Beginning Foundational Hand

Calligraphy in Edmonton:The Edmonton Calligraphic Society is a non profit volunteer/member arts group operating in the City of Edmonton and adjacent areas to introduce and promote calligraphy (beautiful writing) as an Art form.The mission of the group is to provide opportunities for ECS members and others to develop and refine lettering skills and their application to other arts...bookmaking, journaling, mixed media and fabric arts.Our tradition is to provide workshops (cost recovery) that often span several days or are continuous weekly classes. This provides the opportunity for the development of muscle memory when learning a new skill, individualized instruction/feedback and mentoring by experienced calligraphers.

Edmonton Calligraphic Society

Join us to learn this basic Foundational Hand, sometimes called Bookhand.

St. Paul's Anglican Church

The Foundational Hand is a historical calligraphic hand based on 10th century English Carolingian. It was developed in the early 20th century by Edward Johnston, the father of modern calligraphy. By studying this hand, one can get an understanding of the structure of all minuscule alphabets. It is an extremely legible hand and, in fact, most of our familiar typefaces like Times Roman, have their roots in this alphabet.Join Peggy Marce who will introduce you to what may be your first experience with a broad edge tool, discussing the importance of pen angles and pen widths, etc. She will then show you how to create the lower case Foundational alphabet. We will also explore upper case letterforms which are based on Roman capitals. Come and enjoy learning a new calligraphic hand on Saturday March 25th from 10 am to 2 pm. We will take a short break (and give your hands a rest!) around noontime, so please bring a lunch or snack if you like, and your water bottle.Students should bring:•	pencil, ruler, eraser•	a broad edge calligraphic tool which can include any of the following: --	a 2.4 mm or 3 mm Pilot Parallel pen with cartridges; If you have any larger sizes bring them along. Sometimes it’s fun to work larger at first! --	a 2.0mm or larger calligraphy marker, such as a Staedtler Calligraph Duo or Zig Calligraphy II marker. (Make sure the marker has a sharp edge and corners and not worn) -- if you want to try pen and ink, a 2mm broad edge nib with a reservoir (such as a #2 Mitchell, Brause 2 mm or Speedball C-2), pen holder. ink such as Higgins Eternal, a dropper or brush for loading ink, water container for washing your nib, paper towels.•	a good sketch pad or marker paper that doesn’t bleed. Practice paper and liners will be provided. You may want to bring small pieces of watercolour or other better papers on which to try lettering .•	a number of your favourite short quotesUse the Northeast Entrance. Please bring indoor shoes to help keep the floor clean. We will be there at 9:30 if you are able to help us set up tables and chairs.

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