{"id":896,"date":"2015-01-05T23:24:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T06:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=896"},"modified":"2015-02-06T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T03:37:09","slug":"e-ewan-clayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/e-ewan-clayton\/","title":{"rendered":"E is for Ewan … Clayton"},"content":{"rendered":"

E is for Ewan<\/a> Clayton.<\/p>\n

I have taken several workshops with Ewan over the years, and it is always a wonderful experience. Most recently, at the 2013 calligraphy conference Legacies II<\/em> in Dallas, Texas, we explored\u00a0a pseudo-primitive lettering style developed by Ben Shahn. Earlier, in 2003, I also studied “Color and Environment in Artmaking” with Ewan and Hazel Dolby at Camp Cheerio. And before that, in 1990: “Spirituality in Calligraphy” at\u00a0Calligraphy Connection<\/em>\u00a0at St. Johns University in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Ewan Clayton’s\u00a0recent book entitled The Golden Thread: A History\u00a0of Writing<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a must-read for any calligrapher. If there is a canon of calligraphy literature, this book stands firmly in the center with just a few others. I reviewed this entertaining and educational book\u00a0in the June 2014 issue<\/a>\u00a0of the Guild of BookWorkers Newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"2015-01-05<\/a>This is a not-very-good image of one of the pieces I did in Ewan’s 2-day class at the 2013 conference. I believe I photographed it with my smartphone while it lay on the floor of the workshop room.<\/p>\n

Later in the year I spent some more time with these letters and thoroughly enjoyed myself.<\/p>\n

\"2015-01-05<\/a>My daily lettering today consisted of one quotation and several thank-you notes. Shown here is the outside of one of the thank-you notes as well as two of the envelopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E is for Ewan Clayton. I have taken several workshops with Ewan over the years, and it is always a wonderful experience. Most recently, at the 2013 calligraphy conference Legacies II in Dallas, Texas, we explored\u00a0a pseudo-primitive lettering style developed by Ben Shahn. Earlier, in 2003, I also studied “Color and Environment in Artmaking” with … <\/p>\n

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