Beginners Copperplate Calligraphy

Cal­lig­ra­phy — the art of beau­ti­ful writ­ing is a reward­ing prac­tice that helps us get into a mind­ful state and remain com­plete­ly focused whilst cre­at­ing some­thing beau­ti­ful. In a world where com­mu­ni­ca­tion is large­ly dri­ven by tech­nol­o­gy, the art of writ­ing can often seem irrel­e­vant, but the beau­ty of a hand­writ­ten card or note is time­less. Come and explore the fas­ci­nat­ing world of Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy with Sai, an expe­ri­enced Cal­lig­ra­ph­er and teach­ing artist, who will guide you through this course. Sai is pas­sion­ate about shar­ing the beau­ti­ful art of Cal­lig­ra­phy, not just for its aes­thet­ic val­ue, but because of its unique abil­i­ty to help us remain com­plete­ly focused and get into a mind­ful state of flow very quickly.

In this 6‑week course you will learn the basics of Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy using a tra­di­tion­al dip pen and ink. Cop­per­plate is a tra­di­tion­al script that is very struc­tured and requires us to fol­low a few sim­ple rules. Although it’s based on rules and guide­lines, once you mas­ter the basic Cop­per­plate script, you can add lots of flour­ish­es, vari­a­tions and ele­gant details. Cop­per­plate will give you a sol­id foun­da­tion in all forms of point­ed pen Calligraphy.

What to expect?

• We will cov­er the basics of Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy and focus on cre­at­ing beau­ti­ful thick and thin strokes using your dip pen and ink.
• Once you become famil­iar with the pen strokes through prac­tice drills, you will learn how to cre­ate let­ter­forms (upper­case and low­er­case) step by step, fol­lowed by words and small phrases.
• We will explore dif­fer­ent nibs, inks, papers and oth­er essen­tial tools for Cop­per­plate Calligraphy.
• You will also be taught some inter­est­ing tips and hacks that will help you to progress with your Cal­lig­ra­phy prac­tice. There will be plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty to prac­tice and for troubleshooting.
• All mate­ri­als will be pro­vid­ed includ­ing an Essen­tial Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy kit.
• Refresh­ments included.

This course is suit­able for com­plete begin­ners. No pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence required. The book­ing fee is inclu­sive of all mate­ri­als, so you do not need to bring any­thing. All par­tic­i­pants will receive a spe­cial­ly curat­ed Cop­per­plate Cal­lig­ra­phy kit, which includes

• Straight pen­hold­er
• Zebra‑G nib
• Herbin Cop­per­plate ink
• Rho­dia A5 dot pad
• Lay­out paper and trac­ing paper
• Prac­tice work­sheets and exemplars
• 12 hours of Cal­lig­ra­phy instruc­tion from an prac­tic­ing Calligrapher

If you always want­ed to try cal­lig­ra­phy or you sim­ply want to write beau­ti­ful­ly, this course will help you to learn an amaz­ing life skill that is bound to spark your cre­ativ­i­ty and bring you joy.

Note: Please make sure you are able to attend the course before book­ing, as refunds can­not be issued once the pay­ment is made. How­ev­er, you may be able to trans­fer to anoth­er course/ work­shop, sub­ject to avail­abil­i­ty. (This does not affect your statu­to­ry rights)