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Selected past issues of Scripsit are available for purchase by individuals.
Scripsits will be mailed upon receipt of payment. All checks must be in U.S. dollars, payable to the Washington Calligraphers Guild. (Write for teacher/vendor discount.)

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P.O. Box 3688
Merrifield, VA 22116-3688

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** limited copies

SPRING 1984 $2
Editor - Rose Folsom
Theme: The Calligraphic Art of Arthur Baker
Reprint: Manuscript ... Sotheby's Record
The Tale of Two Pluckers
Interview: Ann Hechle
Discourse on Calligraphy Idea Exchange

SUMMER 1984 $2
Editor - Rose Folsom
Workshop Reviews: Rustic Capitals, Drogin; Layout Workshop, S. Waters; Illustration for Calligraphers; Square Capitals, Drogin; Pens, Pencils, and Popsicle Sticks, Beasley; Color and Design, Beasley
Lecture Review: N. Barchowsky on the Logic of Italic Old and New Calligraphy

WINTER 1986 $3
Editor - Anne Lane
Theme: 10-year Perspective of the WCG
Lecture Review: Meeting with Stan Knight
Some Reflections on Innovations 86
Workshop Review: Brush Romans, Stevens
An Italic Overhaul, Anonymous

SPRING 1989 (Vol XIII, No.1) $2
Editor - Judy Hoyle
Theme: Have Pen Will Travel Issue
According to Hoyle
Course Descriptions

** WINTER 1990 (Vol XIV, No.3) $2
Editor - Louise Dooley
Mysteries of Nature Revisited
Neuland: A turn of the Pen
It's a Frame-up
Four Contemporary Calligraphers
On the Road: Austin, Texas
Designer's Corner: Embossing

SPRING 1992 (Vol XV, No. 3) $3
Editor - Rose Folsom
Theme: Calligraphic Artist's Books
Women & Medieval Manuscript Production
A Moon & Their Sun: Writing Mistresses of the 16th and 17th Centuries

AUTUMN 1993 (Vol 17, No. 2) $2
Editor - Esther Washington
A continuation of the Winter 92 issue: Calligraphy on paper, fabric, polymer clay, and wood
Greeting Cards

AUTUMN 1994 (Vol 18, No. 1) $3
Editor - Nan Jay Barchowsky
Alfred Fairbank - Paul Standard - Lloyd Reynolds - Tom Gourdie - Rosemary Sassoon - Gunnlauger Se Briem

** LETTERFORUM 1995 (Vol 19, No. 1) $4
Editor - Nan Jay Barchowsky
After the Great Escape
The Future of Calligraphy
Layout
Ieuan Rees - Gundrun Zapf von Hesse - Alan Blackman

** 20th ANNIVERSARY (Vol 19, No. 3) $5
Editor - Esther Washington
Theme: Looking Back - 20th Anniversary of WCG
The Artist's Contribution
Tribute to Professor Hermann Zapf
The Two Letterforums
Reggie Ezell's Year-Long Class
Calligraphics Ink, Inc.
Paper & Ink Books
John Neal/Bookseller
Sheila Waters at the 20th Anniversary Exhibit

SPRING 1997 (Vol 20, No. 1) $2
Editor - Rose Folsom
Manuscripts from the Walters Art Gallery and Folger Library
New Scripts from Old Manuscripts
How to see Manuscript Collections

WINTER 1999 (Vol 21, No. 2) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
Letterforms - John Stevens, Julian Waters, Michael Clark, Ward Dunham, Peter Horridge

** SUMMER 1999 (Vol 21, No. 3) $5
Editor - Joan Machinchick
The Art of Collaboration - Conversations - Pen In Hand - Common Ground - Realities check with David Tannous - "Discoveries" Reviews

** DECEMBER 1999 (Vol 23, No 1) $5
Editor - Hermineh Miller
Flow: playing Idea and Essence Into Reality
Song of the Brush, Dance of the Ink
Aikido: The Way of Harmony with the Universe
Yoga: A Path to the Heart
Meditation: A Path to a Quiet Mind
Book Reviews

APRIL 2000 (Vol 23, No.2) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
The Abstract Side of Letterforms
Arthur Baker - Susan Skarsgard - Silvia Izi - Carl Kurtz

