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Lay Members Day 2012, London

15/2/2013

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Originally written and published on 24 April 2012.
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Inspired by the Venice Carnival.
Last Saturday was the 2012 Lay Members Day of the Society of Scribes & Illuminators held in King's College, Waterloo.  It's an annual gathering and each year it wins my vote as the top event in the calligraphy calendar.

A lady I met there told me that she comes away from the day feeling, on one hand, inspired and, on the other hand, depressed.  I know what she means...the exciting work and demonstrations on show are indeed inspiring, but they also remind us that there's always lots of experimentation and work still to do!

As a recent graduate of the SSI's Advanced Training Scheme, I was very pleased to be asked to display projects I had been working on during the last 3 years.  I did imagine that my satisfaction would come from having my work on show, but the real feeling of gratification came from how genuinely interested and curious people were - about techniques & materials used, development of my pieces, and also in the scheme itself.  It's quite surprising how much information people can share in a very short space of time!  I wouldn't have been taking such an active part if it wasn't for the ATS so I was keen to sing its praises and encourage any potential recruits to apply and find out what it's all about for themselves!  More thoughts on that soon...



It was a wonderful day and I shall be looking forward to next year's event with anticipation.

In the meantime, if you want to find out more info about The Society of Scribes and Illuminators then have a look here :  http://www.calligraphyonline.org/

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"Time In A Bottle" - centrepiece of gilded triptych.
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Carmen de Boheme poem in a concertina book.
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