Margaret is a professional

calligrapher and lettering artist

with many years’ experience.

Training in graphic design and

typography remains an abiding

influence on her work. She likes to

introduce ideas to stretch the

student’s creativity, helping to

open their minds to more

imaginative possibilities and

encouraging them to use

intellectual exploration to

produce their own individual

solutions. Author of four books on

calligraphy, Margaret has taught

in Europe, Japan and the USA.

She is a Fellow of CLAS and a Full

Member of Letter Exchange

www.thecalligrapher.co.uk

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The Calligraphic Landscape

Inspired by rediscovering notes I made during a landscape paintingcourse some years ago, I found that the parameters for compositionwere very similar to those used for calligraphy.

An exploration of the use of letters, words or longer texts as texture,pattern and movement as a visual expression of the elements oflandscape, seascape or even a mindscape. A very open subject thatcan be approached as purely figurative, or more intriguingly, froman abstract perspective. It aims to stretch capabilities, encouragingstudents to find ways of making pieces with a body of thought and experimentation behind them. Two digital presentationsaccompany this topic, explaining techniques for using colour,perspective and texture, to offer a wide variety of inspirational ideasand source material.

Suitable for intermediate or advanced levels, and those who have

taken part in Session 1

S E S S I O N 1

Space Exploration for Calligraphers

A sideways look at the problems associated with calligraphiccomposition.

The importance of design can be crucial to the effectivenessof finished work, but is often overlooked or viewed as beingdifficult. In calligraphic terms, the essence of goodcomposition is having the confidence to place text in a givenspace to achieve maximum effect. Starting with layoutexercises which require no mark-making at all, we will lookat the tried and trusted formulas and work towards a moreexperimental, intuitive approach. The initial exploration intovarious strategies to deal with design possibilities will beaccompanied by both individual and group discussions.Some pre-class preparation (a simple project) will berequired, as a basis for discussion and problem solving,working towards a finished piece.

Suitable for beginners with basic pen skills and improvers

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more than one choice! If places for popular workshops have to go to ballot you may miss

out on your place if you have given only one option.

Accommodation Full festival One session Partner’s package(No tuition)

Please fill in and post; or scan and email; or download andcomplete the Word.doc on the website and email; your completed form with your deposit to:

Ann Mason, CLAS Festival 2018, 33 St. Laurence Road, Northfield,

Birmingham B31 2AU or festival@clas.co.uk

SESSIONMonday 13 August — Wednesday 15 August lunchtime

SESSION Wednesday 15 August lunchtime –Friday17 August1 2

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Please choose one of the following ways to pay and tick relevant boxes

Yukimi Annand

Gemma Black

Josie Brown

Janet Mehigan

Margaret Morgan

Yukimi Annand

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Margaret Morgan

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ELIM CONFERENCE CENTREDe Walden Road, West Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4DF

Booking Information (Terms and Conditions)

Full board includes 6 nights accommodation from Sunday 12 August 2018, tuition, all meals, teas & coffees.

Non resident includes dinner on Sunday 12 August 2018, tuition, lunches, teas & coffees, and dinner onFriday 17 August 2018.

Booking

Early booking is recommended to secureyour first choice. All bookings receivedbefore the 1 September 2017 will bedealt with together. A draw may takeplace for any workshops that areoversubscribed.

Please indicate your second and thirdchoices, as we cannot always guaranteea place in your first choice.

Your deposit will not be taken before

you are offered and have accepted a

place. The booking form will also beaccessible from the festival page of theCLAS website: www.clas.co.uk/festival

Ann Mason, CLAS Festival 2018,

33 St. Laurence Road, Northfield,

Birmingham B31 2AU

(Tel: Ann Mason 07972 276996 or

Sue Hodgkinson 07792 735717)

FULL FESTIVAL ONE SESSION

CLAS Non CLAS Non member member member member

Full board £634 £674 £317 £357

Partner’s package (No tuition) £518 £279

Non-resident £376 £416 £188 £228

Payment is as follows:

(Please follow these instructions very carefully)Please use your own name as it appears on the

form as reference for BACS online or PayPalpayments (i.e. not a partner who shares a jointbank account as this causes us and our treasurermuch confusion)

■ Non-refundable deposit of £70 per person, payable on booking

■ For all UK participants, the balance is by chequedated 1 May 2018 enclosed with your depositcheque or by BACS online.

■ Payments from overseas should be by PayPal.

