Glenis provides us with a great report on the full workshop in June:
MODERN
CAROLINGIAN WORKSHOP
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Tutor:
Patricia Moody
On
a cool, winter day 14 students were very snug inside a small function room at
Sutherland’s Club on East, where we spent the day exploring the Carolingian
hand and some script variations.
Pat
started the workshop by giving us a brief history of the script and showing us
examples from books, as well as her own pieces and those of members Valerie
Keevers and Penny Laver.
Then
it was time for us to start practising a French style Carolingian, complete
with the characteristic small body height, tall ascenders, heavy clubbed serifs
and wider interlinear spacing. This was
followed by making our x-height slightly larger and using small entry
serifs. Writing with a 10o
slope I found myself lapsing into Italic letters at this stage. More concentration needed! Our final variation was to write the letters sans serif, with the suggestion that we
also compress or extend the letters.
These combinations gave a modern look to the script.
With
time running out we wrote some prose on better quality paper. Our show and tell display gave us all a
chance to see what everyone else had been doing. Carolingian written on paper with washed
backgrounds looked particularly effective.
Armed
with a large supply of handouts we have no excuse for not continuing to play
with further variations at home, including trying English Carolingian on which
the modern Foundational hand is based.
Thank
you Pat for an enjoyable workshop and for introducing some, and reacquainting
others, with this lovely, versatile script.
Glenis
Sheather
Calligraphy
Southscribes, Inc. is kindly supported by Sutherland Shire Council
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