Snapshots from recent workshops
At right: Guild members (from l.) Vicki Futscher, Lorraine Swerdloff and Esther Washington at a WCG workshop in 1999.
Kate McKulla (seated on left) guides WCG members in experimenting with the "luminous layering" of Ziller inks in an April 2000 workshop. Kate lettered the Guild's name at right. Below, participant Sally Phillips creates "joy" with Ziller inks.
Left: Patty Shaivitz Leve (seated) taught Hebrew lettering in October 1999 (photo by Lorraine Swerdloff).
During her fall 2000 workshop tour of the U.S., Australian artist Karen Ter Haar (top left) showed WCG members how to use flat lettering brushes and strokes to create floral motifs for their art. "Kaz" created the bamboo piece at top right. Above, participants (from l.) Cynthia Campbell, Louise Harris, Sandeep Makkar and Maureen Murray practice the strokes. On the following day, Kaz taught two marbling techniques. Below, Dianne Garrett (l.) and Sandeep Makkar (r.) pull newly marbled paper from their ink baths.
Jean Brinton Jaecks, whose artwork is shown at left, conducted a December 2000 workshop on the materials and techniques used by medieval manuscript illuminators. She guided participants as they created their own decorated initial caps, such as the one at right by Ann Pope (actual size 2 x 2 3/4 inches).
Logo at top of page by Rose Folsom.
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The Washington Calligraphers Guild offers weekend workshops in the spring and fall, taught by internationally renowned calligraphers as well as local talent. Aimed at all levels of skill, the workshops are held at various locations in the Washington, DC area. Below are photos taken at selected workshops.
