There has been a dearth of calligraphy workshops in Louisville for a few years. Suddenly we will have three (calligraphy-related) workshops - all this Fall!
Michael Clark's refined letters
Jacqueline Sullivan acrylics
Take your pick, or take all three!
These three extraordinary workshops are coming to Louisville this Fall.
On September 7 and 8 Bonnie Stahlecker, fabulous teacher of the book arts, will be teaching us how to make the leather covered book pictured above in her class entitled "Byzantine Sewing with Leather Covered Boards." We will be making a wonderful book with decorated hard leather covers. She is the most well organized instructor I have ever had! If you like books, this workshop will be a 'don't miss'!
Just a month later Michael Clark, calligrapher extraordinaire, will be here to teach a shortened version of his "Going Beyond the Poem" workshop. It is about design and refining letterforms. He will also demo the ruling pen that he wields so expertly and we will design a clock! (Google Michael to see some he has made.) So cool! Here's more about this workshop in particular.
Michael Clark: Going Beyond the Poem Level: Intermediate
This workshop will explore the calligraphic possibilities of the illustrative word as opposed to our standard forms, the ones we use day to day. The focus will be on “writing” and design that goes beyond the simply laid out text (such as poems or testimonials) used in our bread and butter work. Employing our chisel edged pens, brushes, ruling pens, Speedball B’s etc. (or tool of your choice), we will pursue several projects over two days (a Thursday and a Friday) : a piece of letter art (designing with a quote), a logo (personal or imagined), a functional clock (I will provide the clock mechanisms for $11.00 so that you can take it home in working order). During the workshop we will be looking at the lettering styles you use with an eye toward trying variations of those forms, a way to expand our everyday styles. While we explore a variety of layouts and designs in each of the exercises, we will look at the effect that contrast, texture and color have on those designs. We will also experiment heavily with the ruling pen. About his October workshop, Michael says, "There is a lot of room to move within these guidelines. I want to give everybody what they need in this class. But I do not want to waste a second. SO, come prepared to work your fannies off and have some fun."
Last, but not least, artist/calligrapher Jacqueline Sullivan of Lake Orion MI will be teaching Visual Poetry, calligraphy on canvas. Her workshop will be October 19 and 20. Jacqueline is a Golden representative and she knows acrylic mediums! You may own one of her instructional DVDs. I've known Jacqueline for years, have taken workshops from her, and can just about guarantee that this will be a wonderful workshop! Contact me about any of these workshops. Space is limited, but still available for all three of these fabulous opportunities. We are keeping the prices as low as possible - maybe you can come to all three!
My email is jan(DOT)hurst(AT)insightbb(DOT)com
They all sound excellent, I'd hate to have to choose just one. Love Jacqueline work, I have her DVD on Acrylics this would be terrific to take in
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