From the Studio of Julie Wildman. Sophie Verbeek. Fabienne Verdier. Vidéos Fabienne verdier. Calligraphie. L'Unique Trait de Pinceau: Amazon.fr: Fabienne Verdier, Cyrille Javary, Jacques Dars. Sheila Waters. Sheila Waters (born 1929) is a calligrapher and teacher. She was born in Gravesend, England and graduated from the Medway College of Art in Kent and at the Royal College of Art in London. There she developed her calligraphic skills under the tutelage of Dorothy Mahoney (assistant to the great pioneer of calligraphy, Edward Johnston). At twenty-two, Waters was elected a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and began a career devoted to commissions for royalty, museums, libraries, collectors and publishers. A gifted teacher, Waters has shared her extensive knowledge and techniques with calligraphers in innumerable workshops in North America and Europe. [citation needed] She inaugurated the program of calligraphy courses at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and later developed her own private classes and annual workshops.
The first President and founding member of the Washington Calligraphers Guild, Sheila was included in the 1981 World Who's Who of Women. Sheila Waters. Sheila Waters on the importance of passing on the ‘great legacy’ of calligraphy Panel presentation at Legacies, July 2005: “Where’s the beef?” By Sheila Waters My pet passion is training, a useful subject to address as the average age in the calligraphic community seems to be getting older. Are teachers of my generation dying off, retiring or are just plain tired? Is there a strong middle generation, able and willing to take our place and is there a young generation interested and eager to follow on? And what is good training anyway? Do we still feel that we have a great legacy we should be passing on, so that the inner core of calligraphy, the engine so to speak, doesn't die too?
So what is this legacy we have inherited and should keep alive? These historical styles are the root of what we do now, however freely we depart from them, and certain basic principles of alphabetic harmony run like a golden thread through all of them. “I began studying calligraphy in the early '70s. Julian Waters. SheilaWatersLettering.MOV. Dave Wood. Rachel Yallop. Alice Young. Doyald Young. Doyald Young, Lynda.com documentary | Doyald Young, Logotype Designer—Doyald's Story. Doyald Young - Kinetic Tyopography. Doyald Young, Logotype Designer | lynda.com.
Remembering Doyald Young. “Decide who you are, decide what you want to do, and then do it, because it is surely possible.” Wise words from an incredible individual who left the design community all too soon. Doyald Young, a designer, writer, teacher and mentor, regrettably passed away February 28th from complications during heart surgery. Although this extremely talented and passionate designer is no longer with us, his lifetime of work will carry on and be celebrated by all who encounter it.
Young’s path into the field of design was not a direct route. He ran away from home at the age of 15 and did not complete high school. Collection of books on logotype design by Doyald Young (left); Pencil sketches for Young’s Eclat typeface (right). Specializing in logotypes, typefaces, and trademarks, Young is most widely known for his knack of crafting uniquely beautiful script faces. Young’s profound dedication to design was well rewarded. Behind the type: A clip from Lynda.com’s 2010 documentary film on Doyald Young.