For any queries on how to use PayPal, contact Ann Mason (07972 276996)

Cancellations

If notified to us before 1st May 2018 your post-dated cheque or payment will be returned.

Should you have to cancel, please notify us assoon as possible in order that we may offer yourplace to another.

WE REGRET THAT CANCELLATIONS AFTER

1ST MAY 2018 CANNOT BE REFUNDED

– you are advised to take out ‘holiday’ insuranceto cover this.

To reduce costs, email will be used for all correspondence.

Workshops

The workshops take place during two 2½ day sessions –Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning thenWednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday.

Registration is on Sunday afternoon from 3-5 pm withtuition starting early on Monday morning. Several of ourinternationally acclaimed tutors will give short illustratedtalks or demonstrations in the evening. There will be anopportunity to purchase calligraphic materials, books andpaper on the Sunday afternoon and Monday morningonly. Details will be sent out nearer the time.

Accommodation

Accommodation is in single student rooms with ensuitefacilities. Some double and twin rooms are available if youare bringing a partner. Please indicate if you would like aground floor room or access to a lift for medical reasons.We would like to draw your attention to the fact that thevenue is on a sloping site. The walk between classrooms,accommodation and the restaurant includes stairs and/orsteps. If you have any concerns about the accommodationor accessibility of the site please contact either Ann or Suebefore booking. We will do our best to accommodate anyreasonable request.

Fees — CLAS members’ fees are discounted by £40 as shown below:

Festival of Calligraphy12th-18th August 2018

This is the fourth year that weare holding our festival at theElim Conference Centre. Wehave always been extremelywell looked after by the staffhere and we are really lookingforward to coming back.

For those of you who have notbeen before, the conferencecentre is on the west side of the Malvern Hills, which is adesignated Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty. Please notethat it is a sloping site and thereare steps to access someclassrooms. For anyone lookingfor even more exercise we alsohave the use of the outdoorheated swimming pool andthere are 30 acres of landscapedgrounds to explore.

Nearby is the spa town ofMalvern and within easy reachare the towns of Ledbury,Worcester and Hereford if youwould like to extend your stay inthis beautiful part of England.

The M5 provides an easy routeto the venue and there is freeparking on site. If travelling by train, there is a service to Great Malvern from Birminghamand Paddington. The ElimConference Centre is just a shorttaxi ride from Great Malvernstation.

We are keeping to the revisedformat from last year andregistration will be on Sundayafternoon. Session 1 workshopsare from Monday morning untilWednesday lunchtime andsession 2 runs from Wednesdaylunchtime until Fridayafternoon. There will be a galadinner on Friday night anddelegates leave on Saturdaymorning after breakfast.

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Registration . Meet the Tutor

Evening, Sunday August 12

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Yukimi is a California based

calligrapher, lettering artist and

teacher. She was born in Japan

and worked as a graphic

designer in Tokyo. With her

background, studying Western

calligraphy has been a

wonderful journey. She is

discovering her soul in Roman

letters and hoping to find her

niche as a calligraphic artist

who combines a love of nature

and of letters.

www.yukimiannand.com

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Text and Texture: Calligraphic Marks and Nature

An important aspect of this workshop is to observe the beauty ofnature and to enjoy the experience of expressing our feelings intoour calligraphic art.

We will start by making lines and marks with different tools toimitate textures that are found in nature. Then we will developalphabets that correspond with those lines and marks. We willwrite our chosen text with this alphabet to make our own textures.Basic design layout and composition as well as usage of valueand mediums will be presented. We will make several experimentalcalligraphic pieces.

Suitable for Intermediate/Advanced

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Text and Texture: Letterform Abstraction

The ‘Text and Texture’ workshops present writingand drawing text as calligraphic art. We willconcentrate on the process of developing texturesfrom forms of letters, and abstracting the meaningof text into the art.

In this workshop, we will start with designing ourown monoline letterforms to suit the meaning oftext. Then we will explore weighted forms based onthe form with different tools and mediums, and writetext with a different speed, rhythm and movement.We will experiment with how we can abstract formswith our expression.

