Calliarts - Akim Cursive

Dear Members and Followers,

Our April Calliarts is tutored by yours truly, and we will be looking at the Akim Cursive hand or script.

Akim Cursive was developed by German Calligrapher, sculptor and musician Hans-Joachim Burgert (1928 -2009). Akim is a move away from the regimented where your own characteristics will come to the fore. To quote Hans-Joachim “Cursive writing is full of motion and emotion; it trips along the page in full flow, bursting with movement and life. Cursive writing breathes irregularly, like a dancer performing a graphic symbol”. ‘The calligraphic line’ Berlin 1989. Great for beginners and more advanced calligraphers.

Cathy Sayer - copyrighted.

Date: Saturday 13 April 2019

Place: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $10.00

Bookings: No bookings necessary, inquiries - southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:

Usual calligraphy kit plus

·         Any monoline writing tools (i.e. graphite pencil, coloured pencils, gel pen, pointed nib or speedball B series)

·         Nib holder and ink/gouache

·         A4 bleed proof pad

·         Ruler

·         Some Haiku poetry

·         Brown paper – no smaller than A4, suitable to write on.

·         Alternate writing surfaces (but make sure you bring a writing tool that will write on the surface).

 

 

Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. proudly supported by Sutherland Shire Council.

Akim Cursive

Dear Members and Followers,

The Calliarts for July is being conducted by yours truly and will be Akim Cursive.

Akim letters were created by German calligrapher, sculptor and musician, Hans-Joachim Burget. Burget was quoted as saying that “We need a cursive hand, as all cultures have, as a dynamic medium to get away from all the very serious Roman soldiers marching so proudly in their lines.”

Akim Cursive is a lovely gentle hand that is said to replicate the rhythm of the human heart. Constructed with a pointed pen, it is a useful script to have in your show of hands.

Materials List:

• Pointed pen (no chisel nibs please)
• Ink and/or gouache
•  Pencil
•  Ruler
•  Palette for gouache
•  Brushes for mixing and loading your pen
•  Haiku poem/s
• A piece or pieces of good paper
• Any pieces of your suminagashi paper you would like to use
• Usual calligraphy gear