For our March workshop, grab your broad edged fountain pen
or marker and easily tackle the unusual & original forms of the JUBILEE
Script. These letters are the perfect choice for titles, envelopes, short
quotes and any projects that need a fresh and contemporary look.
In
this class, Carol DuBosch will demonstrate the JUBILEE Script and discuss the many ways
that each artist can invent alternative letters to personalize the script. She
will also explore the design possibilities of this unique style of writing.
You might ask how this script came to be. Here is Carol's explanation:
"I took a weeklong workshop a few years ago and did experimental mark making, leading up to a very goofy script that I invented 'on the fly' and used to write several pages of large text.
The new letters stayed with me and when I came upon the quote 'In the right light, at the right time everything is extraordinary', I knew it would be my New Years card using the unusual script. It was then my task to put myself in that playful inventive mode again and work to develop the letters into a coherent script.
I wrote the letters with a broad edge poster pen. the thick strokes are done with some manipulation of the pen edge angle and the pen corner creates the thin strokes. Pilot Parallel Pens are also an excellent tool for this script.
JUBILEE Script is casual and loose, yet artful. It needs to be written with care. The letters are both easy and difficult, yet must be kept energetic. It has taken me fifty years as a calligrapher to be able to work in this seemingly haphazard, non-traditional way --bending old rules to craft new letters."
SUPPLY
LIST:
*You
will need a broad edged pen. This can be a calligraphy marker, or a calligraphy
fountain pen (Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8 mm or wider). Your pen needs to be fairly
wide to make these bold letters, at least 3.5 mm. Regular calligraphy dip pens
don’t work for JUBILEE Script.
When: March 14 at 10 a.m. PDTWhere: On your computer, tablet or smartphone via Zoom
RSVP: Dolores Guffey by March 9 to receive the password
Zoom Questions: Bobbie Hayes
Contact information is in the newsletter
Eureka NORBAG Workshop
Our first in-person class of the year will take place
March 28, 2026 from 11:30-2:30 p.m. at the Eureka
Center for Spiritual Living, 239 Buhne St. in Eureka.
Michele Kamprath will be teaching: Notebook with
wrap around cover and window. More information
will be sent to local members via email by the second
week in March. Please look for it in your in-boxes.
Below are photos of Michele's book.
We've had some problems for members getting to the Cafe lately. The best way is to click on the link on the banner page of the digital March newsletter. Or, in the hard copy of the March newsletter only use the tiny URL, NOT the ID or passcode. Those items will be corrected for future newsletters.
Upcoming Conference Information
Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival April 23-25
Newport, Oregon. - Registration is now open
There are both one and two-day classes being offered
Focus on Book Arts Conference (FOBA) June 24-28
Western University, Monmouth, Oregon - Registration opens March 28
There are 22 instructors and 45 classes being offered.
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