AM

ITY

PA

RK

S

AN

DR

EA

WU

ND

ER

LIC

H

LU

CIA

LE

YF

IEL

D

SU

SA

N M

OO

R

SU

E S

MIT

H

VIV

IEN

LU

NN

ISS

Amity

is a

n Am

erica

n le

tter

ing

artis

t liv

ing

in M

onta

na. S

he

hold

s a M

aste

r of F

ine

Arts

de

gree

. Her

wor

k ha

s bee

n fe

atur

ed in

nat

iona

l and

regi

onal

ex

hibi

ts a

nd p

ublic

atio

ns. S

he

divi

des h

er ti

me

betw

een

her

stud

io, w

orki

ng o

n he

r art

wor

k,

and

trav

ellin

g w

ithin

the

US a

nd

inte

rnat

iona

lly

teac

hing

wor

ksho

ps.

ww

w.a

mit

ypar

ks.c

om

Susa

n is

a ca

lligra

pher

, illu

stra

tor a

nd b

ook

artis

t. Sh

e ha

s tau

ght

callig

raph

y cl

asse

s an

d w

orks

hops

for

near

ly th

irty

year

s, as

wel

l as d

oing

a

varie

ty o

f fre

elan

ce

wor

k. S

he p

artic

ular

ly

enjo

ys b

ringi

ng

toge

ther

text

and

im

ages

, and

exp

lorin

g th

e bo

rder

s of

lett

erin

g, c

allig

raph

y an

d dr

awin

g.

Andr

ea F

CLAS

is a

full-

time

callig

raph

er

in n

orth

ern

Bava

ria. I

n he

r fre

e ar

twor

k sh

e lo

ves t

o fo

llow

the

hist

oric

pat

hs

of a

lpha

bets

and

enj

oys e

xpre

ssiv

e tr

ansf

orm

atio

n. S

he is

inte

rest

ed in

the

craf

t of l

ette

ring,

but

also

in b

reak

ing

thos

e bo

unda

ries.

One

of h

er fa

vour

ite

thin

gs to

do

is ca

lligra

phy

on w

alls,

in

clud

ing

huge

bru

sh le

tter

ing.

ww

w.a

ndre

awun

derl

ich.

com

Vivi

en F

SSI F

CLAS

, di

scov

ered

cal

ligra

phy

in

1982

and

was

inst

antly

ho

oked

. She

has

bee

n fa

scin

ated

by

lett

erfo

rms

and

thei

r hist

ory

ever

sin

ce. T

here

is su

ch e

ndle

ss

varie

ty, p

artic

ular

ly

the

text

ures

that

w

ritin

g cr

eate

s.

Teac

hing

sinc

e 19

87,

Vivi

en is

the

auth

or o

f Ce

ltic

Callig

raph

y (1

999)

an

d Th

e Co

mpl

ete

Guid

e to

Cal

ligra

phy

(201

5).

SE

SS

ION

2

Bol

d an

d B

lend

ed

We

will

lear

n a

broa

d ed

ged

pen

vers

ion

of a

chu

nky

Rom

an c

apita

l al

phab

et. T

his

fun

and

bold

han

d ha

s a

mor

e ca

sual

con

tem

pora

ry lo

ok

than

its

mor

e fo

rmal

cou

sins

. The

bol

dnes

s of

this

lett

erin

g st

yle

crea

tes

love

ly te

xtur

es a

nd w

hite

spa

ces.

Thi

s ha

nd le

nds

itsel

f to

fun

colo

ur

blen

ding

whe

n sp

aced

tigh

tly, a

s th

e bo

ld s

trok

es s

tay

wet

and

allo

w fo

r bl

eedi

ng fr

om o

ne le

tter

to a

noth

er. P

owde

red

wat

erco

lour

s/in

ks li

ke

Brus

ho o

r Bis

ter w

ill g

ive

us g

orge

ous

tran

spar

ent c

olou

r eff

ects

with

ou

r let

terin

g. If

ther

e is

tim

e, w

e’ll

get o

ut o

ur p

enci

ls, a

dd s

ome

grap

hite

ef

fect

s to

our

lett

erin

g an

d re

ally

mak

e it

pop.

