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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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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!

Opt out by:  Nov 18, 2024
PostMark Date by: Dec 13, 2024

Please reply below if you need to opt out of this exchange. (Note: This is for registered exchange members only. See Perpetual Exchange Post for further info.

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

Opt out by: Sep 23, 2024
PostMark Date: Oct 18, 2024


Please reply below if you need to opt out of this exchange. (Note: This is for registered exchange members only. See Perpetual Exchange Post for further info.

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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.
Opt out by: July 29, 2024
PostMark Date: August 26, 2024


Please reply below if you need to opt out of this exchange. (Note: This is for registered exchange members only. See Perpetual Exchange Post for further info. )

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2024 Exchanges / Perpetual Exchange #1 | Summer Nights 2024
« on: April 30, 2024, 07:00:40 PM »
Summer Nights – what do summer nights mean to you? Walks in the moonlight, camping out in the woods, star gazing, ghost stories by campfire?
Opt out by: May 29, 2024
PostMark Date: June 20, 2024

Please reply below if you need to opt out of this exchange. (Note: This is for registered exchange members only. See Perpetual Exchange Post for further info.

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2024 Exchanges / Perpetual Exchange 2024 - Info & Sign Up
« on: April 30, 2024, 06:55:07 PM »
OK folks, I knew I wouldn’t last long without an exchange! Since we generally have the same calligrafriends signing up for exchanges, I came up with this idea to do a “Perpetual Exchange.” Here’s how it works:

  • You sign up to be on the list to participate in all the listed exchanges. For 2024, that means 4 more exchanges.
  • You put the deadline dates on your calendar and send your exchanges by the deadline.
  • I will also post a reminder/opt out post for every exchange.
  • If you cannot participate for that particular exchange, you will need to reply to the specific exchange post with an opt out message by the Opt Out date listed. (You will still be signed up for all other exchanges.)

IMPORTANT: Everyone will be responsible for checking the post to see if anyone has opted out prior to doing/mailing their exchanges.

This will significantly reduce my administrative time and emails. Newcomers are welcome to join after 5 posts to the forum.

Sign Ups are now closed.

Deadline to join is May 15, 2024 so I will have time to put the list together and send to everyone. I would like to only have one list so keep in mind, the list may be a little bigger than past exchanges but if at any time more than 16 are in the group, I will split the list.

Exchanges 2024

Summer Nights
– what do summer nights mean to you? Walks in the moonlight, camping out in the woods, star gazing, ghost stories by campfire?
Opt out by: May 29, 2024
PostMark Date: June 20, 2024

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.
Opt out by: July 29, 2024
PostMark Date: August 26, 2024

Halloween /Day of the Dead 2024
Spooky or sweet – send your flourish friend a calligraphic treat!
Opt out by: Sep 23, 2024
PostMark Date: Oct 18, 2024

Holiday Exchange 2024
Holiday Cheer or a Happy New Year – send a festive holiday greeting!
Opt out by:  Nov 18, 2024
PostMark Date by: Dec 13, 2024

NOTE:
  • If you do not complete your exchange and you didn’t opt out, you will be removed from the current year’s perpetual list. Future participation will be considered.
  • You must be a registered, active member, with at least 5 posts (for new members, current members are grandfathered if they have participated in at least one past exchange).
  • Calligraphy should be used on both your exchange insert and envelope.
  • All skill levels welcome!
  • HAVE FUN!

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Blooming Landscaping
« on: April 28, 2024, 03:07:06 PM »
I have never been much of a Gardner. I love flowers and plants but somehow forget to take care of them. We planted new landscaping over a year ago and this is the first time it is blooming. It’s so exciting to see the new blossoms! And it’s almost care free! Anyone else have lots blossoming?

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I was at a restaurant in Naples, Florida waiting for a table when this caught my eye in the lobby. A real live engrossed diploma from 1912 in the wild!!!

I was absolutely thrilled and glad the wait for our table turned into a fabulous 15 minutes. Wish I could have taken better pictures but it was very dark in there and people (including my family) were looking at me like I was nuts.  ;D

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Learn American Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering, History, and Design
by Margaret Shepherd

Anyone who started calligraphy back in the 1980s and 90s will certainly be familiar with calligrapher Margaret Shepherd. Her books were some of the only ones on the library shelves and she introduced many, many learners to Italic, Gothic, and Celtic hands to name just a few. Lucky for us, Margaret has just released a new book called Learn American Calligraphy - an eclectic mix of the history of calligraphy and lettering in America, exemplars, and instruction. It is delightfully different than most calligraphy books with a unique and fascinating perspective on the history of calligraphy in America.

She begins with an enthralling account of lettering from the first Native Americans, including a Cherokee alphabet or Syllabary with guidelines. Pictures show letters, symbols, and artwork of the Lakota tribes, Southwestern Mogollon people, Apache, Pacific Northwestern Native American artists and others. Next is the story of how Gothic made its way from Spain with the conquistadores in Christian scriptures and imperial decrees to the West Coast of the Americas in the early 1530s and its five revivals throughout the centuries. An honest assessment of the deterioration of Gothic’s letterforms by the mid 1800s and into the next century, is absolutely fascinating in its tale of Gothic’s journey and experience between east and west coasts of America. Even more colorful is how Gothic metamorphosed into Goth in yet another revival, exemplified by the Monster logo of this generation’s popular energy drinks.

Jumping forward to modern day, the section on American Graffiti covers three main categories, thick and thin; variable monoline; and outlined. It includes three really fun, energetic hands to inspire the ambitious lettering artist. The more traditional hands of Copperplate, Spencerian, Palmer, Cursive, and Italic follow with a delicate and lovely Copperlate exemplar as well as exemplars for Spencerian, Palmer, Manuscript (ball and stick), and Italic. (Guidelines are included as well.) While brief in narrative, it gives just enough to understand how these hands moved us through history and does so in a familiar yet engaging way.

Margaret offers in depth first aid for improving your handwriting and a passionate, informative treatise on ten reasons handwriting still matters. (Hear, hear!) A short section on the lettering used for embroidery, quilting, mosaics, weaving, and other American crafts offers endearing insight into how Americans have used lettering in ways not usually given much attention.

The Roman Capitals revival begins with Arts & Crafts, Art Noveau, and Art Deco exemplars. A delicious monoline exemplar called “Prairie School” offers a fun, simple alphabet that can be used in so many different projects. Several other distinctive and interesting hands are included as well and then Fraktur, block letters, and a plethora of other really fun, relevant lettering styles.

Not only are there many new styles to learn, but fascinating tidbits and history which tantalize you to read more. This is a truly charming book that will keep you coming back to read, study, and practice from over and over.

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General How To's & Projects / Victorian Puzzle Purse DIY
« on: March 03, 2024, 03:06:57 PM »
This was so much fun to figure out! A bit challenging to get together so it all lined up because I did one master to use to print. I did one original painting on the paper and then figured out in photoshop how to carve and line it up. These can be used for any occasion. You can put a sticker, folded money, or little square of chocolate in the center.

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2024 Exchanges / LOVE letter exchange
« on: March 03, 2024, 03:03:13 PM »
Since, hopefully, everyone has received their Valentine by now, I thought I would share some photos. If you saw my video on Instagram, you saw that originally I had included a square of chocolate in the center of my Victorian Puzzle Purse. I took it to the post office to see how much it would cost to mail. Because of the little bump in the envelope, it jacked the price up to $4.50 per envelope! So sorry folks, but the chocolate had to come out.  :-\ Hope you enjoyed it anyway.  :-*

I posted a mini DIY for the Victorian Puzzle Purse .

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