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The brush is one of the essential tools in calligraphy.
The unique feature of a brush is the "pressure" applied, but the reality is that you can write with it without even thinking about it.

too good to waste!!!!

The New Calligraphy Development Committee focuses on this "brush pressure" and creates brushes from everyday materials such as brooms and plastic bottle caps.
Although these brushes may seem unusual at first glance, the hypothesis is that through the "pressure" they produce, we can rediscover the act of writing and the brush.

How about some New Calligraphy to get yourself fired up for the New Year?

Outline
[Event Details]
Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Time: 14:00-16:00
Venue: 100BANCH 3F (3-27-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002)
Participation Fee: Free
Capacity: 20 people

【time schedule】
13:45　OPEN
14:00-14:10 Opening and project introduction
14:10-14:20 History of calligraphy and one-character calligraphy
14:20-15:20 Searching for pen pressure in everyday items
15:40-16:00 Closing

【way to participate】
Please purchase your tickets and come to the venue on the day.

[Frequently Asked Questions]
Q. What should I wear on the day?
A. We recommend that you wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.

Q. If I'm confident that I won't get it dirty, can I wear whatever clothes I like?
A: Please go ahead.

Q. Is it okay to actively get dirty?
A. We will cooperate as long as it does not soil the venue.

[Voice from the Chairperson]

The New Calligraphy Development Committee was established to get as many people as possible interested in calligraphy. To that end, we want to create a place that is as free and open as possible.

While this wish is granted, the more events are held, the more tools such as brushes, paper, and ink are lost. Fortunately, the chairman (Masuda) is able to realize his dream by picking up brushes while walking and receiving paper from an elderly woman who is an acquaintance of a friend. However, there is no doubt that these are unstable assets.

Therefore, the committee has decided to adopt a donation system for the event.
At the same time, we also collect unwanted tools (brushes, paper, ink, inkstones, felt).
The more donations and equipment we receive, the larger the event will be, the more people will be exposed to calligraphy, the higher the quality of life of the committee members will be, and the more active the committee will become.

We ask for your support as you read this, so that we can save lives even at this very moment, when 60 seconds pass in a minute. Thank you.

<To those who donate tools>
Please let us know at the email address below.
umion.0607@gmail.com
Please write "Donation to the New Calligraphy Development Committee" in the subject line and "①Your name" and "②Donation details" in the body of the email.

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The New Calligraphy Development Committee is recruiting officers all year round. If you have become interested in our activities through this event, please feel free to contact the chairman (Masuda) with your desired position title. There is no membership fee.

About the New Shodo Development Committee Project
Our project has the theme of "calligraphy x ○○" and aims to "liberate playfulness" through calligraphy.

The first game we developed was a card game called "A game of writing ○○ hiragana with a brush" as a "calligraphy x game". The game involves expressing one hiragana character with a brush, inspired by a theme such as a personality, emotion, or scene written on a subject. We think it would be fun to have a conversation that starts with "What kind of strange writing is that!!" without being evaluated based on skill.

The second project is "calligraphy x everyday items," and we are developing "Searching for the pen pressure of everyday items." The idea is to write with familiar tools as if they were brushes. Even items that are normally used for cooking or cleaning produce a distinctive pen pressure when used as a brush. Perhaps the difficulty of writing with these brushes makes us re-evaluate the act of writing? While asking this question, we would like to research the "ease of movement" and "ease of expressing emotion" of the brushes we have created.

Calligraphy culture has a history of over 3000 years, and is often perceived as a difficult and difficult culture. However, if we trace its history, we can find that many works were born from a sense of playfulness. The New Calligraphy Development Committee aims to connect such fossilized sensibilities to the present day, and to intervene, develop, and disseminate from a new perspective, aiming to make a ripple in the history of calligraphy in the future.

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