Useful Links
Useful Contacts
There are so many lovely art supplies you can add to your calligraphy toolkit — from inks, paints and brushes to specialist papers and all sorts of creative extras. As you explore, you’ll find there are lots of exciting directions your calligraphy journey can take.
If you’d like a little inspiration, these websites are well worth a browse. You might discover new materials, fresh ideas, or something that sparks your interest and encourages you to try something different.
NATIONAL SOCIETIES
Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society (CLAS) www.clas.co.uk
For the promotion of study, practice and teaching of Western Calligraphy in all its forms.
Society of Scribes and Illuminators (SSI) www.calligraphyonline.org
An internationally respected organisation with a hundred year history promoting the study and practice of calligraphy and illumination.
Heritage Crafts Association www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
Advocate for traditional craft methods, compiler of the Radcliffe Red list and publisher of the Makers Directory.
Letter Exchange www.letterexchange.org
For professional designers and lettering practitioners.
Society of Bookbinders www.societyofbookbinders.com
Dedicated to books and the preservation of the printed and written word – North Wales & North West region.
SUPPLIERS
Scribblers www.scribblers.co.uk
Optional subscription available to a calligraphy supplier with student resources.
Blots Pen & Ink Supplies www.blotspens.co.uk
A wide range of calligraphy materials.
Jackson Art Supplies www.jacksonsart.com
Artists’ colours, brushes, paper, canvas, and art accessories
Great Art www.greatart.co.uk
Art supplies for all techniques from traditional fine art painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking, to graphic art and illustration
Ken Bromley Art Supplies www.artsupplies.co.uk
A supplier of fine papers and art materials based, in Bolton.
Calligraphity www.calligraphity.com
A specialist bookseller for the Lettering Arts and associated crafts.
Cult Pens www.cultpens.co.uk
Stockist of all types of pen and the latest calligraphy materials.
John Neal Books www.johnnealbooks.com
For periodical magazines and folded pens from the United States.
Penman Direct www.penmandirect.co.uk
Stockists of the latest calligraphy trends.
Pink Pig Sketchbooks www.the-pink-pig.co.uk
Artists sketchbooks from Yorkshire with handmade covers in jewel colours.
Wright’s of Lymm www.stonehouses.co.uk
For gilding supplies including brushes.
Other Groups in the South & South East
Kent
Cinque Ports Scribes
https://cinqueportsscribes.org.uk/
Surrey
North Downs Calligraphers
https://northdownscalligraphers.com/
Hampshire
Hampshire Calligraphers
https://www.hampshirecalligraphers.co.uk/
Sussex
Sussex Scribes