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Open Flourish | General Discussion / The Ford "r"

« on: September 02, 2024, 05:22:54 PM »

@Zivio  I beat you to it. 

We must have been spending the day in the same manner. I have spent all of the day on archive.org looking at old lettering journals and books. I discovered this in C.P. Zaner's "The Arm Movement Method of Rapid Writing."
It looks like this "murmur" is the one featured in the Tamblyn instructor.

Notice Zaner does not distinguish the use of this r to just at the end of a word.

Now for the Roundhand, I know I have seen mention of it somewhere. When I come across it, I will post. I feel like something tickling the back of my brain about it being distinguished as a "French r." But I could be remembering wrong.

Cheers!

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Spencerian Script / Cunningham’s Law

« on: August 31, 2024, 01:43:43 AM »

This morning I received an email in which “Cunningham’s Law” was mentioned. Cunningham’s Law states, “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.” The concept is named after Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the wiki software! Steven McGeady who authored the law, said Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law.

What great kismet after our discussion on the Coca Cola logo and it NOT being originated in Spencerian Script as erroneously indicated on a wiki page about Spencerian!

The title below is written in Shaded Eccentric Penmanship by C.P. Zaner which I just learned from Nina Tran along with Spencerian. If you ever get the chance to take Nina’s Underground Spencerian, I HIGHLY recommend it. It has improved my Spencerian so much and given me some fresh ideas for variations.

Also, the French phrase and the Chinese adverb are similar sentiments to Cunningham’s Law. 

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / 2024 Graceful Envelope Contest Winners Announced

« on: August 15, 2024, 06:06:19 PM »

Gorgeous envelopes: Graceful Envelope Winners

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Spencerian Script / Back to Basics Before the FUN!

« on: August 08, 2024, 11:42:38 AM »

I am taking Nina Tran's Underground Spencerian class. Nina is without a doubt one of the BEST Spencerian teachers out there. I have learned new tips and techniques in just the first class! We reviewed basic Spencerian before the real fun begins with her Underground Spencerian variation. Highly recommend studying with Nina if you have the chance.

Here is a glimpse at my practice and notes from the first class.

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / 100th Birthday Card for WW II Veteran

« on: August 04, 2024, 09:38:50 PM »

From my FL calligraphy guild:

Please join the 100 For John Project. Our special friend, John Stiles, turns one hundred years old on September 5th. We would love it for you, and all your calligrapher friends who wish to participate, to send him a card (our goal is 100) to help celebrate this amazing milestone. Please share this announcement with your group's social media, newsletter, etc.
Anyone wishing to may send a unique message to:

John Stiles
c/o Donna Crawford
3116 Briarwood Drive
Tallahassee FL 32308

Some Inspirational Background: John was a Marine in the Pacific in World War II, from West Virginia and later served as the Director of Marketing for the Florida Dept. of Agriculture. He married Frances Baughan in 1949 and had two daughters. There are now 6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren who call him Boompa. He is a strong alumni and major fan of West Virginia
University (go blue & gold!) keeping up with his team in all sports.

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Show & Tell / Stunt Romans with Nina Tran

« on: July 22, 2024, 10:20:35 PM »

Took a great workshop this weekend taught by Nina Tran. Stunt Romans which she discovered in a Speedball Textbook. It was such a relaxing class and I had a chance to break out my fountain pen Husband gave me as a birthday gift a couple years ago. I don’t know what took me so long except I had never filled a fountain pen and I was intimidated. It was SO easy! Wish I did it years ago. It writes like a DREAM!

Highly recommend the class if you ever get a chance to take it. She also offers a minuscules class which I missed.

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / A new Student (or two)!

« on: July 08, 2024, 10:05:11 AM »

My husband has taught himself how to turn calligraphy pens and it has become a new obsession for him! He finally made himself a pen and asked me to teach him Engrosser's Script so he can properly use it. We had a great first lesson which was ended when our Siberian, Bloo, decided it was dinner time and Adam was done writing.

P.S. Adam was shocked at how quickly 3 hours went by and just wanted to "try one more" before stopping. This is going to work out nicely for me. Wish I thought of it years ago - LOL! 

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Happy Birthday America!

« on: July 04, 2024, 12:02:47 PM »

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” - Benjamin Franklin

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / FOMO

« on: June 26, 2024, 09:51:36 AM »

Conference is this week and I'm already having feelings of missing out! I'm going to be super feeling it next week when IAMPETH takes place! Who from Flourish is attending either one? Anyone? 

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Workshops & Conference News / Super Flourished Capitals with Kathy Milici

« on: June 04, 2024, 09:04:03 PM »

Kathy is a fabulous teacher and these flourished capitals are GORGEOUS! Sign up quick, class starts Thursday, June 6, 2024 but you will have access until October 21, 2024.

Modern Super-Flourished Caps will consist of 4 class sessions taught over 2 days:

Sessions 1 & 2:
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Sessions 3 & 4:
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Times:
10:30am-12:30pm US Eastern time &
2:00-4:00pm US Eastern time
each class day

Level: INTERMEDIATE

Cost: $195 USD

Details here: Modern Super Flourished Caps

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Online Learning / Where to Learn Calligraphy Online

« on: May 30, 2024, 02:58:03 PM »

Given all the online learning now available to calligraphers, I thought it would be great to have a board where we can share news about upcoming classes and places to find what classes are available online. Here are a few that I love:

LearnCalligraphy Hosted by @kestrelmontes Kestrel Montes of InkMeThis.

TheGentlePenman Hosted by Gary Chin.

HavePensWillDazzle Hosted by @MaureenV Maureen Vickery.

John Stevens Hosted by John Stevens.

Please feel free to post about a class you are teaching, hosting, or are interested in taking on this board. 

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Hand Lettering / Hand Lettering Anyone?

« on: May 10, 2024, 06:37:17 PM »

I recently had a lovely email from someone asking if we talked about Hand Lettering here on Flourish. I was surprised to look at our boards and see it was a topic that has been overlooked all these years! Hand lettering is different from calligraphy and has really become more popular the past decade or so. I hope we have some hand lettering artists who will pop in and share some work and ideas or anything! 

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2024 Exchanges / Perpetual Exchange #4 | Holiday 2024

« on: April 30, 2024, 07:06:15 PM »

Holiday Exchange 2024

Holiday Cheer or a Happy New Year – send a festive holiday greeting!

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2024 Exchanges / Perpetual Exchange #3 | Halloween/Day of the Dead 2024

« on: April 30, 2024, 07:04:55 PM »

Halloween /Day of the Dead 2024
Spooky or sweet – send your flourish friend a calligraphic treat!

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2024 Exchanges / Perpetual Exchange #2 | Calligraphy Book Club 2024

« on: April 30, 2024, 07:02:38 PM »

Calligraphic Book Club – what is your favorite calligraphy or lettering book? What do you like about it? Share a mini-book review or project from the book and/or an envelope using one of the hands/techniques taught in the book.
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