Meeting Minutes 11 Oct 2022
Copperplate #2 with Sherry Weaver
17 members present
Welcome & Announcements:
**Carole told us about the YouTube channel Calligraphy Masters she started to watch in 2014. It featured a video on Copperplate today.
**The response to our submissions to the Commonwheel Gallery wasn’t what many had hoped. Several produced substantial pieces and had them professionally framed that didn’t sell. Candy had a dozen travel journals sell in the first week. She brought 30 more and they all sold. Karen sold about half of her hand painted signs Sherry sold a number of cards and bookmarks. TJ casually polled the group and the consensus was to forego Commonwheel next year and see if the 21C library would feature our work for a month next year. TJ will call to see what might work.
**Lynn shared a trick for keeping bottles of ink from spilling… take a plastic lid, like from a box of oatmeal, and cut an X I the center. Slip it over the jar and, wah-lah!
**She also told us about the Leuchtturm 1917 fine point gel pen she bought in Vail.
Show & Share:
**Jim brought a number of full sheets of Arches Text Wove he and his sister marbled in Karen’s garage last month. He was willing to sell a full sheet for $10 and envelopes for $2. He also had 2 aprons he had marbled.
**Cecelia shared the pieces she tweaked for Michael Gold’s class she is taking on line and explained how to add dynamic elements to make the piece pop. She also brought a dress she made from fabric she designed!
**Dawn brought several samples and exemplars of Copperplate she recently rescued from her home in England.
Evening Presentation:
**Sherry used a mic so we could hear her tonight. She had packets for those of us who missed her first session and new papers for the rest. She walked us through each capital letter of the Copperplate script, telling us which ones started with a compound stroke and where we needed to add pressure on each stroke. Her strokes were so fluid because she’s been lettering in this style for a number of years. Thanks, Sherry!
