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September 2022
Workshop: Circular and triangular Celtic knotwork – with Joy Daniels
LEVEL: All Levels DATE/TIME: Saturday 17 September 2022 - 10am – 4pm VENUE: Stanton St. John Village Hall, Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD SYNOPSIS Joy is well known to Oxford Scribes as a freelance calligrapher with a particular expertise in the copperplate script. She last visited us in June 2021 when she taught a workshop on square pattern Celtic Knotwork. This workshop will complement her previous workshop and will explore the triangular and circular methods of Celtic Knotwork using…
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Metalpoint techniques for calligraphers – with Josie Brown
Josie is making a welcome return to Oxford Scribes. She needs no introduction and last “visited” us (on Zoom) in January 2022 when she taught a workshop on Hermann Kilian Capitals. This workshop will introduce the mysterious and delicate art of using metals for lettering, in the way that Durer, Leonardo and other artists used them for drawing. We will lay down various grounds on which to do the metalpoint and then experiment with mark making using different metals,…
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