List of Guild Library Books

This is a list of the guild library BOOKS, it does not include the exchange newsletters. If you notice anything is missing from the list, please let either Val, our librarian, or Kathleen know.

	A	B
1	Alphabeas Library books (2006?)
2
3	A Handwriting Manual	Alfred Fairbank
4	A Heaven Sent Grace: a Profile of Irene Wellington	Nancy Ouchida
5	ABC Canada	Lindley McDougall
6	ABCdarium
7	Advanced Calligraphy Techniques	Diana Hoare
8	Alan Blackman's Envelopes	Alan Blackman?
9	Alphabets and Numbers of the Middle Ages	Henry Shaw
10	Birds in Medieval Manuscripts	Brunsdon Yapp
11	Book Works	Sue Doggett
12	Calligraphic Swash Initials	Arthur Baker
13	Calligraphy Masterclass	Peter Halliday
14	Calligraphy Now	Margaret Shepherd
15	Calligraphy Today	Heather Child
16	Celtic Art (the methods of construction)	George Bain
17	Chinese Watercolours	Josef Hejzlar
18	Coloured Pencil Techniques	Iain Hutton-Jamieson
19	Copperplate Calligraphy	Dick Jackson
20	Cover to Cover	Shereen LaPlantz
21	Creating Handmade Books	Alisa Golden
22	Creating Letterforms	R. Sassoon
23	Creative BookBinding	Pauline Johnson
24	Creative Paper Crafts
25	Decorative Paper	Diane V. Maurer-Mathison
26	Dick Beasley: A Retrospective Catalogue of his Exhibition
27	Door Posts	Timothy R. Botts
28	Faculty Exhibit of Calligraphy N.W. 11th Conference
29	Fine Words Fine Book	Society of Scribes & Illuminations
30	Flowers in Heraldry	Alcuin Society
31	Gift Wrapping and Greeting Cards	ed. Lydia Darbyshire
32	Greetings Galore	Lynn slevinsky
33	Heraldic Design	Heather Child
34	How to make Holiday Pop-ups	Joan Iravine
35	I Believe	Alcuin Society
36	Lettering Arts	Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin
37	Lettering for Architects and Designers	Martha Sutherland
38	Lines I Like	Emily B. Shields
39	Making your own Marbled and Decorated Letters	Jane H. Reese
40	Marker Lettering, Vol. 1, 11, 111	Lynn Slevinsky
41	Reflections	Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild
42	Scribe	George Thompson
43	Sixty Alphabets	Gunnlaugur S. E. Briem
44	Step by Step calligraphy	Susan Hufton
45	The Art and Craft of Hand Lettering	Annie Cicale
46	The Art and Craft of Handmade Books	Shereen LaPlantz
47	The Art of Calligraphy	George L. Thompson
48	The Art of Illuminating	W. R. Tymms & W. D. Wyatt
49	The Calligrapher's Companion	Mary Noble & Janet Mehigan
50	The Calligrapher's Handbook	ed. C. M. Lamb
51	The Grammar of Ornament	Gwen Jones
52	The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting	Fred Eager
53	The J. Paul Getty Museum 1985 Appointment Calendar
54	The North Light Illustrated book of Painting Techniques	Elizabeth Tate
55	The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation (Third Edition0
56	The Script Letter	Tommy Thompson
57	The Spirit of Calligraphy	Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild
58	ThreeClassics of Italian Calligraphy	Introd: Oscar Ogg
59	Versals, Scrolls, Scripts
60	Writing, Illuminating and Lettering	Edward Johnston

The year at a glance...

For a quick referral, here is our year, all planned!!

ALPHABEAS Calendar for 2009

Galleria is a 'show and tell' program at our meetings to display homework from programs and workshops. Several times a year it aims at encouraging members to create a piece. Members are also welcome to present other items of interest at any time.

