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Snippets This is the last newsletter this year, so let me wish you all a very happy Christmas. I am sending this newsletter along with the notice for our AGM, which will be held on Saturday 11 February. I am also sending the Minutes of the last AGM and nomination forms for the re-election of officers and committee. Our own member, Howard Asher, will be running the activity after the AGM. This will be a move away from Chinese art, as Howard will be drawing on his lifetime of working with textiles to show us the use of colour and patterns. However, it also has a lot to do with CBP as it is all about colour harmony, balance and composition – and fun. This is a free workshop, with a shared buffet lunch, for those who attend the AGM. Please return your booking from and do support us. I sent the notices and booking forms for both the January workshops with the last newsletter, so please do not overlook them in the run up to Christmas. If you want a place, please return your form promptly as places are already being taken. We hope to see you there. If you haven’t already done so, please remember to reserve the dates for all the workshops for 2017 in your diary. Apart from one weekend, we have tutors arranged for everything. If you have any special requests for techniques or subjects for any of them, please let me or any of the committee know. Your ideas are always most welcome. Subscription renewal – so far 57 members have renewed out of a total of 151. If you are yet to do so, please can I ask that you do so soon. If, however, you have decided that you no longer wish to remain a member (though it is quite acceptable to remain a member and not attend the workshops but still keep in touch via the newsletter) please can you let me know. In this newsletter, I am reporting on the excellent workshop that we had with Stella when she showed us the painstaking art of Chinese 3D paper folding. She was so well prepared and so inspirational that we all had a great time. The workshop was enhanced by the excellent shared buffet that everyone provided. If you weren’t there, you may find the instructions difficult to follow but Stella recommends looking on You Tube where you can find lots of examples. Search for 3D origami and you will find lots of excellent demonstrations. On behalf of the officers and committee, may I wish you all a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Happy reading! Anne
Poster We have a poster advertising the Group. Let me know if you can display one for us.
Welcome There were no new members this month.
We will soon be planning the content of our workshops for next year. Please let me or any of the committee have your ideas.
Sunday 12 January 2014
Buildings and Boats
in the Landscape
Nick Hornigold
Saturday 25 January 2014
Flowers with bird
in gongbi style
Anne Allan
Saturday 22 February 2014
AGM
Reading calligraphy
Brian Morgan
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Events diary
Please make a note in your diary of the following dates
Dates for your diary 2017
7 January 22 January 11 February AGM 4 March 19 March 1 & 2 April 6 & 7 May 24 & 25 June 15 & 16 July 2 & 3 September 30 September & 1 October 4 & 5 November 10 December
Chinese New Year 2017 is the year of the red rooster or red cockerel. The rooster is the 10th animal of the Chinese zodiac. It is also the year of the Fire Rooster. The New Year starts on 28 January 207 and runs until 15 February 2018. Those born in this year should hold a strong sense of time, should be trustworthy and good at managing money. During 2017, we are planning to paint many of the animals of the zodiac beginning with the rooster and ox (well, a water buffalo which has similarities) in January, the dog in March. We should then be able to paint a full zodiac of all the animals at a later date. If you want to learn more about the Chinese zodiac, there are lots of sites on the web with information on this.
We have a poster advertising our group.
So if you know of anywhere where we could display one,
please ask me for one.
Saturday 11 February 2017
AGM
Fun with Geometrics
Howard Asher
Saturday 7 January 2017
Iris with
butterflies; Narcissus
Maggie Cross
Sunday 22 January 2017
Water buffalo;
Cockerels and cards for the Year of the
Rooster
Anne Allan
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Museum of East Asian Art, Bath RED – Culture, History and Craftsmanship
25 June 2016 to 12 February 2017
This exhibition continues until February 2017. For further information see: http://www.meaa.org.uk/event/red-culturehistory-craftsmenship/ I hope that some of you may be able to visit this interesting exhibition – and write me a report to shore with everyone.
2017 Calendars Angela, Chairman CBPS, writes: I hope that you have enjoyed the 2017 calendar, including the central calligraphy specially written for us by Dr Li. CBPS Calendars make great Christmas presents, and are on sale NOW. Price £5 each plus postage (depends on weight) Email Angela [email protected] to place your order.
Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces I love this resource as where else could you see fantastic items housed in all the world’s major museums without travelling all over the world? In addition, it gives you an inspirational object to look at each day! I do not do it every day but I do catch up on all the objects from the previous month. I have had some positive feedback from those who have looked at the website and I hope this will encourage more of you do to so. You won’t be disappointed!!! During the last month, there have been many interesting items uploaded on this website, though none on Chinese painting, I’m afraid. However, on 23 November the Museum of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region uploaded details of a Tomb Guardian found in the tombs of Astana cemetery of Turpan. It dates from the Tang Dynasty and has the head of a warrior, the body of a leopard and the hooves of a horse. On 3 December, the Ayala Museum, Philippines, uploaded details of an incense burner made in Longquan Celadon in the Yuan Dynasty in southern China. To see the artefacts and to read their descriptions, visit http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/masterpiece/ofTheDay.nhn More than 120 worldwide museums are involved in this project. The idea is that museums holding significant collections of Asian art will contribute images of their masterpieces with associated stories – written or video – about them. Each day a new ‘masterpiece’, housed in one of the participating museums, is uploaded to the website as Masterpiece of the day. You can then look back over time at previous masterpieces. Please let me know your favourite ones. This is a fantastic way of broadening our knowledge of Eastern culture. Has anyone taken up the challenge to view the objects on a daily basis? If so, would you like to send me a comment about any objects that you find particularly fascinating for adding to the newsletters? I keep hoping that some of you will do this!!!! Anne
Workshop dates – 2017 Our hall at Pool has been booked for the following dates. Please remember to reserve them in your diary. Notices and booking forms for each of them will come out with the newsletters at the appropriate time. Saturday 7 January – Maggie Cross – Iris with butterflies; narcissus Sunday 22 January – Anne Allan – Water buffalo and cockerels Saturday 11 February - AGM – Howard Asher – Playing with Geometrics & colour theory Saturday 4 March – Anne Allan - Gongbi Sunday 19 March –Nick Hornigold – Dogs; Spring landscape Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 April – Shuhua Jin Saturday & Sunday 6 & 7 May– Qu LeiLei Saturday & Sunday 24 & 25 June – Maggie Cross Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 July – Kaili Fu and Li Xuzhuang Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 September – tba Saturday & Sunday 30 September & 1 October – Xiao Bai Li Saturday & Sunday 4 & 5 November – Jane Dwight Sunday 10 December – Christmas buffet lunch We will be starting to plan the programme, so if you have any requests for tutors and/or topics, please let Vanessa or Anne know so that we can try to include them. Let us also know if there is anything that you do not want to see on the programme.
Manchester Events
Excellent news for SACU members (that includes all of us) in the Manchester area. Two events have been announced. The first is the “Acclaimed international art exhibition ‘Lanterns of the Terra Cotta Warriors’” which is coming to the city and will illuminate the city’s Exchange Square as part of the second event, “the biggest Chinese New year Celebration the city has seen to date”
More information about both events here: http://tinyurl.com/jt68ckt
Exhibitions/Courses
Followmybrushmarks On 30 November ‘Reluctant Rat’ posted another contribution; this time on how to paint bamboo. I found it inspiring and if you want to read it you can find it at: https://followmybrushmarks.wordpress.com/2016/11/ You could also work through the monthly ‘posts’ going back to October 2012 – a lot of reading, but very educational.
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Residential courses
Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire, have just secured courses with Kaili Fu and Xuzhuang Li for early next year. Kaili will be running a Friday to Sunday course on landscape in meticulous style on silk and sized rice paper on the 20th to 22nd January, and Xuzhuang will be running a Chinese Calligraphy course – running style, on the 29th and 30th April. These courses have just gone ‘live’ on the www.missendenschoolofcreativearts.co.uk website and are now open for bookings.
West Dean, near Chichester, has a new course with Maggie Cross, depicting colour flowers with freestyle brush strokes: Chinese brush painting – flower shapes and colours : April 23-28. Thank you to Angela, national Chairman, for informing us of these opportunities.
