PRIMITIVE TO MODERN
Course content: month by month
Session 1:
Blackletter and Variations
Alphabets:
15 versions of Blackletter with metal nibs
Materials
& Techniques:
ink jet prints,
cut paper, good papers, stained letters,
traditional and
contemporary layout and design
Session 2:
Working on Vellum
Alphabets:
Blackletter or individual choice
Materials
& Techniques:
Vellum: choosing, preparing, lining, lettering on, using
color and gold
leaf, making corrections
Session 3:
Illumination on Vellum
Alphabets:
monoline romans
Materials
& Techniques:
gilding (two types), color work, ink jet prints, traditional
and contemporary
layout and design
Session 4;
Primitive to Modern
Alphabets:
built up romans
Materials
& Techniques:
gilding (three types), pastel dust, color work, staining vellum
with brazilwood
dye
Session 5:
DESIGN- Deconstructing the Grid
Alphabets:
constructed romans
Materials
& Techniques:
collage, cut papers, color copies, layout and design for reproduction
Session 6:
Experiencing the Book as a new Structure
Alphabets:
use of type
Materials
& Techniques:
experimental book
design and binding, transparencies,
cut papers,
decorative papers, color copies
Reggie Ezell
contactreggie@comcast.net
773-202-8321
www.reggieezell.com
6101 W. Warwick, Chicago, Il 60634