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Goose Quill Success
by calligraphy , June 23, 2009—12:00 AM
After many weeks of reading, asking questions, curing quills, scorching quills, cutting, mangling and muttering, I finally got a quill to write. Two of them actually. The aluminum can strip reservoir is a pain as far as I'm concerned. I can't get the thing to sit straight or touch the back of the quill properly so I resorted to holding it in place with masking tape. It worked. I did the entire piece (except the painting of the stones) pictured with a quill and gouache on a very poor choice of laid charcoal paper. Put that on the list of things not to do again. The color was perfect but the surface was frustrating. I need to rework it, I think the stones look like potatoes. But the quills worked! Happy dance!
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07/21/2010 * 23:24:52
Hi Mary.
Just a note to let you know that I have at last sobered up after my foray into reservoir making and have now found the perfect material. Old fashioned camera film or negatives can be cut, rolled into springs and inserted into the aperture or simply pushed into a slit made in the quill, reed, bamboo or what ever.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers. Bill
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09/23/2009 * 12:31:47
As usual, when I see your work I see myself picking up a pen and ink and calligra-phying something. Well, I picked up the pen and dipped in ink; mmmmmmmm... vision foggy. Need lots and lots of practice to be as good as you. I LOVE YOUR WORK and I love you!!!!
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07/29/2009 * 19:41:43
Tonight I have tried five different beer cans hic! of different strength to cut up and make re.hic! se. hic! voirs.
The first one, 2.5% worked O.K. The second, 3.9% was O.K. The third, 5% hic!became a little more difficult hic! to make into the hic! perfect spiral to in.hic!sert into the perfect.hic!ly cut hic! goosequill ( prepared much earlier after five long years of natural drying and curing )( By the way, try it without splitting the quill. It works even better.) Whoops! A moment of sheer lucidity. Hic!I have now downed my can of xxxxx suhic!per and have forgotten hic! what we were talking hic!about.Can hehehe i hic! come back and try again?
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07/03/2009 * 10:44:41
Marilyn,
I have only seen one other person do the masking tape trick and I must say it DOES work better than that pesky aluminum strip thing. Seems like soda cans were a heavier gauge metal years ago because it used to work OK. I took classes with George years ago and have my notes etc. but there is a lot I have forgotten. This exercise has brought a lot back. I have tried a couple of curing methods that people have suggested and some work better than others so I continue to experiment.(pssstt) If you would like to share your curing process you can email me privately. mary@artid.com
06/28/2009 * 16:15:35
I use an 1/8 inch piece of masking tape under the bottom and crossed over the top for a reservoir. It works much better than the tin pop can thing. I love using quills and cut them all the time. I have a unique curing process that is fast and it WORKS. George Yanigita was my teacher and he had some great hints about forming tools to make GIANT quills which are like a C-0 or larger. So fun!
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07/09/2011 * 05:46:37
wow good Calligraphy.you have done great Calligraphy.i am glad to visit your blog.thanks for sharing your information.