Ethna Gallacher (1940-)
Elected to Fellowship in 1988.
Member of the Australian Society of Calligraphers. Before joining the Digby Stuart College to study under Ann Camp and Jen Lindsay (for bookbinding), she studied in Glasgow School of Arts under Olivia Roberts. Her work appears in Calligraphy Masterclass ed. Peter Halliday, and Mastering Calligraphy by Tom Gourdie. (details S. Gunn)
Studied under: Ann Camp, Gaynor Goffe, Tom Perkins.
William M Gardner (1914-2000)
Elected to Craft Membership in 1934.
Record of the bosses in Canterbury Cathedral, with Norman Ball and Thomas Wrigley.
Studied under: M C Oliver.
Ian Garrett (1944-)
Elected to Fellowship in 1997.
Commemorative Album for Sir Brian Pitman, retiring Chairman of Lloyds Bank plc, involving calligraphy, illumination and gilding.
Taught at: SSI's Advanced Training Scheme
Studied under: Gaynor Goffe, Gerry Fleuss, Margaret Daubney.
Patricia Gidney (1951-)
Elected to Fellowship in 1998.
Patricia Gidney studied at Medway College of Art and later moved on to specialise in calligraphy and bookbinding for three years at Roehampton Institute, working as a freelance designer since 1984. Patricia is the author and designer of Handwriting: Everyone
Gaynor Goffe (1946-)
Elected to Fellowship in 1978.
Gaynor Goffe has worked with calligraphy since 1974. She studied at the Reigate School of Art and Design, Surrey, from 1975 to 1978 receiving the Diploma in calligraphy, illumination and heraldry. She became a member of Letter Exchange in 1988 and a Fellow of the SSI in 1978, resigning her Fellowship in 2000. She was an Assistant to Donald Jackson from 1979 to 1981. Commissioned calligraphic work has included:- letterhead, invitation, greetings card, book jacket, logo and packaging design, illuminated presentation and memorial panels, design and inscribing of certificates and diplomas. Examples of her work appear in Calligraphy Masterclass ed. Peter Halliday: The Calligrapher's Project Book by Suzanne Haines:The Calligraphers Handbook ed. Heather Child: Lettering and Applied Calligraphy by Rosemary Sassoon: Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists II: Calligraphy Today ed. Heather Child: Advanced Calligraphy Techniques by Diana Hoare: A Book of Formal Scripts by John Woodcock and Stan Knight: the SSI exhibition catalgues of Calligraphy '84, The Art of The Scribe,and Fine Words, Fine Books. Gaynor was a part-time lecturer at the Roehampton Institute and Head of Calligraphy at the Reigate School of Art. She is particularly interested in the more personal, creative aspect of calligraphy, working with painted backgrounds, gold leaf and collage, and experimenting with capitals and cursive scripts. She produces work for exhibition and sale and teaches traditional and experimental calligraphic styles, lay-out and design and calligraphic techniques in workshops and her own correspondence courses. (contrib. S. Gunn)
Studied under: Anthony Wood.
Sylvie Gokulsing (1948-)
Elected to Fellowship in 2005.
Served as Chairman: 2009-2012Trained at Roehampton and on the ATS (1996-1999). Works in both English and Hebrew scripts and has been teaching calligraphy for various London Boroughs since 1995.
Studied under: Gaynor Goffe and Margaret Daubney. Roehampton & ATS (1996-1999) .
Miss B Goldsmith
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
Ethel Goodson
Elected to Craft Membership in 1940.
Miss E Goodwin
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
A C Harris Gorham
Elected to Craft Membership in 1932.
Tom Gourdie (1913-2005)
Elected to Craft Membership in 1939.
Tom Gourdie was born in Cowdenbeath, Scotland, in 1913, and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art under Irene Wellington. He is best known for his pioneer introduction of italic handwriting in Scotland by lecturing, organizing exhibitions and writing instructional books on the subject. His books have achieved international distribution. From 1947 he taught art at Kirkcaldy High School in Scotland, and from 1962 he served as Calligraphic Adviser to E. S. Perry, Ltd., manufacturers of Osmiroid pens. He lectured in many parts of the world, including South Africa, New Zealand, New South Wales and Malaysia. In 1963 he was invited by the Swedish Board of Education to Stockholm to introduce his Simple Modern Hand to Swedish schools. Lectures in Oslo, Norway, followed this visit. In 1959 he received the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to calligraphy and education.
Taught at: Kirkcaldy High School
Studied under: Irene Wellington.
David Graham (1936-2018)
Elected to Craft Membership in 1968.
Served as Chairman: 1974-1977, 2005 (Acting), Chairman 2006-2009.David Graham (1936-2018) Studied at Leeds College of Art with Thomas Swindlehurst (1956–1958). National Diploma in Design (Lettering and Calligraphy, and Bookbinding), 1958. Art Teacher’s Diploma, University of Leeds, 1959. Joined the SSI as Lay Member in 1956. Elected Craft Member of the SSI in 1968, and was an SSI Committee member for many years. He also served as SSI Acting Chair in 2005, and a second term as Chair in 2006-2009. Conducted workshops for the SSI and many Regional Calligraphy Groups. He taught first at Derby College of Art and then for 20 years at Plymouth Polytechnic, eventually as Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts Education. Author of Colour Calligraphy, Search Press 1991. Produced many formal documents and illuminated scrolls in the name of the City of Portsmouth. Personal work in the Fitzwilliam collection, Cambridge. Died after illness 14 June 2018.
Studied under: Tom Swindlehurst at Leeds College of Art in the 1950s.
G Kruger Gray
Elected to Craft Membership in 1921.
Gordon Carr Griffiths
Elected to Craft Membership in 1948.
Rose E Griffiths
Elected to Craft Membership in 1937.
Hilda Gulliver
Elected to Craft Membership in 1928.
Sue Gunn (1962-)
Elected to Fellowship in 1996.
Set up and maintained the Book of Remembrance for the Leprosy Mission of England and Wales:a series of personal works about hostages - given to Brian Keenan. Chairman of the Exhibition Committee for the SSI's exhibition "Words as Images" held in 2000.
Studied under: Gaynor Goffe, Ann Hechle, Sue Hufton, Richard Middleton.
