

PA https://cgofp.wordpress.com/

PA https://www.facebook.com/CalligraphersGuildOfNortheasternPennsylvania

PA http://philadelphiacalligraphers.org/

RI

SC

SD

TN http://calligraphyguild.com/

TX ccscribes.com

TX http://www.houstoncalligraphyguild.org/

TX http://www.kaligrafos.com/

UT http://www.utahcalligraphicartists.com/index.html

VA

VT

WA portlandcalligraphy.org

WA calligraphersguild.org Continue reading →

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Calligraphy Books in Steve’s Collection

Posted on August 17, 2013 by

These books in my collection are listed here in no particular order at this time. I noted several books as RECOMMENDED for their particular excellence.

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A Passion for the Pen: The Art of Georgina Artigas

Brenda Casey Zoby
64pp 2006
Softcover. Retrospective of one very talented calligrapher. Full color.
Many pointed pen works, and her flat pen work borrows from illuminated mss.
Good for: … Inspiration from one person’s body of work, especially pointed pen enthusiasts and historical-inspired certificate makers … Respect for Georgina’s skill.

The Art and Craft of Hand Lettering

Annie Cicale
192pp 2004
Softcover. Full-color photos. Instructional.
One of the best-designed calligraphy books in my collection. Favorite book. Many project ideas. Works of many artists included.
Good for: … Gaining a solid foundation in basic letterforms … Ideas for applying your work (techniques) … Gallery inspiration … Owning a lovely book. Continue reading →

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Video of My Calligraphy Process when Creating John 1:14

Posted on August 5, 2013 by

I videotaped the creation of a calligraphy piece over the weekend. I used John 1:14 for my inspiration.

calligraphy-john-1-14b from Steve Husting on Vimeo.

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Spiral Calligraphy with The Hobbit

Posted on July 25, 2013 by
2 Poems in One

2 Poems in One

I put my new spiral guideline sheets into practice with this piece. The red text is from The Hobbit, featuring the poem, “Roads go ever ever on,” and the black text is a poem from the Lord of the Rings, “The Road goes ever on and on.” The complete texts of both are included. I’m thrilled that I got every word of each to fit! Continue reading →

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Spiral and Circular Spacing Guides

Posted on July 21, 2013 by

Spiral & Circular Guides

Guidelines Screenshot

I created a series of circular and spiral guidelines in Adobe Illustrator to help me with my calligraphy work. Click on the link above to download the PDF of several pages of these guides. Continue reading →

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The Ten Commandments in Calligraphy

Posted on June 30, 2013 by
The Ten Commandments in Calligraphy

The Ten Commandments in Calligraphy

I created this after a friend asked for the Ten Commandments for his wall. I was challenged to figure out a way to list them in a visually appealing way. Originally I had listed the commandments in neat blocks, one under the other, in two columns, but it wasn’t visually interesting. Then I had the idea of doing it this way. Continue reading →

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Brother’s Wedding Vows

Posted on June 8, 2013 by

When my younger brother got married earlier this year, I asked him to send me his wedding vows so I can create them as a calligraphy project. He emailed me two vows, one spoken by the bride and the other spoken by the groom. I put them aside, not knowing how I wanted to execute the design yet.

Then in Barbara Close’s Uncial/Gothic workshop, she gave a homework assignment that I thought would be perfect for the vows. The assignment was to cut out around the letters on a page, with some text written underneath. In my case, I used the first word of the vow, Rebecca, and the vows under the name. Here was my assignment: Continue reading →

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Calligraphy Supplies Around the World

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Sometimes people from outside the U.S. would like to know how they can get calligraphy supplies in their own country. So I thought I would do a search to find calligraphy sites around the world. The following is only a small sample of sites available. Only a few are stores. If you find yourself belonging to one of these language groups and are looking for a store in your country, contact the people at the site and see if they can direct you to where they pick up their supplies. If you are outside the U.S. and know of a store near you stocking calligraphy supplies, please give the store’s location (city, country) and contact information, such as an email. (This is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of all calligraphy sites in these areas. This is only a sampling.)  Continue reading →

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Making Line Spacing Guides in Microsoft Word

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

To make guidelines easily in Microsoft Word (and similar text programs):

1. Open a new page and set the margins all around so they are narrow, like .5″.
2. Hold down the Shift key and the Underline key and “draw” a line all the way across.
3. Highlight the line by clicking in the left margin next to it and choose a type size of 8pt.
4. Copy and paste the line over and over, one underneath the other.

Simple! Continue reading →

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Classroom project

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Barbara Close showed us an intriguing art treatment consisting of abstract text forms cut out as squares and put together in a line, with text above and (if I remember) below. She suggested we do this ourselves in class. When I got home, I decided to pursue the idea and ended up with the project below. I chose the text from Psalm 119:130 because the squares suggested windows to me. I did the entire project on white paper first to get the spacing of the lettering in a circle. I got it fitting just right on only the second try.

Classroom project, Ps. 119:130

Classroom project, Ps. 119:130

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