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| Photo by Laura Bernabei |
Some catching up to do! The last weekend in March, the San Francisco Friends of Calligraphy sponsored a workshop by Barbara Close, whose store of techniques and enthusiasm seem absolutely boundless! I always appreciate an organized, yet flexible teacher, and Barb was certainly all that.
Within the framework of creating textured letters, we played with watercolor, collage, paste paper, embossing, shadows and doodles.
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| Photo by Laura Bernabei |
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| Photo by Laura Bernabei |
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| Photo by Laura Bernabei |
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| Photo by Henry Silva |
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| Photo by Henry Silva |
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| Photo by Henry Silva |
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| Photo by Henry Silva |
We even made a lovely little folio in which to keep our creations. (And always happy to find a use for my Czech glass button collection!)
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| Photo by Henry Silva |
It was one of those more-process-than-product workshops where you leave with just a handful of creations but a veritable truckload of techniques and inspiration!
As an added bonus,
Ruth Korch--my awesome table-mate and partner in crime--and I dashed over during lunch to the furniture sale in another building at Fort Mason and with Ruth's encouragement I scored this fabulous chair, covered abundantly with French calligraphy!
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| Photo by Laura Bernabei |
All in all, a fun and relaxing way to spend a weekend.