I am making progress on my materials for the course on 12th century initials and filigrees that will take place next April.
But, of course, nothing beats creating to put into practice the elements found in the manuscripts. So here is a small piece of a work in progress.
Yes, it's green (sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone), soon a complete view of this composition and, in the meantime, you can already register for the course at the Arche de Saint-Antoine.
Last chance to follow the first course on filigrees, it will be this weekend, it will be online, everything you want to know about it (schedule, registration,...) is to be found here.
We will study the unavoidable golf clubs along with some other patterns.
I am very happy to have been asked by IAMPETH for the second year in a row to participate to IAMPETH Virtual, a set of 12 one-hour demos, online and in English with 12 professionals from all over the world.
I'll be talking (again) about filigrees but this time about a rather special pattern, spirals!!!
If you want more information, or if you want to register for one of the demos (registration possible from November 1st), just follow this link.
It looks like a movie title, the umpteenth of a too long series when the writers have lost all inspiration and the producers are pressing for a last opus in order to make the license a little more profitable.
No such mercantile practices here!
I propose you a course :
- in person, because it is time to get back to meeting people in real life
- in Isère (France), in this wonderful little medieval village of Saint-Antoine l'Abbaye, at the Arche community which will provide full board accommodation
- in April 2023 (from 21 to 23) to celebrate Anselm, Abdiesus and George
- in English and French so that everyone can enjoy it
- in pairs because Cecilia Boschi will propose a course of Italian bastarda at the same place and at the same time
We will take advantage of this conjunction to offer you shared moments of demonstrations, conferences, exchanges...
But I haven't told you what I'm going to talk about yet, have I?
Oh well, no.
So the subject will be the initials and filigrees of the 12th century, we are at the end of the Romanesque period, we feel the Gothic coming but we are still far from it, the colors and forms are still rich and varied.
From A to Z
Green!
Possibilities to make (almost) modern with medieval!
For more information, you can consult the dedicated page.
Registration is open and can be done on the Arche website.
This year, we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Marcel Proust's death and the thirtieth anniversary of Peyo's.
As a tribute to these two great artists, I made this little lettering as a wink.
A first version gave this :
And, as I'm really fond of justified text columns, here is a second version :
These are drafts, there will probably be a third version, with decoration and color!!!
If you like this kind of lettering and composition exercise, there are still a few places left for the online course on September 3 & 4. Information and registration here. Beware ! It's in French !!
It's really been a very long time since I've inflicted one of my filigree lettering on you. Probably because I took a break and devoted myself to other elements of calligraphy.
So here is a two-tone V with filigrees (a little different from what I usually do) and my inevitable little gilded dots.
And I take this opportunity to remind you that there are only a few days left to register for the course on split versals & filigrees that will be hosted by the gentle penman platform.
I live in the country of Iroise, a small part of Brittany, France.
In Breton, it's written (probably) Hirwazh.
So here is a work in progress and a reminder for this weekend's lettering class (in English).
There are still a few places left, more info and registration here.
And if you don't speak English but are still interested, there will be a French version in September, information here
