Welcome to the West Country Scribes website
We are a small and friendly calligraphy group who meet near Wellington, Taunton, Somerset, aiming to develop our own skills and encourage calligraphy locally. We are affiliated to the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society [CLAS]. We hold regular workshops through the year. Meetings are held in Rockwell Green Village Hall, Popes Lane, Wellington, Somerset TA21 9BU. Our meetings are open to members and non-members, but booking is essential. We welcome new members who would like to take the opportunity of developing their calligraphy and exploring what is possible in this absorbing skill. Many of our workshops are suitable for beginners; please enquire using our contact form if interested, or click on the email icon at the bottom of this page, and we will phone you back. You can be assured of a warm welcome with plenty of encouragement and support. Tutored workshop days are £30 for members, £40 for non-members. Informal Practice Days are £10 for members, £15 for non members, who are always welcome to join us for a day. To book any workshop or contact us with any enquiry, please use the form on our "Contact Us" page. In March, our Word for the month was 'PHOENIX. Here are a few of the contributions members brought to our last Meeting |
NEXT MEETING Saturday 13th April 2024 - Workshop with Josie Brown This day we are featuring Automatic Action Description and Materials List – Automatic Action – West Country Scribes This workshop will look at two types of pens and exploit their qualities to achieve personally individual scripts and lettering. There will be no rights or wrongs and although the demonstrations will focus on various scripts in the exemplars, examples of other people’s work will inspire personal versions for those with more experience. We will begin with practicalities of the two pens – automatics and Pilot Parallel pens and how to use them to best advantage. You only need to use one or the other, not both. We will then explore possibilities with some fun lower case lettering and think about where to go next and how to combine this lettering with other calligraphy. Materials: Your usual calligraphy gear to include: Either a Pilot Parallel pen (suggested size of 3.8 or 6 mm, that’s the green or blue lid) and/or automatic pen/s (between sizes 3 & 5). You don’t have to have both. Suitable ink or paint to practise with Plenty of A4 or A3 layout or cartridge paper, or even lining wallpaper as we’ll use a fair amount Pencil, ruler, rubber One other colour in ink or paint (optional) The tutor will bring a number of automatic and 2 or 3 Pilot Parallel pens for those who don’t have any – to borrow. We are delighted to be welcoming Josie back to teach us, and her Calligraphic Collage Workshop will now take place on Saturday 7th December 2024 If you are interested in joining our group, please contact us and we can give fuller details. New members are always welcome. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westcountryscribes |