2020 Calligraphy Competition Results and Report

Many thanks to all the schools who submitted entries for the 2020 Calligraphy Competition. We are pleased to announce the results for this competition.

Many thanks also to Miho Leitch from Ebisu Design (https://www.ebisudesign.com/) for judging the competition and for providing her feedback.

 

Brush/ pencil	Category	Place	Name	School
Brush	Primary 1/2	First	Akira Hirabayashi Rizzuto	Strathmore North Primary School
Brush	Primary 1/2	Second	Tara Gogic	Christian College Geelong
Brush	Primary 1/2	Third	Zander Cox	Christian College Geelong
Brush	Primary 3/4	First	Sena Fukuda	Strathmore North Primary School
Brush	Primary 3/4	Second	Addison O’connor	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Brush	Primary 3/4	Third	Gracie Hasthorpe	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Brush	Primary 5/6	First	Elysa Diaz	Strathmore North Primary School
Brush	Primary 5/6	Second	Amelia Wells	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Brush	Primary 5/6	Third	Aislin Parker	St. Peter’s Primary School Bentleigh East
Brush	Secondary 7/8	First	Eric Yang	St Patrick’s College
Brush	Secondary 7/8	Second	Isabella Calleja	Santa Maria College
Brush	Secondary 7/8	Third	Bella Qiu	Santa Maria College
Brush	Secondary 9/10	First	Anna Denton	Santa Maria College
Brush	Secondary 9/10	Second	Cecelia Zhao	Santa Maria College
Brush	Secondary 9/10	Third	Chrysandra Ingels	Santa Maria College
Pencil	Primary 1/2	First	Miska Runnals	St Andrews Primary School
Pencil	Primary 1/2	Second	Akira Hirabayashi Rizzuto	Strathmore North Primary School
Pencil	Primary 1/2	Third	Tyrone Ke	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Pencil	Primary 3/4	First	Sena Fukuda	Strathmore North Primary School
Pencil	Primary 3/4	Second	Maya Furphy	St. Joseph’s Primary School
Pencil	Primary 3/4	Third	Thomas Pendergast	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Pencil	Primary 5/6	First	Kenuli Ganegoda	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Pencil	Primary 5/6	Second	Adam Guo	St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School
Pencil	Primary 5/6	Third	Yiming He	Box Hill North Primary School
Pencil	Secondary 7/8	First	Yue Zhou	Santa Maria College
Pencil	Secondary 7/8	Second	Eric Yang	St Patrick’s College
Pencil	Secondary 7/8	Third	Rosie Chen	Sacré Cœur
Pencil	Secondary 9/10	First	Sebastiaan De Beer	Christian College Geelong
Pencil	Secondary 9/10	Second	Indrani Ruplal	Christian College Geelong
Pencil	Secondary 9/10	Third	Chrysandra Ingels	Santa Maria College

Miho Sensei’s Calligraphy Guide

毛筆：大きく、元気の良い作品には　勢いと流れがあります。それが毛筆の醍醐味だと思います。書き手の気持ちが紙に伝わる筆の使い方は　ゆっくりじっくり、そしてその途中に筆先をなおすことを忘れず。

筆を持たずに　自分の指だけで、ゆっくりじっくりを想像しながらとめ、払いなどを気にしながら書くと、いいイメージトレーニングができます。

紙の上に爪で書いてくのも　いい練習になります。

硬筆：筆とは違い、流れがあまり表現できませんが、その代わり、一文字　一文字の丁寧さと、文字間隔、行のバランスがきちんとしていると、美しく見えます。

行がまっすぐ書けるよう、一文字ごとに確認しながら書くことが基本になります。

また　堅い机の上よりは　紙を1枚、2枚下に敷いて書くと　線に奥行きができますので　濃い鉛筆がない場合は　とくにこの方法をお勧めします。

美帆

 

Miho Sensei’s Calligraphy Guide

With a Brush (Writing with a brush: Its attraction and good ways of training yourself)

A big and energetic work gives the impression of power and flow. I think that is the biggest attraction of writing with a brush.