Chinese Lantern Festival Roundhay Park, Leeds
25 November 2016 – 2 January 2017 Thursday – Sunday
The UK’s biggest Chinese Lantern Festival comes to Leeds this year after a hugely successful launch in London last year. It includes a trail of lanterns through the park, with some displays featuring lanterns 20 metres wide. There are also dragons and 30 giant handmade displays constructed with 40,000 light bulbs. As well as the lanterns, there is a separate entertainment area and a food village, as well as a number of activities you can pay a little extra for – you can have a skate around the outdoor ice rink, visit Santa’s Grotto, go on the rides at the mini fun fair and play virtual reality games. Tickets are already on sale, with official charity partner, the Jane Tomlinson Appeal, benefitting from proceeds. They’re priced at £12.50 for adults, £10.50 for concessions, £8.50 for children, £38 for a family of four and special rates for groups over ten. Further information at https://leeds-list.com/culture/the-uks-biggest-chinese-lantern-festival-comes-to-roundhay-park/ If you go along, please let me know your impression so that I can include further details in the next newsletter, Anne
Examples of members’ paintings
Delightful painting of a friend’s dog in the meticulous style with
a free background on cicada wing (sized) paper
– Mollie Butler
Mollie brought along some of her jewellery to the workshop on Saturday for sale. Members bought many of the pieces and in so doing, Mollie raised £85.70 for the British Heart Foundation. Well done Mollie and all those who purchased.
3 lovely paintings by Manchula Foulkes. Above - Walking to West Tanfield Top right – Roses Bottom right – Japanese Garden All are painted in the meticulous (gongbi) style on cicada wing (sized) paper.
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Maggie writes: Australia is certainly a fascinating place with some amazing scenery and wildlife. Staying at a beach resort was probably the highlight with kangaroos and their joeys wandering all over totally ignoring us. The birdlife is varied too from whipbirds and bellbirds, named for the sound they make, to the numerous varieties of parrots with their vivid colours. Back home though the prize has to go to the male king parrot that comes right onto the veranda and chats to me until I give him some seeds. The tawny frogmouths were all sitting on a branch of eucalyptus well disguised. They are so comical. There are endless varieties of eucalyptus too and although not many are in flower their seeds (gum nuts) are good to sketch. Some too have amazing markings on their bark. Well folks I am sitting in the air-con as the temperature outside is 38 degrees-39 tomorrow. I never though I 'd look forward to being cold (and free of creepy crawlies)!! I hope the Christmas workshop goes well. Love Maggie Thank you, Maggie. It is nice to know that even whilst you are away on holiday, you remember the Yorkshire Group. We are all looking forward to your workshop on 7 January next and bookings are coming in quickly.
Maggie has been in Australia for several weeks and she has sent us some CBP sketches that she has done of local plants and animals. She is inspirational! How many of us plan to paint on holiday and never do! Thank you, Maggie, for these lovely pictures and for encouraging us to grab the moment and record it with paint!
Top left: This was sitting around in a gum tree with mate and baby. It's called a tawny frogmouth and is a kind of owl. Top right: this is called kangaroo paw. Saw it in the botanic gardens. Bottom left: This fellow, a male king parrot, is very tame and comes to tell me he's hungry. He sits on a chair on the veranda and chats away until he's fed!!
We went up a mountain where there was still snow and the trees there had the most amazing markings
Gum nuts
Lotus flower made by Stella using a
different technique from that used
in the other structures.
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3-D Chinese paper folding – Stella Yeung Saturday 3 December 2017
Today, Stella was going to introduce us to the art of 3-D paper folding. Stella explained that growing up in Mauritius, as a child, she saw a rooster made from a Chinese magazine and has never forgotten it. So she has gone on You Tube and taught herself how to make them – and found it a fascinating hobby. The first one she made was of a bowl and lid and she made it out of a free magazine. She then branched into making a vase with a design on it and 2 swans and found herself hooked on this new activity. HISTORY 3D Modular Origami/Block Folding/Golden Venture Origami/Chinese Paper folding is a branch of origami where the piece is not made out of one singular piece of paper, but made with many pieces, each folded the same way. It became popular in the 1990s, when illegal Chinese immigrants aboard a ship called "The Golden Venture" tried to smuggle into America cleanly and quietly. Each of these Chinese immigrants (about 300 in total) had paid $5,000 and promised an additional $30,000 to be brought to America. Unfortunately, for them, they were quickly caught and brought to jail to be detained and later deported. Many of the immigrants sought to soothe their troubles through creative expression. In prison, these immigrants created beautiful and elegant sculptures using everything from magazine pages to toilet paper. The pieces they created, specifically birds, are known as "Freedom Birds". Today, around 30 people from the Golden Venture are living in the US. Stella also explained the story of a young girl who, suffering from Leukaemia, followed the Japanese tradition that if you make 1000 cranes your wish will come true. Sadly, it didn’t but her cranes were given to famous and influential people and a statue to her memory lives on. This form of origami is absolutely stunning. Each sculpture consists of dozens and dozens of triangular-shaped pieces, but