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Text into Texture: Layered Calligraphy with Denis Brown
Thursday, May 13 & Friday, May 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: TBA
$100 PSC members
Level: intermediate to advanced
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This
workshop will include writing text on top of text for a range of textural effects,
and collaging layers of translucent material to make rich layered designs.
Students will learn how color and value affect overlapping layers, either to
keep them spatially distinct, or to merge as one textural layer. A discussion
of the spatial shallow depth in high modernist paintings will inform our processes.
Layering is a key concept in much of Denis' work -- his layering of letters, of media, and also his multi-layered conceptual approach has produced wide ranging art. He will discuss the ideas behind some of his layered calligraphic works on paper, in layered glass, and translucent vellums.
Student Supply List: A wide variety of writing tools: pens, brushes, ruling pens, droppers, automatic pens, etc.; ink, ruler, pencils; A few sheets of heavy tracing paper, polyester drafting film (e.g., Duralar or frosted Mylar). This is a sheet like tracing paper but is made of polyester and therefore is waterproof- (commonly used for architectural drawings that need dimensional stability). Any other translucent material you'd like to work with; pad of practice paper A3 size (11" x 17") or larger; several sheets of better quality paper, including some black or dark navy colored paper, e.g. Canson Mi-tientes; gouache colors, palettes, mixing and loading brushes; scalpel or scissors, needle and thread, PVA glue and 1" glue brush. Some texts or a quotation book.