Classes & workshops

 

T U I T I O N

Due to the ongoing world pandemic I will continue to teach my classes online for the forseable future. Please make expressions of interest with Harvest and/or Riccardo respectively.

Acorn Arts and Calligraphy Italia

This allows me a little more freedom to continue to explore my work, start some new artistic endeavours and some research projects.

As always, thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Workshop & Classes updates

 

All international workshops and now Australian workshops
have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but ...
zoom zoom zoom is a happening thing!

P R I V A T E    L E S S O N S

 

Enquiries welcome!

Gemma offers one-on-one, personal lessons to discerning students of calligraphy anywhere in the world. This guidance is specifically designed to help students further their existing lettering skills or for them to learn a completely new hand.

 

Gemma is not only a skilled calligrapher and artist, but also a highly respected tutor nationally and internationally. Gemma is now pleased to offer personal instruction designed specifically to the interest and level of the individual student. Full handouts are provided for each lesson.

 

This offer takes the form of four by one-hour lessons at one lesson per week. Once payment has been confirmed through PayPal Gemma will set up the best time for lessons according to various time zones around the world. Consultation regarding the specifics of what the student would like to study will take place before the first lesson so that time will not be wasted during the first hour. Each lesson will be specifically tailored to the student’s skill level and to what they would like to achieve. Lessons are offered via Zoom and an invitation to join the session will be sent ahead of time. If you are not familiar with Zoom, Gemma is, so she will help you every step of the way.

 

The cost is $400 AUD per four hours. Please email Gemma to discuss your needs.

2020 W O R K S H O P S
presented online
Please check your world time zone for attendance at each class,
all classes however, are recorded  for participants convenience.



SGRAFFITO gold leaf, colour & lettering
11th September 2020
Calligraphy Italia

Registrations are open, please click on the organising group.

THE BITING OF BOWS
ampersands and other ligatures
start date 7th September  2020
Ardington Academy Live Plus
a  four-week live series workshop
Bookings are open please click on the organising group.

Oh No!
Sold out, so sorry if you have missed it but thank you for trying!
Enquire about the cancellation list with the organising group.

 



FOUNDATIONAL HAND
October  2020
Acorn Arts
a  series workshop of four to six weeks with a private forum  and individual critiquing.
Please enquire by clicking on the organising group .



THE WORKING VERSAL
start date 12th October  2020
Ardington Academy Live Plus
a  four-week live series workshop
Bookings are open please click on the organising group.

Oh No!
Sold out, so sorry if you have missed it but thank you for trying!
Enquire about the cancellation list with the organising group.

 



HERMANN KILIAN
let's take a look
start date 9th November 2020
Ardington Academy Live Plus
a  four-week live series workshop
Bookings are open please click on the organising group.

Oh No!
Sold out, so sorry if you have missed it but thank you for trying!
Enquire about the cancellation list with the organising group.

 

Calligraphy italia

I have finally jumped on the wagon and run a wonderful zoom class through Calligraphy Italia organised by Riccardo Ali.  By all accounts the folk enjoyed themselves as I did and here are my in-class demonstration pieces. The first class was the European Series Adolf Bernd and the second class Art Deco pen & pencil Lettering.  Enjoy!

Japanese Saying

Detail

The shell tree ...

Today was one of the most beautiful winter's day here in southern Tasmania. Just south of the Bay is the awesome Fossil Cove. David & I took advantage of the windless sunny morning to climb the depths of the rivulet crevice to the bottom thinking all the while what goes down must come up. Phew. It was a trek down, down, down but worth every sore muscle now we're home and relaxing.

                                

The most beautiful surprise was the shell tree.  Wanting to do a little beach fossicking one is not allowed to take a single pebble, shell rock or flower away from the conservation area.  With the Cove coming into view as I walked the last leg of the track in, I wondered what the beautiful white flowers were growing down there at this time of year. "Shells" they were, yes shells. So David and I added our own shells to the trees. It was strangely a special treat. So we came out with nothing but sweet memories of the shell trees.

Enjoy these photos from our day!

UTAS Module One: done and dusted.

The title of my first module in the UTAS Wellbeing Toolkit unit I am undertaking is called:

Human Behaviour in Extreme Environments: stress, distress & resilience

I found the module to be extremely interesting. I passed the quiz section and will now await the essay assessment. I thought in the meantime I would share with you a poem I wrote as one of the outcomes to this learning environment on this particular module. It's called When earth becomes sick.

My next module is The History of Public Health: epidemics and social change. Can't wait!

A N O T E O F T H A N K S

A   N O T E   O F   T H A N K S

I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to the
Sidney Myer Fund & the Myer Foundation for administering a series of grants

on behalf of the following
Participating Philanthropists and Philanthropic Entities:

Andrew Myer AM & Kerry Gardner AM
Ann & Warwick Johnson
Berwyn Roberts & Jennifer Mackenzie
Carrillo Gantner AC and Ziyin Gantner
Creative Partnerships Australia
Darin Cooper Foundation
Day Family Foundation
Doc Ross Foundation
FWH Foundation
Inner North Community Foundation
James and Diana Ramsay Foundation
Kate and Stephen Shelmerdine Family Foundation
Kathryn Fagg AO
Kim Williams AM
Lindisfarne Foundation
Mandy and Edward Yencken & Family
Mark and Louise Nelson
Minderoo Foundation
Nunn Dimos Foundation
Robert Bishop
Philanthropy Australia
Sarah Myer and Baillieu Myer AC
Sidney Myer Fund
Simon Mordant AM and Catriona Mordant AM
Spinifex Trust
Tim Fairfax AC
The Skrzynski Family Sky Foundation
Vallejo Gantner
Yulgilbar Foundation

I have gratefully received a grant of $1,000 to help manage my loss of income during COVID-19

Unfortunately I am not eligible for JobSeeker.

A happy day - debt repaid

How lovely to have made the final payment on our beautiful new townhouse. Now a few years of upping the Superannuation and we should be okay in retirement. Speaking of which, my plan is to continue as an artist messing about in the studio making & creating things.