Operation ‘Studio Scrapeout’ had been postponed for a couple of weeks while I went on a matting and framing binge (remember all the unfinished paintings cluttering up the calligraphy studio?).  And to make matters even worse, I foolishly agreed to do a show of my paintings in October, and October is upon us!
I gave up [...]

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At Gina Jonas’ workshop, “Living Letters”, we were introduced to a very interesting writing surface.  Gina uses a piece of Gatorboard covered with suede to write on, and everyone was given the opportunity to try it out.
Gatorboard is a thick, high-density foam board, very lightweight, and Gina has stretched a large piece of suede around [...]

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I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Gina Jonas, a wonderful Seattle calligrapher and instructor.  Our guild, Windwriters, sponsored Gina, who presented “Living Letters”.  This was the first time Gina has given this particular workshop, and it was such a great privilege to be part of the “test group”.
Several years ago, Gina [...]

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