15 February 2025 - AGM and Talks: Sylvie Gokulsing Calligraphy talk and demo

Date: 15 February 11:00-14:00

Timings: talk from 11:00-12:00 / lunch and AGM 12:00-13:00 / demo 13:00-14:00

Speaker: Sylvie Gokulsing

Location: Kelly St Lower Hall

Description: Sylvie’s calligraphic interests range from cut work to sacred geometry, to family trees and maps. She finds structures small, large, conventional and unconventional, to be a fascinating vehicle for her work. For her the challenge is to enable content and structure to resonate in a meaningful unit. She shall be exploring how and why she works in the way that she does in her talk, followed by a demonstration.
Cost: £20 for talk and demo; AGM is free but only members can vote

No limit on attendees

Biography: What began as an interesting hobby has become a lifelong absorbing passion. Sylvie studied both bookbinding and calligraphy at Roehampton, a programme which is sadly no longer available, and has been teaching calligraphy since 1996. She is a Fellow of CLAS (Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society) and of the SSI (Society of Scribes and Illuminators). Sylvie served as SSI Chair from 2010 until 2012 and is currently the Convenor of their Creative Development Course teaching calligraphy to more advanced letterers.

Events run from 10:30 - 15:30 unless otherwise stated at the Congregational Chapel, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, NW1 8PH.  The pedestrian entrance is between 34 & 36 Kelly Street and there is limited car parking at the rear of the building on Church Avenue, off Kentish Town Road near the corner with Prince of Wales Road. If you plan to bring a car, we recommend that you check if London Congestion Charges apply. Kentish Town Underground Station is shut. Please check your journey before you travel.

Tea and coffee are available throughout the day and there are local cafés and sandwich shops within a few minutes’ walk. There is a lift which can be used when an event is being held in the 1st floor hall.

Please contact Talitha Wachtelborn [email protected] with any questions.

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