(int

erm

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

1

A S

harp

Pen

cil a

nd a

Kee

n Ey

e Th

e hu

mbl

e pe

ncil

and

its re

lativ

es b

ecom

e po

wer

ful

tool

s in

cre

atin

g m

any

effe

cts

from

sub

tle to

st

unni

ng. W

e w

ill u

se p

enci

ls, e

rase

rs, g

raph

ite s

ticks

/bl

ocks

, pow

dere

d gr

aphi

te a

nd th

eir w

ater

-sol

uble

co

usin

s to

exp

lore

the

poss

ibili

ties

of th

is m

ediu

m

from

refin

ed w

orks

of a

rt to

ske

tchb

ook

draw

ings

.

From

firs

t prin

cipl

es o

f lin

e qu

ality

and

sha

ding

, w

e w

ill d

isco

ver t

he m

arks

eac

h to

ol p

rodu

ces

and

mov

e on

to d

raw

ing

lett

ers,

des

igni

ng w

ord

grou

ps,

both

form

al a

nd c

asua

l. Th

e m

onoc

hrom

atic

dra

wn

lett

erfo

rm fo

rces

us

to s

low

dow

n an

d th

is im

prov

es

desi

gn a

nd le

tter

ing

skill

s, a

llow

ing

for m

ore

refin

ed

and

subt

le a

tten

tion

to d

etai

l.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

1P

imp

up y

our

Ital

icW

e al

l kno

w a

nd lo

ve th

e ita

lic a

lpha

bet.

Som

e of

us

star

ted

our

calli

grap

hic

adve

ntur

e w

ith it

alic

lett

ers.

It ́s

tim

e no

w to

add

som

e sp

eed,

and

get

into

a c

onte

mpo

rary

use

of t

hese

lett

erfo

rms.

We

will

put

our

bro

ad-e

dged

nib

s as

ide

and

wor

k w

ith th

e au

tom

atic

pe

n. L

et ́s

exp

erim

ent w

ith m

ore

body

mov

emen

t, dy

nam

ic

gest

ures

and

enj

oy te

xtur

es. L

et ́s

try

out r

ough

er s

urfa

ces

and

thin

k ab

out w

hat i

llum

inat

ion

mig

ht m

ean

toda

y. L

et ́s

pim

p up

ou

r ita

lic.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

2A

Who

le U

nive

rse

from

a p

oint

ed b

rush

Ther

e is

a w

hole

uni

vers

e w

aitin

g fo

r us.

We

will

use

the

Pent

el b

rush

pen

to s

tart

with

form

al b

rush

lett

erin

g.

It is

a jo

y to

use

for fl

owin

g le

tter

s w

ith c

harm

ing

flour

ishe

s an

d w

onde

rful

to p

lay

with

for m

ore

trad

ition

al

hand

writ

ing.

The

n w

e w

ill m

ove

on. B

esid

es th

e br

oad

edge

d ni

b, th

ere

is a

who

le n

ew c

allig

raph

ic w

orld

out

th

ere

- tr

y th

e po

inte

d br

ush!

We

will

be

goin

g th

roug

h va

rious

exe

rcis

es to

exp

lore

the

exci

ting

poss

ibili

ties

we

have

with

this

new

toy.

Fro

m li

ght a

nd jo

yful

to h

eavy

and

exp

ress

ive

lett

erfo

rms.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

1Tr

avel

Jou

rnal

ing

Lose

you

r fea

r of t

he b

lank

pag

e! C

reat

ing

a tr

avel

jour

nal i

s ex

trem

ely

liber

atin

g bu

t th

row

s up

all

sort

s of

cre

ativ

e pr

oble

ms

whi

ch

we

will

add

ress

. We

will

lear

n ho

w to

com

bine

te

xt a

nd im

age,

how

to a

gen

erat

e pe

rson

al

narr

ativ

e w

hils

t wor

king

to y

our c

reat

ive

stre

ngth

s. T

here

will

be

lots

of t

ips

on jo

urna

l th

emes

, how

to c

reat

e qu

ick

lett

erin

g,

illus

trat

ion

tech

niqu

es (e

ven

if yo

u do

n’t

draw

!), a

s w

ell a

s ho

w to

dea

l with

eph

emer

a an

d w

hat t

o do

if it

all

goes

terr

ibly

wro

ng!

