2015 May Meeting
New Orleans Lettering Arts Association meeting—Saturday May 9
Interlocking Monogram Design
East Jefferson Regional Library
4747 West Napolean Avenue, Metairie
10am — 1 pm
Please register on the website ( members and non-members) if you will attend the meeting so we can plan for the number of participants. {Fill in Meeting Registration form on www.neworleanscalligraphy.org }
NOLAA’s final meeting of the year will be a hands-on mini-workshop in designing interlocking script monograms. Whether drawing two- or three- letter combinations, vertical or slanted script, the principles by which we interlock initials into monograms remain the same.
Yvette Rutledge of Mystic Blue Signs studied monogram design while training as a hand engraver and has designed monograms professionally for many years.
She and her husband Vince Mitchel will demonstrate the principles for joining copperplate and vertical scripts, along with methods for variation and finishing.
Participants can use tracing paper to reposition sample letters provided by Eve and Vince, or use flexible pointed nibs to draw their own. Transfer paper will be provided for carboning the design onto good paper before final inking.
Materials:
several sheets of tracing paper
pencils, eraser, ruler, scissors
smooth drawing or writing paper
fine point black marker like Pigma Micron #005, #1 or #2
optional:
flexible pen nib and holder for making script letters
your favorite black ink
small water bottle
paper towels