Meeting Minutes 13 Feb 2024

Pointed Brush Variations- Cheryl Carey

20 were present (2 guests)

 

 

Welcome & Announcements:

 

**Karen Eiles brought Margaret Satriano and Amy brought Jessica Page to the meeting tonight.  

**Our annual dues of $30 are due this month.  

**Cyndi Haworth will be having surgery on her foot Feb 14 in Denver.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

**Nell Houser is going off the Board as Service Chair. Karen Eiles was voted in to take her place.  Kristi Lyons is going off as VP/Program Chair.  Susan Kelly was voted in to take her place.  The rest of the current members have agreed to serve another year.

**Next year’s Retreat is set for Oct 30-Nov 1, 2025. Candy is offering to collect money towards a savings plan if it would help anyone to save towards the cost of $200.00.  The guild will cover the outstanding cost of our stay.  

**TJ made an announcement about this year’s International Conference with some details about ‘Roman Holiday’ hosted by the Chicago Collective at St. Ambrose in IA. 

**Mary Rhodas and Betsy Wintermute have agreed to be our Librarians!  They will start by sorting thru sort thru the materials we have collected.

**Candy challenged us to write a panagram and bring it back next month.  They can be found on-line.

**Lonnie showed us her folder and explained how she came up with the idea and how she printed Arches Text Wove on her Epson computer at home.  The colors and results were pretty amazing. She is willing to do a mini workshop for those interested in using Photoshop to print special papers on Arches. 

 

Show & Share:

**Candy lettered a verse from James in Uncial.

**Tom brought the yearlong project he’s been working on lettering the book of Proverbs a verse a day in foundational James Hayes taught him. He also brought his original membership certificate designed and lettered by James Hayes.

**Mary used Cave paper to make a folder.  She also brought the envelope and ‘test’ names and addresses Kristi Lyons sent her. 

**Debbie brought a framed piece from her mom’s house she did years ago titled Sand dollars.

**TJ lettered a verse from Psalms in Uncial.

**Lonnie brought her homework folder.

**Karen's friend Margaret brought an Italic quote from Hellen Keller.

 

 

Evening Presentation:

**Cheryl had a number of exemplars of her letters and some inspired by Yves Leterme.  She asked us to bring copy paper to work on and a pointed cartridge brush.  She demonstrated how to letter holding the brush in the normal, natural way to achieve a more controlled letter.  She then shifted to an upright/perpendicular hold on the brush, freeing the arm to create a more free-spirited letter.  We practiced on our own for a while and then she had us make Cootie Catchers or Fortune Tellers using Cecelia’s colorful 12x12 papers.  She walked us through the folding and gave us possible words to write in the correct spots.  The directions can be found at www.teachbesideme.com. It was a fun little take home!