[Scriptoris] Pens, the choices, "and everything else"....

[Vickie]

I want to thank everyone who wrote to give me advise and ideas to try, I am 
really looking forward seeing if the different style pen makes things less 
fustrating. Hoping the weather cooperates and I can get some good practice in 
this weekend while there are people around to give me advise and ideas.
 
Mistress Asiya (formerly Arastya)
Vickie Bratcher
www.kingdom-kreations.com
 




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From: Elaine <eshc at earthlink.net>
To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wed, September 29, 2010 2:49:59 PM
Subject: [Scriptoris] Pens, the choices, "and everything else"....

Always experiment. Tools. Media. Surfaces (provided the surface will hold still 
long enough to be written on......). Even places. I have finished scribing work 
(for immediate presentation in court) while on a knockdown (and flimsy) table on 
the edge of a paved and well-traveled street in approaching dusk at a previous 
Warlord.

On occasion (not at a Warlord), I have set up a layout using a pencil sharpened 
with an exacto until the pencil lead looked like a slot screwdriver point.

Another tool, if you don't mind writing larger, is to use a carpenter's pencil 
(Bevel the point.) from the hardware store. Even larger, and more like a reed 
pen tip, is to bevel a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor. Let it sit in ink 
for a while, to soak it up before use. (Big practice shows big mistakes!--easier 
to learn by.)

As long as you reconfigure it, you can write with just about anything, even 
shaped mat board or twigs or your longest fingernail !!!---I have a varied 
background in trying out things. ; - )

It's wonderful that you will have some teachers at 3-C. Don't miss the 
opportunity. Calligraphy is a wonderful road to begin and will take a lifetime 
of traveling.

YIS,
Lete
"Old calligraphers never die; they just lose the point."----EHC

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On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Vickie wrote:

> yes, I will be there and looking forward to getting a chance to see you.
> 
> Thanks for the offer to show me how to use them,
> 
> Mistress Asiya (formerly Arastya)
> Vickie Bratcher
> www.kingdom-kreations.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "jwtopp at ladydianottos.com" <jwtopp at ladydianottos.com>
> To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA,Inc." <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 4:05:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scriptoris] Calligraphy Questions
> 
> Vicky I have a couple of pen points and holders that I will bring to Three
> commanders, I will be glad to show you how to use them.  Are you going?
> Janie Topp
> Lady Maeve Dianotto
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scriptoris-bounces+jwtopp=ladydianottos.com at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:scriptoris-bounces+jwtopp=ladydianottos.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Vickie
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:33 PM
> To: scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Scriptoris] Calligraphy Questions
> 
> I am trying to get started doing calligraphy and was wonder what kind of pen
> you
> recommend using.  I currently have a cartridge style calligraphy pen right
> now
> but I am having problems with the ink flow being steady.  Not sure if that
> means
> I am doing something wrong or not.  I was wondering if the pens you dip in
> the
> ink are a better option?
> 
> 
> I am try Arabic calligraphy and I know that it is normally done with a
> reed pen,
> but I was thinking that using a normal pen to while I was learning might be
> easier.
> 
> 
> Any help or direction you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Mistress Asiya (formerly Arastya)
> Vickie Bratcher
> www.kingdom-kreations.com
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