October 2023 Meeting

 Meeting Minutes 10 OCT 2023

French Roundhand- Cyndi Haworth

12 were in attendance

 

 

Welcome & Announcements:

**Kristi Lyons filled in as VP for Candy who was out sick.

**Karen Eiles shared a full-color brochure from the St. John’s Bible exhibition in September at St Michael’s Episcopal Church.  Each of the 7 books (Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Psalms, The Prophets, Gospels & Acts, Letters & Revelation) were one of 299 copies of the Heritage Edition.  Each copy had been hand-embellished with original artwork and was presented with a prayer and song.     

**We were encouraged to bring the envelopes we agreed to exchange with one another to the meeting next month. 

**Jim Witford offered another marbling workshop at Nell’s.  Several attended and they all thought it was a great way to spend the day.  Thank you, Jim! (He has three 6’ and two 8’ particle board tables to give away. He is willing to deliver them, too!)

**The Pioneer Museum is hosting a fall themed historical event at the Evergreen Cemetery on Sat Oct 21 from 3:30-5 pm.  Sherry Weaver and Nell Houser were looking for volunteers willing to letter bookmarks on the premises.

**Lynn Friedberg gave a report on what her old guild in Pittsburgh had been doing recently.  They don’t meet regularly, but are involved with playdays doing jelly plates and participating in round-robins with a more skilled member at each table to help and encourage the newer members. They recently hosted a 6-week Pointed Black Letter class on line, and offered a Copperplate bootcamp with Nina Tran. They’ve also explored walnut ink using parallel and folded pens.

**The Christmas Party will be hosted by Kristi Lyons this year. Start working on your cards!

 

Show & Share:

**Anne Dye brought 2 lovely lettered pieces, one in Italic, one in Roman Caps

**Cheryl Carey brought multiple sheets of paper she marbled

**Kristi Lyons brought 2 watercolor background pieces on Stonehenge paper

**Tom Heaney had several sheets of his Copperplate quotes

 

Evening Presentation:

**Cyndi had handouts for the French Roundhand she presented to us.  She used a Mitchell #3 and had guide sheets for us to use.  She discovered it just by admiring the forms on-line.  French Roundhand is an upright very round letter form with 45-degree connectors.  She only had time to demonstrate the minuscules, but did show us a few capitals.  It was a very new hand for most of us, lifting the pen to make each letter in several strokes to make each appear as though they were made more seamlessly.  Nice work, Cyndi! 

Cheryl Carey

Tom Heaney

Tom Heaney

Anne Dye

Anne Dye

Kristi Lyons

Kristi Lyons