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Sep 18

Competition entries for the Women’s Institute

Competition entries for the Women’s Institute
Posted by Jo in Calligraphy on September 18th, 2009 | 2 Comments

When I was a member of our local W.I. (for about 10 years), I discovered a competitive streak which I didn’t realise I had! Every year there is an agricultural show which encompasses two neighbouring counties, Flintshire and Denbighshire, and my local village had not been entering much. When... 

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Feb 6

Autumn Calligraphy

Autumn Calligraphy
Posted by Jo in Calligraphy on February 6th, 2009 | 2 Comments

My very first entry for a competition didn’t actually make it to the show! I had learnt this calligraphy technique and we were doing a ’season’ so I produced Autumn, shown here. I hadn’t realised at that time that we were not allowed to openly refer to our own institute name... 

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