For a

ll le

vels

of e

xper

ienc

e th

is w

orks

hop

aim

s to

enc

oura

ge p

erso

nal f

reed

om

and

expr

essi

on.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

2Ca

llig

raph

ic K

nitt

ing

All

calli

grap

hy s

crip

ts h

ave

thei

r ow

n in

here

nt

text

ure

and

all c

reat

e th

eir o

wn

rhyt

hms,

re

petit

ion

and

patt

erns

. Som

etim

es th

ere

is

a ne

ed to

inte

rrup

t tha

t reg

ular

ity, t

o cr

eate

m

ovem

ent,

emph

asis

or p

ause

s –

brea

thin

g sp

aces

. We

will

use

a ra

nge

of to

ols

to

inve

stig

ate

elem

ents

suc

h as

con

tras

t, de

nsity

, rh

ythm

, for

m, r

epet

ition

and

tone

to b

uild

up

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

refe

renc

e bo

ok o

f sam

ples

read

y fo

r use

in m

ore

adve

ntur

ous

piec

es o

f wor

k in

fu

ture

. A fa

mili

arity

with

one

scr

ipt a

nd a

cap

ital

form

will

be

nece

ssar

y, th

ough

a b

egin

ner c

ould

co

mpl

ete

the

cour

se u

sing

thei

r ow

n ha

ndw

ritin

g.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

1Fr

om F

ont

to N

ib: T

he

Poin

ted

Pen

In th

is w

orks

hop

we

will

take

in

spira

tion

from

Ger

man

cal

ligra

pher

an

d ty

pogr

aphe

r Her

man

n Za

pf

(191

8-20

15).

We

will

exp

lore

th

e cr

osso

ver o

f typ

e de

sign

and

ca

lligr

aphy

. Zap

f’s li

ttle

-kno

wn

Caro

lingi

an s

crip

t will

lead

us

into

po

inte

d pe

n te

chni

ques

. We

will

then

m

ove

on to

the

glor

ious

Zap

fino

with

its

ital

ic/c

oppe

rpla

te b

lend

and

wid

e va

riety

of l

ette

rfor

ms.

The

re w

ill b

e th

e ch

ance

to d

evel

op n

ew p

oint

ed p

en

skill

s an

d de

vise

a u

niqu

e Za

pfino

-in

spire

d pe

n-m

ade

scrip

t of y

our o

wn.

(int

erm

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

2Fr

om F

ont

to N

ib: T

he E

dged

Pen

Taki

ng fu

rthe

r ins

pira

tion

from

the

lett

erin

g an

d ty

pefa

ces

of H

erm

ann

Zapf

, we

will

look

at h

is e

dged

-pen

wor

k an

d th

e fo

nts

deriv

ed fr

om it

. We

will

exp

lore

his

rh

ythm

ic, e

xten

ded

italic

and

the

rela

ted

sem

i-cu

rsiv

e ty

pefa

ce N

oris

. The

n w

e w

ill m

ove

on to

Civ

ilité

, the

bra

vura

, Fre

nch-

influ

ence

d fo

nt a

nd it

s ca

lligr

aphi

c be

ginn

ings

. Thi

s is

the

chan

ce to

ext

end

your

repe

rtoi

re o

f edg

ed-p

en

tech

niqu

es a

nd e

xplo

re v

aria

tions

of t

radi

tiona

l let

terf

orm

s. E

ach

clas

s w

orks

in

depe

nden

tly, b

ut c

ompl

emen

ts th

e ot

her f

or th

ose

inte

rest

ed in

taki

ng b

oth.

(int

erm

edia

te, a

dvan

ced)

SE

SS

ION

1A

Fla

vour

of

the

East

Whe

n I w

as c

omm

issi

oned

to

writ

e a

Bedo

uin

lege

nd, I

foun

d th

at n

one

of o

ur u

sual

scr

ipts

or

varia

tions

wer

e ab

le to

exp

ress

th

e w

ords

vis

ually

, so

I set

abo

ut

desi

gnin

g m

y ow

n th

at w

ould

m

ore

trul

y re

flect

the

wor

ds

and

thei

r orig

ins.

Thi

s w

orks

hop

is fo

r par

ticip

ants

to fo

llow

a

sim

ilar p

ath.

Ref

errin

g to

a

varie

ty o

f res

ourc

es in

clud

ing

scrip

ts, r

elat

ed im

ages

and

pa

tter

ns, w

e w

ill d

esig

n a

scrip

t w

ith a

n Ea

ster

n fla

vour

, whi

lst

bein

g m

indf

ul o

f the

fact

ors

that

un

derp

in s

crip

ts a

nd m

ake

th

em v

alid

.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te)

SE

SS

ION

2Co

llag

e yo

ur C

alli

grap

hyCo

llage

sim

ply

mea

ns ‘t

o st

ick’.

As

early

as

the

12th

cen

tury

Japa

nese

cal

ligra

pher

s pr

epar

ed

surf

aces

for t

heir

poem

s by

glu

ing

bits

of p

aper

an

d fa

bric

to c

reat

e a

back

grou

nd fo

r the

ir br

ushs

trok

es.

Pabl

o Pi

cass

o an

d G

eorg

es

Braq

ue u

sed

colla

ge a

s a

met

hod

for c

reat

ing

in

nova

tive

art.

We

will

beg

in b

y us

ing

stru

ctur

ed e

xerc

ises

, ho

wev

er, t

he w

ay a

per

son

sele

cts,

com

bine

s an

d ar

rang

es c

olla

ge m

ater

ials

is h

ighl

y in

divi

dual

. The

ai

m th

eref

ore

will

be

to m

ake

smal

l, ex

perim

enta

l an

d un

ique

col

lage

s co

mbi

ning

cal

ligra

phy

with

fo

und

elem

ents

as

back

grou

nds

for o

ur le

tter

ing

or g

ilded

initi

als.

(beg

inne

r, in

term

edia

te)

26 FE

ST

IV

AL

OF

C

AL

LI

GR

AP

HY

23

-29

AU

GU

ST

2

02

0

This

is o

ur 2

6th

Fest

ival

of C

allig

raph

y an

d ou

r firs

t at K

eele

Uni

vers

ity n

ear N

ewca

stle

-und

er-L

yme.

We

have

a w

onde

rful

line

-up

of tu

tors

from

Am

eric

a, E

urop

e an

d th

e U

K. C

ome

and

enjo

y bo

th th

e w

ide

rang

e of

cal

ligra

phy

on o

ffer

and

Kee

le’s

cam

pus

arbo

retu

m o

r woo

dlan

d tr

ails

arou

nd it

s la

kes.

Keel

e U

nive

rsity

Cam

pus

is a

sho

rt d

rive

from

Sto

ke-o

n-Tr

ent a

nd ju

st 2

mile

s w

est o

f New

cast

le-u

nder

-Lym

e on

the

A52

5 Cr

ew/N

antw

ich

Road

.

If ar

rivin

g fr

om th

e N

orth

on

the

M6,

leav

e at

exi

t 16

(Sto

ke o

n Tr

ent N

orth

) and

turn

righ

t (w

est)

ont

o th

e A

500

tow

ards

Nan

twic

h w

here

you

will

soon

see

sig

ns to

Kee

le. I

f arr

ivin

g fr

om th

e So

uth

on th

e M

6 le

ave

the

mot

orw

ay a

t jun

ctio

n 15

(Sto

ke-o

n-Tr

ent S

outh

) and

hea

d fo

r

New

cast

le-u

nder

-Lym

e on

the

A34

. Per

mits

will

be

avai

labl

e fo

r fre

e pa

rkin

g on

site

.

If ar

rivin

g by

rail,

ther

e ar

e re

gula

r bus

ser

vice

s fr

om S

toke

-on-

Tren

t and

Cre

we

stat

ions

. If r

equi

ring

a ta

xi, w

e re

com

men

d th

e Ro

sevi

lle P

rivat

e

Hire

ser

vice

who

can

arr

ange

you

r trip

s to

and

from

sta

tion

or a

irpor

t.

Regi

stra

tion

will

be

on S

unda

y af

tern

oon.

Ses

sion

1 w

orks

hops

are

from

Mon

day

mor

ning

unt

il W

edne

sday

lunc

htim

e an

d se

ssio

n 2

runs

from

Wed

nesd

ay lu

ncht

ime

until

Frid

ay a

fter

noon

. The

re w

ill b

e a

gala

din

ner o

n Fr

iday

nig

ht a

nd d

eleg

ates

leav

e on

Sat

urda

y m

orni

ng a

fter

bre

akfa

st.

