The Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society (CLAS) is one of the largest western lettering society in the world. It is based in the United Kingdom and has an extensive membership in Europe as well as many other countries. The Society...
Scribblers is committed to developing the traditional art of calligraphy. So we are delighted, therefore, to support the Lettering Arts Trust, a charity dedicated to supporting the lettering arts, from calligraphy to letter carving. This year the Lettering Arts Trust...
Sometimes with the best care we still find something has gone awry. When you notice something has gone wrong, often the best thing to do is go and have a cup of tea. (An exception to that is if the...
Things going wrong – it happens. It’s part of developing our calligraphy. And it’s not the end of the world. This article is going to look at ideas for reducing the chances of something going wrong. Of course it’s...
As a visitor to this page, we will assume that calligraphy is of interest to you. Maybe you’re just thinking about taking it up, or you’re a keep amateur, or perhaps it’s even part of your job. On the whole,...
Every calligrapher will have experienced a fabulous moment – however fleeting – when all the materials (paper, nib, ink) are in harmony, and the letters are forming miraculously on the page! When it doesn’t feel like that – when it’s...
As a calligrapher, you’ll have (hopefully) experienced the feeling of your writing tool gliding across the paper, leaving beautiful marks behind it as it goes.On other days, your relationship with the pen feels less like a sensual dance, and more...
If you use a fountain pen, or a cartridge pen, then because of the delicate mechanisms it’s best to stick with the inks recommended for them (which certainly means staying well away from waterproof inks.) But …. If you use...
Perhaps you have a little spare time coming up, and you’d like to use it to learn a new calligraphy script? A little aside on the terminology: in calligraphy, instead of saying font, we say script. This is because fonts are only...