To transfer your feeling onto a piece of paper, use your brush slowly and with utmost care, remembering to look after the tip of the brush in the process.

Two good ways of image training without holding a brush:

1. Use your finger to write, thinking of the rule ‘slowly and with utmost care’, and taking good care of the TOME and HARAI (at the ends of strokes).
2. Use the nail of your forefinger and write on a piece of paper (taking care of the key points above).

With a Pencil (or a pen)

Unlike with a brush, not much sense of ‘flow’ can be achieved, but instead of that, a beautiful work is possible by paying attention to details like writing each character properly, paying attention to the spaces between characters and lines.

So, it is fundamentally important to practise so you can write characters in a straight line by confirming its straightness with each additional character.

Another tip when you use a pencil:

When writing on a desk with a hard surface, have one or two sheets of paper underneath. This way your lines can have more depth.

This is specially recommended when a soft pencil is unavailable.

 

 

The Calligraphy Competition is open for all students from grade 1 to year 12. This year, the theme is 親切. In a year when we have faced challenges worldwide, ‘kindness’ has brought us together. We have needed to connect with our hearts, and had to demonstrate persistence. These values are what will get us through these challenges, and bring us together, no matter who we are.

Rules for both Brush and Pencil divisions 2020

Please note that you may enter either or both pencil and brush calligraphy divisions.
Max entries: 10 entries per category per school, per division
Cost: $2.50 per entry (payable by EFT)
No illustrations: specified character/s and first name only on the page
Entry name sheet: stapled/pasted on the back of the student’s calligraphy work; found in the document at bottom of this page
Closing date: Thursday 5th November 2020
Prizes: Every entrant will receive a certificate.
The judge will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in each category.
Medallions and certificates will be awarded to all prize winners.
Each 1st prize winner’s school will receive a trophy.

Brush division 2020

Instructions: Please note: Calligraphy materials can be purchased at art suppliers or Japanese bookshops

Paper: hanshi is preferable. Size of hanshi is close to 24cm x 33cm (or A4) size

Brush: calligraphy brushes

Ink: bokuju is preferable (black)

Name: Entrant’s first name only is to be written vertically in brush in the bottom left-hand corner of the page. Please see the sample in the document at the bottom of this page.

Judging criteria: Balance, shape and neatness of strokes & character(s).
(Students won’t be judged by quality of paper or ink)

Please also see the common rules above.

Pencil division 2020

Instructions: Write with a 2B lead pencil.
Students should write in handwriting style, NOT in minchotai or gothictai (printed style).   This means sa, ki, fu and ri should not be joined.
Avoid using erasers. If it is necessary to erase something do not leave marks on the paper. Do not use liquid paper for corrections.
Tracing is not permitted.
Ask students to check their spelling and grammar before completing their final draft as the emphasis is on calligraphy, not writing content.

Judging criteria: Balance, shape and neatness of handwriting
Use the samples as a model and write the calligraphy vertically on the official entry form.
NB. Entries will only be accepted on the official entry form.

Please also see the common rules above.

Application process

1. Fill in the online application form.
2. Print the first page before you press “SUBMIT”. This application form becomes a TAX INVOICE for the payment purpose for your school.
3. EFT to BSB 033 034 A/C# 61 1599 (a/c# changed in 2015. Please send a payment advice to jltav@jltav.org.au) (If you are paying from your personal account, please write your school name in the reference section of EFT)
4. Print “Entry Name Sheet” from the “Calligraphy Information” PDF.
5. Fill in details including students’ names.
6. Cut and glue them on the back of students’ original work.
7. Post the students’ work:
   JLTAV Inc. (Pencil Calligraphy Competition)
   LPO 8157 Monash University, Clayton 3800
   or to:
   JLTAV Inc. (Brush Calligraphy Competition)
   LPO 8157 Monash University, Clayton 3800

LATE APPLICATIONS and NON MEMBER entries will not be accepted.

Application Forms

 

Forms and further information

For forms, more information and sample calligraphy, please see the following document: