2018 Classes outside Chicago
https://seattletters.org
July 14 to July 21 2018
Foundational: Trusting Your Instincts
Every calligrapher needs to have in their repertoire a book hand: a set
of lower case romans.
“Foundation”, as Edward Johnston originally named it, is one of the best
to ground yourself
(initially, or return to) in the fundamentals of lettering. This will be
a week of immersion not
only in letterforms, but papers, nibs, and writing fluids.
How do you know what a good paper surface feels like? How do you know
what the flow of a
beautifully controlled fluid feels like? How can you make a nib behave?
How confident are you in
completing a project? It seems like everyone else has somehow
effortlessly laid claim to these, but they are hard-won fundamentals.
By understanding the architecture of the letterforms and the way
materials should feel and behave, you will chronicle your learning in
the finished book you will take home. Instincts, self trust, intuition:
all are founded on informed experience and success.