from afar, it seems to be one rippling structure. The reason it can stay together is because of the ingenious structural components. Materials: The most important thing you need. Paper! Now, of course, paper varies. You can use anything from pages of a magazine, notebook paper, useless flyers, etc. The biggest concern is the texture and thickness of your paper. Generally speaking, glossy paper (like magazine pages) will tend to slip more and won't necessarily stay together. If you're using glossy paper, it is recommended to use some kind of adhesive, like glue. Matte paper, like computer paper, tends to stay together well. Another concern is thickness; if your paper is too thick, it won't stay together. If it's too thin, it will rip easily. Stella then showed us how to begin by cutting the paper into the correct sizes. A4 photocopy paper is ideal for this – either white or coloured. You will need to fold and cut the paper 5 times to produce 32 rectangles from each piece of paper. Firstly, fold the paper into A5, cut it into 2 pieces, then into A6, then keep folding and cutting 5 times. (You can use any size of rectangle.) Stella showed us to fold one piece of paper, unfold the crease, place the paper on top of the other pages of this size, cut along the crease. She did not fold all pieces and cut along the fold as the pieces would not be as accurate in size. To make smaller triangles we could repeat the process one more time to get 64 pieces from one sheet of A4 paper. Other shapes of paper will produce pieces of slightly different proportions but it does not matter as long as all the pieces are the same size for one construction. Having cut our paper pieces, Stella then showed us how to fold them into triangles. In order to ensure that we were all able to do this, Stella adopted a teaching strategy used by surgeons when instructing doctors. This is a 4 stage process – 1 Stella made the triangle whilst we observed; 2 Stella made the triangle and explained all the steps; 3 Stella made the triangle whilst we called out the moves; 4 we went off and made our own triangles. This was highly effective! To make the triangles: take one of the paper rectangles then follow the stages on the next page.
Peacock
Stella holding a crane constructed from a
Chinese newspaper making a strong
construction
Stella showing examples of her work to an engrossed audience
Examples of Stella’s work
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1 Fold it in half length-wise (long and thin). 2 Fold it in half width-wise 3 unfold it revealing the width-wise fold. You should now have a rectangle folded in half with a crease in the middle. 4 Line up the top of the rectangle (the folded side) to the centre crease and fold. 5 Repeat with the other side. You should now have a pentagon-shaped piece of paper, with the two sides meeting in the centre. 6 Flip the piece over. 7 Take the bottom rectangle on the left side. Fold the corner into a small triangle. 8 Repeat on the other side. You should now have a piece that resembles a diamond. 9 Tuck the bottom flaps in by pulling them up as far as they will go. Crease it. 10. Fold it in half. You should now have a triangle! (See page 8 for the stages in photographs.) Once we had made 2 triangles, Stella showed us how to stack them. ANATOMY Before you stack pieces, you have to understand the anatomy of a triangle. A triangle has two pockets and two points. Each point fits inside a pocket. When you stack, you are building it in one line, so the two points of one piece fit into the two pockets of another piece. When you're building, one point will go into the pocket of one piece, but the other point will go into the pocket of another piece. STACKING Stack the pieces in increments of 10, but you can do more if you like. As you make the pieces, it's helpful to stack them. This helps to open up the pockets to make the structure stronger, as well as helping you count how many pieces you have. Though it's technically not necessary, it is recommended as it will keep your structure together and give you an easier time building. To stack, slot the two points of one triangle into the two pockets of another triangle. Keep going for a few pieces, and once they expand in size, take the unopened triangles from the end and add them to the front. This way, you have a stack of fully opened triangles. To take the triangles out of the stack, simply put your thumb right under the first triangle and push up. Once you've got the hang of it, you can take triangles off in seconds. Building the first two layers of a structure is probably the hardest. This is because there isn't a structure yet, so there isn't anything on which to build. But, once you get past the first two layers, it's smooth sailing. When constructing, beginners might find it helpful to have the first row a different colour from the second row, so that you can see where the pieces fit. Once you are used to the process, you can use all one colour. Stella used 15 triangles for each row (though some of her smaller structures only had 10). Once you have formed a ring 2 rows high, the structure becomes stable. Once the ring is made, you can add another row of triangles to the base to close up the hole in the base (the shorter side faces outwards. To make it even sturdier, a piece of card can be inserted. Stella then showed us how to assemble the triangles to make one of 2 swans – one with 2 curving wings or one with a large back wing. Stella had supplied the instructions for assembly, as shown on the following page. Firstly she told us how to increase and decrease. For example, to make the vase the increasing row is achieved by adding extra triangles but only put the point into one pocket of the previous row and then catch this extra point on the next row. To decrease, put 2 points into one pocket and then one in the other pocket. To add ‘fancy’ effects, reverse the triangles.
