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COLOURFUL ANGLES with Julia Baxter
Date: 8 February 2025
Time: 10am – 12pm and 2 – 4pm Zoom at home
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
An introduction to the drawn celtic capital letters known as Angulars. These highly decorative letters were created as a display alphabet by the mid-seventh century Irish scriptoria and are found, amongst others, in the Lindisfarne Gospels. Many of the letters, although archaic in origin, have great design and graphic qualities which we will explore.
3D CUT PAPER LETTERING ‘PLUS’ with Jan Pickett
Date: 5 April 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
Venue: Evington Village Hall, Hastingleigh
The delightful craft of paper cutting began in China hundreds of years ago and still flourishes today. Cut paper lettering adds a new and exciting dimension to calligraphy and if you love letters, then this is the course for you. After an initial introduction or refresher of positive ‘silhouette’ and negative ‘stencil’ cutting, we explore layered letters and super 3D sculpted letters. Working both white on white and colour, come and enjoy the fun.
ECO PRINTING BOOKS with Prue Bell
Date: 3 May 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
Venue: Evington Village Hall, Hastingleigh
In this workshop we will make 3 notebooks from cotton rag paper (and a piece or two of silk to add interest). Two will be eco printed using a variety of plant materials which can be sewn and bound together, at a later date, partly using the eco dyed thread we will also produce. The remaining notebook will be painted with dilute silk paints to produce a water colour finish. All three booklets will be suitable for further decoration by hand, whether it be drawing, painting or script.
NEULAND REVISITED with Jan Turner
Date: 28 June 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
Venue: Evington Village Hall, Hastingleigh
For those new to the script this will be an introduction to the pen-written version of the Neuland typeface. Bold and versatile – Neuland attracts attention wherever it goes! Although basically simple in construction, we will look at how subtle pen manipulations can give strength and elegance to this bold, sans-serif, capital script. Using colour and contrast, we will look at how it can be used to create different and striking designs.
For those already familiar with the script we will start by using a flat brush to produce a less rigid Neuland alphabet. We will look at different ways to modify this hand to produce more contemporary versions and work towards a finished design that could include contrast, colour and/or cut lettering.
ADOLF BERND LETTERING with Julia Baxter
Date: 13 September 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
Venue: Evington Village Hall, Hastingleigh
An introduction and exploration of the letter paintings of Adolf Bernd. His work was done purely for pleasure in his retirement and drew on his imagination and love of colours and particularly watercolours. He had a fascination for unusual letter shapes, historical manuscripts, medals, signs of the zodiac and numbers. We will look at the elements of his work, exploring and experimenting with tonal colour palettes with watercolours, white interlinear lines and geometric patterns in letter forms. This will lead to an optional finished design to include many of the main elements using our own imaginations.
MODERN CALLIGRAPHY with Sunita Auger
Date: 11 October 2025
Time: 10am – 12pm and 2 – 4pm Zoom at home
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
We will look at the pointed pen variations that are very versatile for cards and quick projects. It is well suited to gold and metallic lettering and therefore useful for Christmas. Popularly known as ‘modern’ calligraphy, this is a flowing script that has endless options.
EMBOSSING WITH CONTRAST AND LAYERING with Els Van Den Steen
Date: 15 November 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £30.00 (members £25.00)
Venue: Evington Village Hall, Hastingleigh
Embossing (and its opposite, debossing) are two techniques used to either impress or depress letters and shapes into paper. The 3D-image casts subtle shadows and brings a new dimension to your work. An embossed design can stand alone or be combined with writing or with other media. In this workshop we will look at different ways our embossing and writing can complement, enhance and complete each other to create visually exciting work. The techniques learnt can be used in casual and formal work, from greeting cards to framed pieces.