handwritten SignWriting

[Tini Pel]

Thanks Kim. I tried to open the address  but it must be a large "file". My
computer isn't the best anymore as it clicked off half way through each
time.
Sorry I am late with my reply.
I will look for it when we come into the big city, as I have an idea now
what it looks like.
Thanks,
Tini.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberley A. Shaw" <kshaw at wellesley.edu>
To: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
Cc: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [sw-l] handwritten SignWriting


> Hello Tini:
> the Sumi pen works like a felt-tip pen, only the business end of it is
> actually a brush!
> This one looks very much like the one I use (but mine is black ink, not
> green).
> http://www.jbox.com/PRODUCT/STA191
> It is used in both Japanese and Chinese calligraphy.
> Best,
> Kim from Boston
>
> sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 6:37 PM
> -0500 wrote:
> >Hi Kim,
> >What does a Sumi pen look like?. After asking, no one knows about such
pen
> >around here.
> >I would be interested in it, as I often "fiddle around" with Sign Writing
> >(practicing to write faster) as a relaxation. I use an ordinary pencil.
> >
> >Tini.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kimberley A. Shaw" <kshaw at wellesley.edu>
> >To: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:01 PM
> >Subject: [sw-l] handwritten SignWriting
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hello everyone:
> >> of those of you who SignWrite by hand, how many of you have tried using
> >> different kinds of pens/pencils/brushes etc to do so?
> >> I have just returned from a 2-week immersion in ASL at Gallaudet
> >> University, and kept a SW journal while there ... and have discovered
> >that
> >> a brush -- in the form of a  "Sumi" pen (that is, a Chinese-style
brush)
> >> -- is almost ideal for SignWriting! It does thick-to-thin lines much
> >more
> >> easily than a fountain pen, and it is great to do different kinds of
> >arrow
> >> heads (filled in or not) with one brush stroke, rather than having to
go
> >> back and fill in white space after the fact.
> >> My class notes still are in ballpoint pen -- just too dangerous to have
> >> loose pens and ink when there's a class discussion going on! Have
> >already
> >> spilled plenty of coffee, water, beer, etc while signing.
> >> But using a brush suits the SignWriting so much better than ballpoints.
> >> What do you all think, what have you tried?
> >> Best,
> >> Kim from Boston
> >>
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