25th ANNIVERSARY (Vol 24, No. 3) $5
Editor - Nan Jay Barchowsky
A Guild Retrospective
Random Thoughts
Exhibit Overview
WCG Exhibition
Graceful Envelopes

FEBRUARY 2002 (Vol. 25, No. 1) $5
Editor - Rose Folsom
The Critic's Eye - covering the Washington Calligraphers Guild's 25th anniversary exhibition

JUNE 2002 (Vol. 25, No. 2) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
Letters: From Written to Digital Forms, part 2

JANUARY 2004 (Vol. 26, No. 2) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
"Ich Bin" lettered by various artists

** JUNE 2004 (Vol 26, No. 3) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
Letterforms: Hoffman Angelic Design - Jean Larcher - Gareth Colgan - Yves Leterme - Bob Boyajian

JANUARY 2005 (Vol 27, No. 1) $5
Editor - Mary Lou O'Brian
WCG Honorary Members: Sheila Waters, Charlie Hughes, Ieuan Rees, Hermann Zapf

AUGUST 2005 (Vol 27, No 2) $5
Editor - Michael Clark
Letterforms: Stephen Rapp, Rose Folsom, Ann Alaia Woods, Pat Blair, Dini Stewart and Linda Abrams

WINTER 2006 (Vol 28, No.1) $5
Greeting Cards: Their Design and Experiences
Editors: Ella Jankowiak and Jordenne Ferrington

LETTERFORUM 2006 (Vol 28, No.3 and Vol 29, No.1)
- double issue: $5
Editor: Rose Folsom

** JUNE 2007 (Vol 29 No 2) $5
Selected Works from WCG's 30th Anniversary Exhibition
Editor - Lee Ann Clark

RECENT ISSUES

** FALL 2007 / WINTER 2008 (Vol 29 No 3 & Vol 30 No 1) - double issue in full color:
Pens & Protocol: The Calligraphy of Official Washington
$28 per copy (quantity discount: $25 per copy for 5+)
Editor: Lorraine Swerdloff
Calligraphers of Official Washington: Patricia Blair, Debra Brown and Rick Muffler (White House); Jennifer Nicholson (State Department); David A. Hobbs; Marta Legeckis; Sammy Little; Mary Lou O'Brian; Julian Waters.

FALL 2008 / WINTER 2009 (Vol 30, No. 2 & 3) - double issue $20
Washington, DC’s Calligraphic Underground: Interviewing its Instructors and Professionals
Editor – Tamara Stoneburner
Featuring the work of Caroline Gillin, Alana Maubury Hunter, Anne Mackechnie, Carolyn Behnke, Jill Norvell, Caren Milman, Peggy Shields Schiefelbein, Ann Hawkins, Ingrid Weber, Ann Pope

SPRING 2009 (Vol 31, No 1) - $20
The Graceful Envelope Contest -- full-color issue featuring selected winners from 2006, 2007 and 2008
Editor – Lorraine Swerdloff

FALL 2009/WINTER 2010 Scripsit (Vol. 31, No. 2&3) - double full-color issue
$28 per copy (quantity discount: $25 per copy for 5+)
Sheila Waters Retrospective: Honoring a Lifetime as a Calligrapher, Artist, Teacher and Author
Editor – Julian Waters

SUMMER/FALL 2010 (Vol. 32, No. 1&2) - double full-color issue
$28 per copy (quantity discount: $25 per copy for 5+)
Hand & Heart: Calligraphers Embellish Family Celebrations. Wedding calligraphy and family trees by Lee Ann Clark, Patty Leve, Joan Machinchick, Tamara Stoneburner and Christine Tischer.
Editor – Lorraine Swerdloff

Current issue: 35th Anniversary Exhibit
VOL. 33, NO. 1 (2011) - 48 pp full color
$20 per copy
[NOTE: New members receive this issue with their membership packet]
Editor – Lorraine Swerdloff


TO ORDER:
Send name, email address (in case we need to contact you), mailing address, issues desired and payment (U.S. check) to:
Washington Calligraphers Guild
ATTN: Scripsit
P.O. Box 3688
Merrifield, VA 22116-3688

Price include postage within the United States. For orders being shipped to Canada and Mexico, add $1 per copy; all other countries, add $3 per copy.

 



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