JANUARY	JULY
10 - Paper Bag Book Instructor – Bev Allen Galleria –New Year’s Resolution	Summer Gathering?
FEBRUARY	AUGUST
14 -Fun à la Carrie Imai Instructors: Bev, Kathleen & Violet Homework – Completed paper bag book, and Valentine exchange	Summer Gathering?
MARCH	SEPTEMBER
14 - Cuneiform Instructor – Anita Boyd Homework – February book 31 - April 1 – workshop with Georgia A.	12 - 13 - Workshop with Lorraine Douglas: Card-Making
APRIL	OCTOBER
11 - Akim Lettering Homework ‘Spring!’ using cuneiform (‘spring’s here’, ‘spring forward’, ‘spring break’, ‘spring in your step’…)	10 – Origami Tag Book Instructor: Janice Woodland Galleria –Memory Book filled with summer adventures
MAY	NOVEMBER
9 - Meandering Card Using Akim Instructor: Violet Smythe Galleria – A to Z	3 & 4 – Workshop with Martin Jackson 14 - TBA Show and Tell – 2 last workshops
JUNE	DECEMBER
3-4 –Workshop with Connie Furgason 13 - Memory Book Instructor: Louise Menard Show and Tell – 2 recent workshops	12 -Christmas Party

March Galleria

One more photo of Anita demonstrating Cuneiform lettering......answering one of the many questions!


Our Gallerias are divided into two types. One is an assigned theme and that happens maybe 3 or 4 times a year tops. The others are more of a show and tell type of Galleria rising out of the meeting programs. March was one of the latter. We made meandering books at the February meeting and were revisiting techniques learned in our workshop last year with Carrie Imai. Here are some photos showing how some members finished their books.


Kathleen's "inside" showing her quotation on each "page"

Muriel's finished project.

Closeup of one of Joyce's pages.

Joyce's complete book.

Nan's book.

Rita's book.

Eileen's book.

Violet made a smaller version of the meander book and took it to Mexico as her trip journal. Here's one side.....all about places and things to do on the Yucatan Peninsula.
and the other side...good thing to practice in Mexico! your numbers in Spanish.
Dos Dos Equis, por favor!

Bev explaining a scroll book she learned at Yellowpoint.

Thank you to Kathleen for her photos!

And there you have it! Our next Galleria at the April meeting is to use the Cuneiform lettering and "spring", it could be spring forward, spring in your step, or Spring or ?; you are only limited by your imagination!

March meeting

With permission from Carrie Imai, Anita Boyd was able to share the Cuneiform alphabet she learned at a workshop with Carrie.



I went around the room and took photos of everyone's work. We all made very good progress with these letters! I am not going to show you everyone's here as I am also writing up the day's activities for the next Broad Edge. Here is Frank's work:



Eileen was making a meander book with today's program. Here is her title page:

Muriel tried some of Anita's suggestions about twisitng the pen to produce a bit thicker stroke, an edge to it, if you will.
Here is Sandi's work sheet:

A round of applause to Louise and her kind neighbour, Barry. They worked and produced pens for us made from doweling for the handle and doll house shingles for the nib. Thanks Louise! and Barry!

Thank you Anita! a very worthwhile program!!

Yellowpoint Retreat

For 29 years, Fairbank Calligraphy Society in Victoria, BC has been holding an annual retreat in March. This is always a well loved event and looked forward to by all who attend. This past weekend was no exception! There were about 60 or more in attendance to spend some time together, gain some pounds on the gourmet meals, get together with old friends and make some new ones, work on some calligraphy or other art projects and enjoy the shareshop on Saturday morning. This year it was lead by Trish Klus and we learned how to make a scroll book with a little leather journal inside the scroll. There were many steps but it was such good fun!



See where the little leather bound book goes...

We even covered the inside of the scroll!
I decided to write the instructions in the leather bound booklet.

This is the spectacular view from our cliff cabin window.



We had a bit of every weather imaginable this weekend, lovely sunshine, bit of rain, sNoW! and then back to sunshine.
Huge round of applause for Ginny and Joan for their wonderful organizing.

And now back to reality!
We have a meeting on the 14th of March and a workshop with Georgia Angelopoulos at the end of the month. See you there!

Exhibition in Richmond

Our new Exhibition Committee, headed up by Margot Ferris, has hung their first major showing of our exhibition. We did have a smaller show up earlier in the year but this one has 30 pieces hanging!

It is now showing in sunny Richmond in the Rotunda at the Richmond Cultural Centre. It will be there until the end of March. The address is 7700 Minoru Blvd (Minoru Gate), Richmond. It is directly across the street from Sears at Richmond Centre.

The photos are courtesy of Margot Ferris.