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On Saturday, November 23, 2002, we met in in the conference room where Susan Richardson works to create haiku scrolls and other calligraphic pieces in a Japanese style. We brought our usual supplies and were greeted with an array of Arches text wove, beautiful Japanese chopsticks, and gorgeous Japanese paper that Susan had provided. She even had gold string ready for us to use. We had a brief brainstorming session during which we shared the haiku resources we’d brought and discussed a philosophy of how to approach creating a piece for the Japanese Friendship Garden exhibit. We even decided that the 5-7-5 syllable pattern of traditional haiku could be adjusted for our pieces.
We measured and cut and glued, but most of us decided to do the actual finished calligraphy at home. Everyone, that is, except Lisabet Wilson who never stopped working until she had at least two pieces ready to mount. That was lucky for us because we could see the entire process at once. When we left we were hopeful that we each had at least one piece started that could be submitted to the exhibit jury. The deadline, Thursday, December 5, is much sooner we’d realized.
Our finished scrolls were 8” x 17”, portrait, glued onto scroll material that wrapped at least 1” around a chopstick at the top. Scrolls were hung with gold thread. Other sizes may be accepted, even three-dimensional pieces, but heavy, glassed and framed pieces can’t be used at this venue.
A special thanks go to Susan and her husband, Steve, for organizing and hosting this very productive and creative morning.
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