The New Zealand Calligraphers is a non-profit group of calligraphers, lettering artists and people who share a love of creating beautiful words and letters.
About the Society
The New Zealand Calligraphers has been an organisation since the early 1990’s.
The society meets monthly at a central location in Auckland, conducts regular workshops in calligraphy and complementary arts, organises exhibitions, and generally supports and promotes calligraphy and excellence in lettering.
The New Zealand Calligrapher’s members include professional lettering artists, commercial calligraphers, illustrators and designers, tutors and hobbyists and their interests range from the most traditional types of calligraphy, to contemporary and experimental forms.
We invite you to browse this site – which contains information about our society, membership, current events, workshops and other relevant topics – and to consider joining the New Zealand Calligraphers.
Monthly Meetings
Where possible members are encouraged to attend the Society’s monthly meetings. Meetings and workshops are held on the first Sunday of each month to allow members outside of Auckland to join in. Meetings are a social, friendly affair and usually feature guest speakers or a workshop.
2026 Programme
SUN 12 APR
STAMP MAKING with
Dale-Cormack Pearson
The Gifford Gallery, 27A Poronui St, Mt Eden
3 to 5pm
In this mini workshop demo we’ll be making a stamp from your initials, by preparing and then carving them onto an eraser (stamp).
Before the workshop, please design your initials to fit into a 2cm along by 3cm down block on paper. Try two or three different sizes and styles and bring these pieces with you. We will transfer the initials to tracing paper and then in reverse trace them onto the stamp. Then the fun begins as we learn to carve these initials onto your stamp. You won’t finish before the end of time but you will know what to do.
Bring with you your usual gear, pencils etc., plus, if you have them, bring a craft knife (new blade please) or lino cutter and a stamp pad. I have plenty of erasers.
- $15 for Members or $20 for Non-members
- 01-0288-0137566-00 New Zealand Calligraphers
Please email newzealandcalligraphers@gmail.com to indicate that you will attend and deposit the fee into our account.
Past Meetings
MARCH 1st, 2026 (WORKSHOP)
LETTERING ON FABRICS
VENUE: The Gifford Gallery, 27a Poronui St, Mt Eden.
A practical application for our letters with Margaret Woollett
COST: members $45; non-members $55
TIMING: 2 – 5 PM
We are delighted to invite you to our first New Zealand Calligraphers’ workshop of 2026, taking place on Sunday, 1 March.
It will be wonderful to gather again after the summer break, reconnect with familiar faces, and warmly welcome our new members to the group.
During our cuppa break, we will have a display table available for anyone who would like to share their Summer Challenge pieces or any projects completed over the holidays. We’ll take some time to discuss our creative process – the highlights, the challenges, and everything in between.
Our workshop format will be one of looking at examples, demonstration and then doing. So come prepared with some small, around A3 size- pieces of fabric… usually I like to work on natural woven fabrics, cotton, linen, a mix of these, wool, silk, calico, canvas etc.
Bring along:
Your favourite tools, brushes, both flat ferrule and round pointed ones, folded pens, ruling pens… anything that you think might write well for you.
Small nibs are not really suitable and will be hard to manage.
A larger piece of old cloth to place under to catch the pigment that might go through. I use artificial felt piece.. it also ‘holds’ the top fabric stopping it from shifting around as you write.
Pigments, acrylics- Golden colours, Tube acrylics, and small containers to mix and dilute the pigments, Flache paint, if you have it.
I will supply the fabric medium required. And some other supplies to share…
I am so excited to to be able to share my process and samples for my play and artwork.
Register by depositing fee to our account 01-0288-0137566-00 and email newzealandcalligraphers@gmail.com to confirm your attendance.
Contact
We love to hear from people interested in calligraphy so please get in touch.
email: newzealandcalligraphers@gmail.com
post: New Zealand Calligraphers, 13 Allenby Avenue, Devonport, Auckland, 9010.
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