Luci

a is

a m

ulti-

disc

iplin

ary

artis

t sp

ecia

lisin

g in

illu

stra

tion

and

ha

nd d

raw

n

lett

erin

g. B

y da

y,

she

draw

s and

te

ache

s for

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CLAS Festival 2020 Booking form

Name

Address

Postcode Country

Telephone Email required

Please indicate your level of experience:

Are you a member of CLAS? Y/N Is this your first Festival? Y/N

Please indicate clearly your first, second and third choices for each session. Please mark more than one choice! If places for popular workshops have to go to ballot you may miss out on your place if you have given only one option.

SESSION 1 Monday 24 August – Wednesday 26 August noon

SESSION 2Wednesday 26 August 2pm – Friday 28 August

Amity Parks Amity Parks

Andrea Wunderlich Andrea Wunderlich

Lucia Leyfield Sue Smith

Susan Moor Susan Moor

Vivien Lunniss Vivien Lunniss

Please fill in the figures from the prices opposite. Please complete a separate form for each delegate or partner - you may photocopy or scan your form

Accomodation Full festival One session Partner’s packageno tuition

Single ensuiteGround floor roomReserved for those with mobility issues

Non resident

Total

Final balance (total minus £70 deposit) due 1 May 2020

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions - please tick

Please choose one of the following ways to pay:

I enclose two cheques made payable to CLAS:

£70 non returnable deposit£……. final balance dated 1 May 2020

I have arranged an online payment to:The Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society Sort code: 40-52-40 Account no: 00031828

£70 non returnable deposit£……. final balance to be paid on 1 May 2020

Payment by PayPal ONLY for overseas delegates:

£70 non returnable deposit £……. final balance to be paid on 1 May 2020

Please fill in and post; or scan and email; or download and complete the Word.doc on the website and email; send your completed form with your deposit to:

Ann Mason, CLAS Festival 2020, 33 St. Laurence Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2AU or festival@clas.co.uk

Booking Information (Terms and Conditions)

Workshops

The workshops take place during two 2½ day sessions – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning then Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday.Registration is on Sunday afternoon from 3-5 pm with tuition starting early on Monday morning. Several of our internationally acclaimed tutors will give short illustrated talks or demonstrations in the evening. There will be an opportunity to purchase calligraphic materials, books and paper on the Sunday afternoon and Monday morning only. Details will be sent out nearer the time.

Accommodation

Accommodation is in one courtyard block of single student rooms with ensuite facilities. Please indicate if you would like a ground floor room for medical reasons. If you have any concerns about the accommodation or accessibility of the site please contact either Ann or Sue before booking. We will do our best to accommodate any reasonable request.

Booking

Early booking is recommended to secure your first choice. All bookings received before the 15 September 2019 will be dealt with together. A draw may take place for any workshops that are oversubscribed. Please indicate your second and third choices, as we cannot always guarantee a place in your first choice. Your deposit will not be taken before you are offered and have accepted a place. The booking form will also be accessible from the festival page of the CLAS website: www.clas.co.uk/festival

Ann Mason, CLAS Festival 2020, 33 St. Laurence Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2AU

tel: Ann Mason 07972 276996 or Sue Hodgkinson 07792 735717

Fees - CLAS member’s fees are discounted by £40 as shown in the table below:

Full board Includes 6 nights accommodation from Sunday 23 August 2020, tuition, all meals, teas & coffees.Non resident includes dinner on Sunday 23 August 2020, lunches, teas & coffees, and dinner on Friday 28 August 2020.

Payment is as follows: (Please follow these instructions very carefully) Please use your own name as it appears on the form as reference for BACS online or PayPal payments. (i.e. not a partner who shares a joint bank account as this causes us and our treasurer much confusion).• Non-refundable deposit of £70 per person,

payable on booking.• For all UK participants, the balance is by cheque

dated 1 May 2020 enclosed with your deposit cheque or by BACS online.

• Payments from overseas should be by PayPal.For any queries on how to use PayPal, contact Ann Mason (07972 276996)

Cancellations

If notified to us before 1st May 2020 your post-dated cheque or payment will be returned.

Should you have to cancel please notify us as soon as possible in order that we may offer your place to another.

WE REGRET THAT CANCELLATIONS AFTER 1ST MAY 2020 CANNOT BE REFUNDED - you are advised to take out ‘holiday’ insurance to cover this.

To reduce costs email will be used for all correspondence.

Full Festival One SessionCLAS member non member CLAS member non member

Full board £710 £750 £355 £395Partner’s package (No tuition)

£508 £254

Non resident £440 £480 £220 £260

CLAS is a charity registered with the Charity Commission No. 1046526

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