Meeting Minutes 8 April 2025
Filing Nib Tips/Tom and Foundational Minuscules-Pt 2/Lynn Friedberg
26 were present-including one guest Mary Ann Hill
Welcome & Announcements:
**We have a new sound system with a headset to improve our ability to hear!
**Fliers for the Retreat in October were available to take. Registration forms are available. Cost for the whole weekend to include instruction, lodging, and food is $350.00.
**Kathy Sullivan would like to see at least 20 framed entries for the exhibit at Commonwheel this October.
**Leslie made announcements on behalf of Karen, for the Canceled Stamp Ministry (save your canceled stamps with ¼ inch of paper surrounding the stamp) and Making Bookmarks for Territory Days. 2-hour slots are needed Sat-May 25/Sun-May 26/Mon-May 27.
**Our next PlayDay is set for Saturday April 26 from 10-2 at Heritage Park Clubhouse at Palmer Park and Eagle View. Bring Foundational hand to work on along with a sack lunch and supplies, to include a lamp for additional light if you have one.
**The Lending Library is Open and ready for books/periodicals to be checked out. Mary Rhodas has been culling and updating the books we’ve collected over the years. The list was sent in an email and it’s available on our blog at summitscribes.blogspot.com.
**Cheryl Carey brought the decorated envelopes we received for our Conference Registration in 2013.
Show & Share:
**Tom lettered Proverbs 10 in Foundational.
**Anne used the Weaver style hand to letter two pieces on a gelli/acrylic background.
**Cecelia brought several pieces she finished in John Stevens’ 5-week on-line class- in Foundational!
**Mary Ann lettered a Bible verse in Spencerian that was decorated and framed.
**Kathy had a light table she made from a wooden wine box. She offered it to anyone who wanted it.
**Lynn lettered a ‘Bearly’ piece in Foundational.
Evening Presentations:
**Tom showed us how file a worn square nib into a sharp clean edge by wetting a whet stone and rubbing the tip of the nib back and forth and sideways at a perfectly perpendicular 90%. After dipping the nib into ink and making circles, he inspected it for burrs. Then he turned the nib over to rub the top of it at a 45% angle to produce a very fine edge. He did the same thing turning a dull pointed-nib into a tiny straight-edged nib. It was very practical, helpful, and informative!
**Lynn had an original sized exemplar for each of us along with 2 sheets of Abecedarians. She started with the letter ‘o’ as a warm up for those who missed last month’s Minuscules-Part 1. We had been encouraged to line our paper before arriving so we could get started right away. Several of us lettered on our own as she demonstrated the remaining letters. She and Kathy went around the room to check our work and help anyone who had questions.
