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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday
April 13, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 131
(USPS 650-640)
Kansas House, Senate recess
By CHRISTOPHER HINES Staff writer
The state Legislature took a two and a half week recess Friday without finishing some of its homework, including several bills concerning money and programs for the University of Kansas.
“This year is exceptional in that so many bills are in conference and that so many issues are unresolved,” said State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence. “This is becoming more so every year.”
State lawmakers did, however,
approve a state lottery, liquor by the
drink and a bill prohibiting nuclear
waste disposal in Kansas, before
going into recess. Two weeks ago, the
Senate threw out by four votes the
death penalty, despite strong support
from Gov. Mike Hayden.
When lawmakers return on April 29 for a three to four-dav wad-up session the
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love," she said. But she likes doing both, because the paintings supplement her income, and because it provides a good balance between tight and loose, black and colorful.
But Cathy's calligraphy is not all black and white. On custom-made awards, for example, she paints detailed, colorful borders around the work. It's called illumination, and it is an art.
"Calligraphy often falls in the crack between craft and art," she said. "Anybody who puts some creative thought into it, approaches it as an art form, is going to create art."
Cathv often puts a lot of creative
thought into her work. She did extensive research before she began working on a Harvard award for geologist and popular science writer Steven Jay Gould.
The illumination was related to his work and hobbies, including some tropical fish that he had researched. And all of her work paid off. Gould said later that the beauty of Cathy's work made him break a precedent of not displaying his awards.
David thinks calligraphic awards
"A lot of people want to be able to write a nice looking letter. They feel really insecure about their handwriting," she said.
Good handwriting is not a prerequisite for becoming a good calligrapher, however. Instead, people who enjoy details and solitude and who are disciplined and precise have a better chance of succeeding at calligraphy, she said.
a hobby, and people who wanted to improve their handwriting.
For five years, she taught calligraphy classes for the Lawrence Arts Center, Ninth and Vermont streets. Her students were professionals who wanted to learn how to write signs and brochures at work, people who wanted
Cathy no longer teaches because she wants to concentrate on the business. But she thinks there is a need for
She learned the proper techniques from Stephen Skaggs after she moved to Lawrence. Skaggs taught lettering at KU's School of Fine Arts.
After perfecting her skills for a few months, she found that she could make a living from the craft. But she had to put general graphic knowledge to work for her, as well.
"I learned very quickly that if someone could hand me an idea, and I could bring back the finished, printed product, I was much more marketable. So I have learned the fundamentals of graphic design to be able to do that."
are good alternatives to traditional plaques and trophies. After calligraphy went through a revival period in the 1970s, people became increasingly interested in hand lettering, he said.
And most of her products are com-
Calligraphy guilds and workshops are popping up across the country as the interest grows, Cathy said. That interest is here in Lawrence, too.
education in calligraphy. The University of Kansas has not offered classes in the craft for many years, but Cathy thinks it should do so.
"You see it all the time now. Perfume bottles, magazine ads. It's used a lot. That's why I think they should offer a class, because the ad people are getting shortchanged."
Cathy's doodling interests led her to take a course in lettering 15 years ago while enrolled at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. But her teacher was not a professional.
"I learned it all wrong." she said.
plete design projects where the lettering is only a part of the whole.
But it's an important part. She experiments with numerous lettering styles called calligraphic hands, and she even has created her own. She also experiments with colors, including gold and silver ink.
But her creativity goes beyond what she puts on paper. She is also resourceful when it comes to tools. She does some of her work with sharpened popsicle sticks.
That's an exception, she said, but her materials basically are inexpensive. Paper and ink don't cost much. Neither do her pens and brushes.
What costs is her time. Some projects can take several weeks. But she enjoys her work and hopes she can continue to combine painting with lettering to create the individualized work for which she is known.
"Whether this will last, I don't know," she says. "But I think as people get more educated, the demand for good lettering will only grow."
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