Yukimi Annand returns to teaching

 I missed her quiet demeanor and easy directions and so happy she is back.  Colorful Accordian Book, The form of 'O' and calligraphic line. However, it did take me a while to find my shape of letterforms. The first task is to find a quote or verse then to use our letterforms for a quote.  I chose one from Charles Rennie Macintosh; Art is a flower, life is a green leaf. I tried to find forms in Macintosh's architectural and art forms to make my letterforms. This was not an easy task with many sketches. Here are the results;

This is the cover with the accordian pages facing front to back....The covers were hand painted on watercolor paper then placed on illustration board.

This is the cover with the accordian pages faces back to front..

The accordian pages open.....with painted Japanese papers cut forms and letters done with pen and ink.

Kalligraphia presentation at the San Francisco Main Library with Dean Robino and Me

 What fun we had presenting forms of letters that we make with our minds...It was packed with over 50 people who came to hear us and do a little make and take of stamped letters.  This was in August 2025. 

Gabriella Soba and Gaudi

 Gabriella, who lives in Barcelona, brought to us her Gaudi influence. We studied his forms and broken tiles. For two days we investigated how to use them in our pieces and make our own letterforms with his influence. Here are my pieces;

 

Weaving words with Marina Soria

 This was the second time I had her workshop. She changed it a bit and it was good. From a cloth to making letterforms and words. These were my solutions from a print found at a fabric store..see center and my letterforms at top and my words on either side. 

Letters California Style 2026

Great class this year with Robbie Saslow and Monolines. A few of my outcomes;

 

Embroidery challenge

 Lisbeth Degn has an online embroidery challenge called Dogma Broderi. I joined at the beginning of the year and look forward to it weekly.  Here are a few that I have done following her rules and challenge. After we finish, we are to make a book or a box to hold them. I am making a cover for a book of them. There will be 27 pages with embroideries on both sides. 

CHERRIO

 September 2025 I fulfilled a bucket list to join 18 wonderful participants at Cheerio. Coordinated by Joyce and Jim Teta, John Stevens taught a fantastic workshop. I can't believe how much he passed on to us. So much to learn, so little time.  We were so fortunate to get an exhibit of John's originals too. We had two exhibits..John's and Manny Murillo's many Cheerio pieces he does every time he attends. Manny produced a book of them and many of us bought it.  How lucky were we?

The group

We each had to demo our folios of work we did in class. I did 7 and this is one. Someone

made me laugh because I wasn't holding the folios correctly or too fast for everyone to see!