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Casual, Playful and Inventive Capitals With Peter Thornton
Friday, April 8
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$60 PSC Members, $85 Non-Members (includes materials fee)
Location: TBA
Learning how to write/draw Roman Capitals Letters can be quite intimidating with their insistence on exactitude and sameness - often producing a feeling of cold authority and formal dignity.
However the needs of the modern scribe are often of a more personal and non-threaten- ing nature, requiring the letters to carry warmth, charm and some individual character/ input, which will be the main focus of this workshop.
We shall begin with the humble pencil with its freedom, forgiveness and fluidity and its great potential for experimentation. Throughout the workshop we shall learn, in a simple, logical and gentle manner, some of the FORMS open to us, as well as the 'understanding' of the reasons and factors that will give our work unity and a certain 'freedom', rather than than an uncertain frivolity.
There will be much personal and sensitive instruction throughout with students encouraged to proceed at THEIR own pace.
Familiarity with Roman Capitals would be helpful/useful but not essential and a small 'optional' pre-set project will be offered.
About the instructor: Peter Thornton, a native of Staffordshire England, has been a full time professional calligrapher since 1969 and has recently moved to the United States from England. He has earned the esteemed title of fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, based in London. C.L.A.S. promotes the study, practice and teaching of calligraphy in all of its numerous forms. Over the years, he has taught throughout the U.S. for a large number of calligraphy guilds and for many International Conferences. Over the past 30 years, he has taught internationally in Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, and Europe and was recently asked to teach at the Klingspor Museum in Germany. Peter has also become known for his exploration of the visually and acoustically exciting world of “musicalligraphy” -- a combination of sound and letters -- seen at some of the recent conventions. Peter has many pieces of his work on display in several civic, public and private collections throughout the world.