Suitable for Intermediate/Advanced

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Session 11Monday August 13 –Wednesday August 15 lunchtime

n gemma blackRetro Deco

Gemma is an artist, teacher and

calligraphic-designer from Tasmania,

Australia. In 1991 Gemma received a

Winston Churchill Fellowship to study

in Europe. She is an Honoured Fellow

and Fellow of the Calligraphy &

Lettering Arts Society, UK. Gemma

teaches for organisations across

Australia and she has also joined the

faculty at international lettering-art

conferences in Italy, Germany, the

USA, Canada and the UK. Her work is

housed in private and public

collections across the globe.

www.gemmablack.com

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The Wonders of Modern Versals

Explore exquisite versal forms from many genres. In this workshopwe will touch on basic versal construction, versal history thenexperience chronological examples from the Grandval Biblethrough to Irene Wellington, the more contemporary and beyond.Traditional techniques will be taught along with new and moregestural versal forms. These more gestural forms are built on versalknowledge & construction.

The outcome of this class will give you sound structural knowledgeof versal letterforms and show possibilities of what can be done.Leaving you more confident in working with both traditional andcontemporary versals.

Suitable for Intermediate/Advanced

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S E S S I O N 1

Retro Deco

Taking a look back at the lettering samplers ofthe Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements ofthe late 1800s and early 1900s respectively wewill create exquisite hand painted colouredpieces in the style of Rennie Mackintosh andwe will also work with linear forms drawn withpencil. The work will reflect a substantial1920’s modernism. Our focus will be onCharles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 – 1928)and his wife Margaret McDonald (1864-1933)who were both reformers of the excesses of theornate Art Nouveau movement.

Suitable for all levels

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Wednesday August 15 afternoon–Friday August 17 evening

Josie is a professional lettering

artist and has taught calligraphy

and related arts for over 30 years.

She is passionate about

experimenting with techniques in

new ways and enabling people to

develop their personal creativity

through being an organised and

sensitive teacher, and by offering

an arena in which to try something

new and explore what’s on offer in

a highly individual and exciting

way.

www.josiebrown.co.uk

n yukimi annandCalligraphic Marks & Nature

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S E S S I O N 2

Mix and Match

This session is all about breaking conventions of ornamentation.It’s a safe bet to put together stylised ivy leaf decoration withGothic, or Celtic knotwork with Half Uncial, but is there anythingto say that we can’t mix and match? What goes together and whatdoesn’t? Can stylized ornamentation be mixed with naturalistic?How do we know what looks right or wrong? A series of exercisesand discussions will explore the possibilities and, in working on aproject, everyone will be able to try something out of the ordinaryand gain the confidence to mix and match styles of decorationmore imaginatively in the future.

Suitable for all levels

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S E S S I O N 1

Pick and Mix

We often use our favourite colour medium simplybecause we like it and tend to know what it does, but isit always right for what we’re trying to achieve?

Whether for writing, backgrounds, or decoration – thispractical session will explore the properties of a rangeof media; their strengths and drawbacks, and how theireffects have a bearing on the final artwork. Everyonewill create a bank of trials, discovering which mediumworks best for a particular effect and also work on aproject using a suitable combination. This will enablefully informed, quick and confident decisions to bemade about which medium to pick and which to mixtogether.

Suitable for all levels

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S E S S I O N 2

Flourishing and Experimental Italic Script

An incredible array of letter shapes can be achieved with a selectionof nibs, some imagination and above all, confidence, which you willgather on this course. We will begin with the basic Italic hand toestablish correct letterforms. We will then relax and createflourished and informal letter shapes. Experimental Italic can bebig and boisterous or delicate and gentle; it can be stretched ormanipulated with exciting effects and wonderful results. Writtenwords can express emotion by pressure, speed and rhythm. Bymanipulating the pen and our imaginations we will discover someexciting and challenging ways to create lively forms and flourishes.

Suitable for all levels, including beginners.

S E S S I O N 1

All Aspects of Gilding and Illumination

Learn the skills and the techniques of accomplishedillumination (gilding). Enjoy creating an illuminatedmotif, a miniature or create a single, vibrantlycoloured decorative letter, using line, colour andtransfer/loose leaf gold and other metals. Even thesmallest amount of gold added to work makes itstunning. During the course we will work on paperand vellum and learn how to make and apply gesso,PVA and other gums.

You may wish to bring your own exciting design orselect from design resources available. Letters andpatterns will be drawn with a pencil or created with atechnical pen.

Suitable for Intermediate and Advanced

Jan has a BA (Hons) in Education

and the Diploma of the Society

of Botanical Artists (DipSBA).

She has taught both Drawing

and Watercolour Painting and

Calligraphy for 30 years and

tutored day, weekend and week

workshops for various

organisations, including Art in

Action. She has written several

calligraphy books and had work in

exhibitions and private collections.

She is a Fellow of CLAS and a

Fellow of SSI

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