St Bride's : South London Lettering Association

Schedule of Events 2004

Dates and Times :

Tuesdays from 7:30–9:30pm unless otherwise noted

Admission :

Entrance is free for SLLA members
Entrance payable at door: guests and visitors £3

Venue :

Photography Studio
St Bride Institute
Bride Lane (off Fleet Street SE1)
London EC4Y 8EE

The Programs :

Calligraphy and heraldic art

13 January
Guest speaker: Timothy Noad

Calligrapher Timothy Noad is a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and a Fellow of CLAS (Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society). He is currently Herald-Painter at The College of Arms, painting and recording new grants of arms.

Tim will talk and show slides about his work.

"All That Glisters. . ."

10 February
Guest speaker: Ros Pritchard

Ros Pritchard is a freelance-lettering artist. She works for television and films, making documents as props, whilst handling all kinds of commissioned lettering. Ros is an Associate member of CLAS and she is currently the Hon. Secretary of Letter Exchange. She will concentrate in her talk on lettering for the cinema.

Japanese Calligraphy

9 March
An interactive evening with demonstrations by Izumi Shiratani

Izumi Shiratani is an SLLA member and an Associate member of CLAS. She will demonstrate the handling of the brush in writing Japanese characters; all those present will have the chance participate. There will be a display of books and examples on the subject of the evening, and members/guests are invited to bring their own.

Brush, Wood and Stone

11 May
Guest speaker: Philip Surey

Philip Surey worked in the sign industry for ten years prior to embarking on a three year full diploma in lettering at the City & Guilds Art School, where as well as honing his skill with the brush, he learnt to carve in stone and wood. He now practices all three disciplines from his workshop in London. Philip is a member of Letter Exchange. He will talk and show slides about his work.

"Calligraphy heroes"

8 June
An interactive evening of discussions on composition and design, coordinated by Lin Kerr

Lin Kerr is an SLLA member and an Associate member of CLAS.

Lin will inspire discussion and critical observation of calligraphic pieces, analysing relationships of design elements, use of space, colour and style of lettering.

All members and guests are strongly invited to bring copies of their 5 favourite calligraphic pieces, for discussion.

Calligraphy and Digital Images

28 September
Guest speaker: Maggie Berry

Maggie Berry is a member of CLAS and the SSI. Having opened her own marketing consultancy she now focuses on e-marketing, which involves lots of work with web design and structure as well as finding time to pursue her interests in Calligraphy and Photography. On the evening she will tackle the following topics: Do you need a digital camera? Image enhancement. Image manipulation. Printers and printing. Software and computers. Questions and discussion.

SLLA Annual General Meeting

9 November
Guest speaker: Mary Noble

Mary Noble is a freelance calligrapher and teaches calligraphy on the Reigate College of Art and Design course. She is a former Chairman of CLAS; she is well known for her brush writing. She will talk and show slides about her work