An amazing dragon
An intricate flower
Vase with flower pattern
The first item made by Stella – a vase with a lid made out of a free magazine
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Swan Model 1 (182 pieces) 1.Cut each sheet of A4 paper into 32 rectangles. 2.Construct a closed base with 15 pieces. 3.Build 5 rows including base. 4.Row 6- place 6 normal pieces for the chest and 9 inverted pieces for the body. 5.Row 7- place 3 normal pieces for the chest and 8 inverted pieces for body. There will be a gap (which will gradually increase) between the chest and body. 6.Subsequent rows- reduce the number of pieces for the chest by one piece per row until there is 1 piece (that will connect with the neck); reduce the number of pieces for the body by one piece per row until there are 2 pieces at the top. 7.Place a row of normal pieces on the edge of the body over the inverted pieces. 8.For the neck, stack 16 pieces of white colour and for the beak, a black or red piece covered by an orange piece. Swan Model 2 (with 2 wings) (140 pieces) 1.Each A4 paper cut into 32 rectangles. 2.Construct a closed base with 15 pieces. 3.Build 5 rows including base. 4.Row 6- place 2 normal pieces for the chest. Place 6 inverted pieces for one wing, 1 normal piece for the tail and 6 inverted pieces for the other wing. 5.Row 7- place 5 inverted pieces for one wing, one normal piece for the tail and 5 inverted pieces for the other wing. There will be a gap for attaching the neck to the chest on this row. 6.Row 8- place 4 inverted pieces for one wing, one normal piece for the tail and 4 inverted pieces for the other wing. 7.Subsequent rows- reduce the number of pieces for each wing until there is one piece at the top, no need to add any further piece to the tail. 8.For the neck, stack 16 pieces of white colour and for the beak, a black or red piece covered by an orange piece. Basket with 4 flaps (104 white, 72 colour pieces, handle- 38 small white, and 19 small colour pieces) 1.Each A4 paper cut into 32 rectangles. 2.Construct a closed base with 20 pieces. 3.Build 6 rows including base, with rows 1 and 2 being coloured rows. 4.Row 7 (inverted pieces)- place 3 white, 2 colour, 3 white, 2 colour, 3 white, 2 colour, 3 white, 2 colour pieces 5.Row 8 and subsequent rows- reduce by one white piece with a colour piece on each side until 2 colour pieces are at the top of each of the 4 flaps 6.Place and stick colour band or ribbon under the level of the flaps. 7.Basket handle will consist of smaller pieces, each 1/64th of A4 paper- row1- place 2 white; row2- place 1 colour in centre; row3- place 2 white with each piece covering a point from row 1 and row 2; row 4- place 1 colour in centre as on row 2, etc. Continue for 38 rows OR basket handle- row 1- place 1 white; row 2- one white one colour; row 3- one white; row 4- one colour one white on opposite sides to row 2; repeat these 4 rows until there are 38 rows in total. Stella mentioned that when she visited a friend in London, she saw similar structures being sold in Leicester Square. These were much sturdier and had the feel of porcelain. This can be achieved by pouring Evostik wood glue over the structure. Another hint from Stella is that to hold the structure together with glue, apply liquid glue inside the pocket or scrape stick glue onto the points. This was an amazing workshop. The buzz in the room showed that everyone was concentrating on achieving their own design. Thank you, Stella, for giving us such a good time. You were so well prepared and so patient in your explanations. We had a great time learning a new skill.
Cockerel made from wrapping paper – notice the different coloured base
Swan with glue, appearing to be like porcelain
Basket
Swan with 1 wing (Model 1) on the left, swan with 2 wings (Model 2)
on the right
Stella showed us some ‘googly eyes’ in various sizes, which she had purchased from the internet. She adds these to the models, eg cockerel, swans, crane.
