Capital city scribes
Welcome to Austin's Calligraphy Guild

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Need more info? Want to hire a Calligrapher?  
See list of AUSTIN Calligraphers below or
Email Trish Taylor

2008 marked our
25th anniversary!

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Pardon the dust!  *Always* under construction!  Check back for more gallery photos as well as examples from Austin Calligraphers for Hire.

First Tuesday
September 7th 2010
6:30-9 pm
LCRA Redbud Building

The topic for the September general meeting will be announced after our summer planning committee meeting convenes. Stay tuned for a fantastic line up as well as more information on mini workshops for 2010-2011

We usually "lay low" for the summer months except for Study Group which meets the third Wednesday of each month, but watch for activity on our Facebook page or Email for more information that you cannot find here.
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Come out for some socialization, to meet other "like-minded" folks who appreciate lettering and see some great works of HAND LETTERED art!   If you are working on something or just finished your "masterpiece" and wish to share it with the group, bring it along and put it on the sharing table for all to see!

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May 2010 NEWSLETTER

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Austin's Calligraphy Guild, Capital City Scribes, is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing in the appreciation of, and providing education in the art of calligraphy. Fostering both community and personal growth through the art of beautiful writing,

CCS is open to all who believe in its purpose.

Capital City Scribes started out as a search for a bottle of ink. Thelma Matthews carried ink at the University of Texas CO-Op East Book Store and in October of 1982, Thelma invited all the calligraphers she knew to attend an informal gathering at the bookstore. It was at that meeting and three follow-up meetings that Paula Webb, Thelma, Jeff Jeffreys, Nicholas Yeager & others began formulating the guild's purpose. The guild was established on January 11, 1983, with twenty-nine in attendance, at the Hancock Recreation Center. Calligraphers acquainted themselves with each other, then elected a president and five other Executive Board members. Anne Boykin's design, which combined a quill and a bottle shaped as the capitol dome, was selected as the guild's logo. By the end of the first year, when officers were elected for the next year, the guild had become a well-established group of letter-lovers. For a more detailed history email us and we will furnish you with more information. Thank you for your interest!

 Map to our meeting place included here:   Map

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Austin Professional Calligrapher Reference List

If you are looking for a calligrapher to create a special project, address your wedding invitations, make books or fill in certificates, here is a complete list of our working calligraphers and what they can do for you.  Many have a multitude of other skills which you can discuss with them.   If you would rather have a "mass" request sent out to all of them, please contact Trish Taylor at  trish@ccscribes.com

Bailey Amon 512.789.4479  Copperplate calligraphy and other styles. bailey@amondesignstudio.com

Kristen Brown  806.773.8648, Copperplate script and other styles, Addressing envelopes, invitations, place cards, menus, baby announcements, vows, etc.  Can match fonts 
kristen@brownstone-press.com  or   www.brownstone-press.com

Sue Costa 512.918.0603--  Fine art paintings with calligraphy (canvas, multi-media, murals), Many styles of calligraphy: Romans, Neuland, Italic, Uncial, Spencerian, Unusual tools.   susan.designnr@gmail.com

 Anita Davis 512.795.0777--  Loves to address envelopes in copperplate adavis@sbcglobal.net

Dee Day 512.577.3339 Fine art paintings with lettering (on canvas...300lb. Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper....using mostly Roman Versals....Copperplate...Spencerian Script).  Teach Script.  deeday@texas.net

Teri Gaus 512.921.6554 -- Copperplate script (traditional wedding calligraphy)  terigaus@gmail.com

 Liz Hamel 512-560-9936 Calligraphs envelopes, invitations (many styles of calligraphy), special projects, designs and creates guest books, journals and photo albums. Commercial lettering and logo designs.
liz@lizhamel.com 

 Heather  Kruger  512.426.8964-- Italic and Uncial also does Hebrew. hekruger@gmail.com  Ahava Designs www.ahavahdesigns.com 

Michele Maysonave: 512.266.3826--  Beautiful hand lettering for any occasion, any style. Envelopes, poems, vows, inscriptions, everything really!  Michele@CalligraphyChic.com  website www.CalligraphyChic.com

Sandy Odom: 512.282.1784 --33 years of experience in wedding invitations/envelopes, place cards, seating cards, menus, name tags, bridal books, fill-in certificates, resolutions with watercolor and gold, one-of-a-kind monograms. Multiple Styles:  Copperplate, Italic, Gothic/Old English, Uncial. sandyodom@austin.rr.com

 Karen Phillips 512.705.8885—Italic,weddings, poems, etc.  karen@phillips.net

 Jennifer Smiley: 512.301.6227  Does all styles and willing to try to match invitation typeface style. jksmiley@austin.rr.com 

 Charlie Taliaferro: 512.249.8914/496.7140:  Multiple styles (broad & pointed pen/brush) various media, envelopes, certificates, custom pieces, logos, etc. ctaliaferro@austin.rr.com

Trish Taylor: 512.251.9545   Special, handmade books, weddings, custom commissions, certificates, fill ins, book/bible inscriptions, some watercolor illustration. Multiple styles and matching.  trish@ccscribes.com

 Holly G. Zeiner: 512.656.8059:    Calligraphy in many styles and professional graphic design. holly.zeiner@austin.rr.com or zeinerdesign@austin.rr.com

 Sharon Zeugin 512.428.9560  All styles of calligraphy, Teaches, weddings, special pieces, poems, etc.  sharon@sharonzeugin.com



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Hand Calligraphed and Colored Perpetual Calendar!

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Great gift ideas for that person who has everything!  Only $10. plus $5 sh+h----Simply fill in all your loved ones' birthdays, anniversaries or special days that you want to remember with a card, call or email. Hang it next to your phone or computer and never miss another date.  Approximate dimensions:
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