Sequence – Journey of Experimental Calligraphy

Description

I have been fascinated by the process of creating accordion books and series of pages with calligraphic lines and marks. 

In this workshop, we start from creating marks with different writing tools and any found objects. We then form alphabets and write text with the original letterform. The core of this workshop is the meaning of the text and we will challenge how much emotion we can put into our marks and how we can expresser feeling into our writing. We examine writing speed, pressure, the directions of strokes, the relationship between marks and negative spaces. The exercises include layering different mediums and use of colors. Basic design layout, composition will be discussed during the workshop. We will assemble all exercise sheets in a book form, and will construct accordion books and/or series of individual pages with selected exercise pieces to present our journey in sequence.

Supplies

Basic materials

• Pencil #2 (HB) and eraser, mixing brush, water containers
• Sumi ink (Fueki bokuju green bottle or Moon Palace green cap recommended)
• Pipettes, dishes or pallets (small and middle size about 10cm for wide tools)
• Ruler about 12-18”, triangle ruler or T-square
• Rag or paper towel, newspaper or tarp for table, apron

Paper

• A3 sketch, charcoal or drawing paper about 30 – 50 sheets for exercises
  (If you wish to do exercises on good paper, cut them in similar size.)
• Two full sheet (40″x25.5″. 120gsm) of Arches MBM or text wove paper, or 4 sheets of Rives BFK white (19 ½” x 25 ½”, 250gms) paper any good quality watercolor paper
• 2 full sheets of Canson, Fabriano or
• Hahnemühle black Ingres paper
• 1 sheet each of Gray and neutral color ingres paper

Flat Tools

• Craft or balsa sticks (see attached PDF file)
• Automatic pen #5 or #6
• Good quality flat brushes you already have (1/2” to 3”)
• Your favorite calligraphy chisel nibs and holders
• Monoline Tools
• Pencil HB and 2B (woodless graphite pencil, optional)
• Any kind of felt tip marker, white china marker (or white oil crayon)
• Pointed nibs and holders you already have
• Pipettes or squeeze bottles
• Tools from nature: twigs, pine needles, seeds pods, sticks, etc
• Folded Pen and Found Objects
• Any kind of folded pen you already have (Tim’s radius cut pen or New Horizon folded nib recommended)
• Tools from nature and found objects: seashells, stones, creepers, straw, pipe cleaner, etc.
• Pointed Brush
• A middle size (size 5 to 7) pointed brush and/or
• Pentel Color Brush
• Adding colors and making background
• Watercolor or acrylic ink (any brand): two or three of your favorite colors, or colors related to your text
• One to two 6 well plastic palettes
• 2” inexpensive soft flat brush
• Matte medium

Assembling

• Pointed needle tool or tapered awl
• Binder clips, glue stick, double stick tape,
• Masking tape, bone folder
• Cutter knife and cutting board

Your chosen text: 10 to 100 words

*Please do not spend a fortune buying new materials and tools that you are not sure will be useful.

Yukimi Annand

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