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Photographs of Bhutan - Totally amazing country!! If they find a few square feet of level ground they farm it. Anything up to about 45° is good for houses. Steeper ground is for temples, though for that they really like a tiny ledge on a huge cliff!! Oh, and the cats are very cute!! Nick
The stages in making the folded triangles: 1 Initial rectangle – 1/32 of the size of an A4 page 2 Paper folded in half lengthwise and one side folded 3 Both sides folded and paper flipped over 4 Both triangles folded up 5 Flap folded up 6 Triangle folded in half 7 Triangles stacked together ready for assembling in the desired structure. The points are placed within the pockets of the previous triangle. NB Whilst it is relaxing to fold these triangles, it is possible to buy ready folded triangles on Amazon. Stella mentioned that her record was folding 7 triangles in one minute! You can then choose what structure to make by assembling these triangles in appropriate ways.
Further examples of
Stella’s 3-D art – small basket and large swan
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SACU - Society of Anglo-Chinese Understanding As members of this group, we receive a copy of the magazine ‘China Eye’ each month and an email version of a monthly newsletter. In the past, it has not been possible to let everyone read the magazine and, whilst I have usually taken anything related to Chinese art from the newsletter, I have been unable to let you know about all the other cultural activities taking place. We now have the following offers: 1 to receive our own copy of China Eye electronically. 2 to receive our own copy of the newsletter electronically. To do so, you can send an email to Chris Henson (who is also a member of our group) on ([email protected]) if you would like to receive the newsletter and / or receive a PDF copy of China Eye. They are two separate mailing lists and Chris will add you to whichever you prefer, or both. Chris asks me to tell you that the PDF of China Eye will be available for viewing or download at Dropbox, an internet storage facility, rather than sent directly to you (so he will not clog your incoming mail allowance with it)! A note from Jill reminds me to tell you that the pdf copy of China Eye runs to about 40 pages, so be aware of this if you plan to print your own copy. You can try this and you always have the option to unsubscribe if you don’t find it is of interest. I would like to thank Chris for this very kind offer. Whilst writing about SACU, I would like to mention that another of our members, Brian Morgan, organises local meetings of SACU and always encourages us to join them. Some members have done so and have enjoyed the broadening of their understanding of Chinese culture. Brian can be contacted on [email protected].
National CBPS If you are a member, the committee of the national group would like to encourage you to submit your work, particularly around these themes (see below), for publication in the national newsletter. 2017 April - Giraffes and Camels 2017 July – Lilies If you are not yet a member, why not join? See below for details.
Stamps I would like to thank all of you who always give me your used stamps. Thank you so much. If you do not already save used stamps, can I beg them from you, please, as we collect them to raise funds for RNIB (we used to send them to ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’ but they no longer want them). They need to have a clear ½” (if possible) of paper all round the stamp. If you can help, I will be very grateful. Anne
Chinese Brush Painters Society
As you know, we are the Yorkshire Group of the national Chinese Brush Painters Society. If you would like to join the national Society, contact Treasurer/Membership Sheila Bell, 42 Hartley Meadow, Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7BW 01256 893658 [email protected] download an application form from the website. You can see details of the Society on the website: www.cbps.co.uk where you can also see some inspirational paintings. Members receive a most informative newsletter 4 times a year and a calendar of paintings by members once a year with the October issue. Membership costs £24 pa (individual, £26 pa double) and membership runs from January to January. If (when?) you join, please will you let me have your membership number so that I can add it to our database?
National Chinese Brush Painters Society This is our ‘parent’ organisation and it would be great if more of our Yorkshire Group members were also members of the national group. Currently the committee is having a push to increase membership and so, if you are not already a member, I hope you will consider it. http://cbps.org.uk/ The quarterly newsletters are a great source of information and inspiration. In addition, there is a great website, which contains much information and even some tutorials on various subjects. There is also a list of museums, which have important collections of Chinese artefacts. Have a look at this link and maybe you will be able to visit some of them. http://cbps.org.uk/chinese-art-in-museums-galleries/
Workshop Fees As you know, I must have fees for any workshop beforehand so that I do not have to spend time sorting it out on the day. However, this doesn’t mean that I cannot take bookings for future workshops at a workshop! I seem to have misled you - sorry! If you have the form and your cheque/cash for a future workshop, please let me have it at any workshop and I will be happy to process it later. That way you will save the cost and trouble of posting it! No problem! If you cannot print out the forms, just write the details on a piece of paper. That is fine! It is not a happy situation when members have to lose their money when they do not attend a workshop for which they have booked. However, costs have to be covered, as we are sure you will understand. So to clarify our position: if less than 7 days’ notice of cancellation is received, the full fee will be payable, except in extreme circumstances when it will be at the discretion of the officers and committee to recommend that a refund can be given. We hope that this is fair to everyone.
