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May 2025 General Meeting

  • Birmingham First United Methodist Church 1589 West Maple Road Birmingham, MI, 48009 United States (map)

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Meeting ID: 810 0249 3750
Passcode: 151548


Program: Flourished Cartouches

Mary Pickert will demonstrate how to create flourished cartouches with added design elements using a straight pen holder, nib, and ink. You will use this skill to decorate bookmarks. We will provide white and black bookmarks for you to decorate. Please bring the following items on Monday:

  • Practice paper that is good for nib and ink such as HP 32 lb premium copy paper, or Rhodia paper

  • Straight pen holder

  • Nibs of your choice such as Nikko G, Zebra G, Hunt 22, Gillott 404 which are medium flex nibs and are good for beginners. More flexible nibs for experienced calligraphers are the Leonardt Principal EF and Hunt 101 nibs. Really, whatever you enjoy using!

  • Inks of your choice (some examples: Sumi Moon Palace Black ink, Dr Ph Martin’s white, Dr Ph Martin’s Copperplate Gold Ink)

  • Print off the two-page handout of cartouche designs https://mcusercontent.com/2852552060d291652a2889a48/files/b2db5968-2cec-c7cd-ed59-757d25e9a43a/Flourished_Cartouches_1.pdf

  • Colored pencils, markers, or other items to decorate with

  • Corner rounder punch if you have one

  • Hole punch if you have one

  • Pencil, eraser, ruler

  • Small water container to clean nibs

  • Paper towels

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This is our Annual Meeting. We'll review the past MAC year, and conduct elections. The vital positions of Workshop Chair and Vice President of Programs are open. If you are interested, please let me know. Our slate is President/Ellen Kulie, Secretary/Gaylene Vitale, Treasurer/Sue Vethacke, Hospitality/Cristin Graham, Librarian/Judy Rasys, Membership/Julie DeVisser, Mini MAC/Vicki Corwin and Newsletter/Mary Pickert.

With Gratitude and Peace,
Ellen
Ellen Kulie
MAC President

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