CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS Fall 2022
at the lakes gallery studio
Introduction to Calligraphy with Suzanne Lee at the Meredith Public Library
Tuesdays 10—12:00: October 11, 18 &25 and November 1 & 2022
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In this five-week beginner's class, Suzanne Lee will introduce several styles of calligraphy including Italic, Copperplate, Blackletter and contemporary work. Beginning with the fundamentals of Italic, students will use a beautiful broad edge fountain pen to gain confidence while working at their own pace. Lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation are studied and incorporated into finished, simple layouts. Materials will be provided for the class and no previous calligraphy experience is needed.
Calligraphy is not only a beautiful artistic technique, but also beneficial for those who may have problems with fine motor skills or concentration. It is also a fun and meditative way to unwind. This class is limited to ten people and a $25.00 donation to the Friends of the Library is asked. Suzanne Lee worked as fashion designer. She lived and worked in the Orient for 25 years. She is influenced by Asian art and calligraphy from all over the world. She has taught calligraphy for many years and studied with contemporary masters. CONTACT: Erin Apostolos 603-279-4303 erin@meredithlibrary.org |
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AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS
BEGINNING ITALIC:
This class requires no previous artistic skills and is a wonderful way to learn about this amazing, fast-moving field of contemporary art. Fundamentals of beautiful Italic writing using a broad edge fountain pen to allow student to gain confidence and work at their own pace. Lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation are studied and incorporated into finished, simple layouts. All materials are provided.
Calligraphy is not only fun but very meditative—a wonderful way to unwind.
ITERMEDIATE ITALIC:
Study of flourished capitals with introduction of the traditional dip pens and gouaches used by professionals. More advanced individual projects are completed. Students are introduced to calligraphy suppliers, contemporary artists and periodicals with opportunity to try metallic inks and learn about different calligraphy papers. A minimum of basic materials are required.
BEGINNING COPPERPLATE:
The elegant font of weddings, Copperplate is a style of handwriting using a pointed pen originally developed in the 1500's. Traditionally an oblique pen holder is used to allow for easy flourishing and movement. The thick and thin lines of the font are accomplished by learning to apply pressure to the nib point. Both minuscule (lower case) and majuscle (uppercase) letters are studied. A minimum of basic materials are required.
FUN AND EASY 24 KT RAISED GOLD LEAF:
This class is recommended for both artists and students of calligraphy. Simple, easy to follow techniques of gilding will allow the fear of working with real, "ulta-thin" gold leaf to be a thing of the past. Tooling finished leaf in both traditional and more natural—oriented ways will be explored with study of contemporary and medieval gilders for reference. A minimum of basic materials are required—paper, leaf and tools for carving leaf will be provided.
BEGINNING ITALIC:
This class requires no previous artistic skills and is a wonderful way to learn about this amazing, fast-moving field of contemporary art. Fundamentals of beautiful Italic writing using a broad edge fountain pen to allow student to gain confidence and work at their own pace. Lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation are studied and incorporated into finished, simple layouts. All materials are provided.
Calligraphy is not only fun but very meditative—a wonderful way to unwind.
ITERMEDIATE ITALIC:
Study of flourished capitals with introduction of the traditional dip pens and gouaches used by professionals. More advanced individual projects are completed. Students are introduced to calligraphy suppliers, contemporary artists and periodicals with opportunity to try metallic inks and learn about different calligraphy papers. A minimum of basic materials are required.
BEGINNING COPPERPLATE:
The elegant font of weddings, Copperplate is a style of handwriting using a pointed pen originally developed in the 1500's. Traditionally an oblique pen holder is used to allow for easy flourishing and movement. The thick and thin lines of the font are accomplished by learning to apply pressure to the nib point. Both minuscule (lower case) and majuscle (uppercase) letters are studied. A minimum of basic materials are required.
FUN AND EASY 24 KT RAISED GOLD LEAF:
This class is recommended for both artists and students of calligraphy. Simple, easy to follow techniques of gilding will allow the fear of working with real, "ulta-thin" gold leaf to be a thing of the past. Tooling finished leaf in both traditional and more natural—oriented ways will be explored with study of contemporary and medieval gilders for reference. A minimum of basic materials are required—paper, leaf and tools for carving leaf will be provided.
As a fashion designer Suzanne lived in NYC and worked in the Orient for 25 years and is very influenced by Asian art and calligraphy from all over the world. She has taught calligraphy for many years and studied with many contemporary masters.
To register for any workshop please call the lakes gallery at 603-556-9384
or email suzanne@thelakesgallery.com
or email suzanne@thelakesgallery.com
