Medieval calligraphy workshop
„Around Gothic Textura – Black, White and Gold”
6-13 August 2016
by Barbara Wilińska
Gothic Textura – a script of XII, XIV and XIV-century Europe – requires discipline and patience. It builds up slowly, albeit persistently – just like unhurriedly and rhythmically the fabric is getting longer under the fingers of a skillful weaver. During the workshop, we will be mainly working on minuscules (lower-case letters), writing in black ink on a white paper, and later in white and mineral gold color on black. We will also try to do calligraphy lettered inside of circle shape in students’ own projects.
Duration of the workshop: 20 hours
The limit of apprentices: 12 persons
Workshops designed for both beginners and advanced in the fine art of calligraphy.
Schedule of Stay:
Saturday to Sunday – group arrives, getting familiar with the monastery and Perugia,
Monday to Friday (9AM-1PM or 9AM-2PM) – Calligraphy Workshops,
Saturday – departure.
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Calligraphy workshop
“Lights and Shadows of Copperplate – Minuscules”
13-20 August 2016
by Barbara Wilińska
Copperplate is not an easy script to write, however, once one masters its difficult technique, there will be no end to the viewers’ admiration… I invite you all to a course in taming flex and pointed nib in its variety of forms; a course in exquisite, ornamental script that beautifully embraces personal character of writer’s hand. Sinking into the practice of the Old English script, in a special way one is practicing humility and patience. It grants practitioner the opportunity to both recognize and accept the gift of spiritual dimension that the process of struggling with matter and overcoming one’s own limitations has to offer. Those who are patient will be rewarded…
Duration of the workshop: 20 hours
The limit of apprentices: 12 persons
Workshops designed for both beginners and advanced in the fine art of calligraphy.
Schedule of Stay:
Saturday to Sunday – group arrives, getting familiar with the monastery and Perugia,
Monday to Friday (9AM-1PM or 9AM-2PM) – Calligraphy Workshops,
Saturday – departure.
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Barbara Wilińska – singer, vocal coach, instrumentalist, calligrapher. She has a passion for archaic singing techniques, Polish and Slavic traditional songs, as well as vocal improvisation. Her calligraphy and paintings are created in her own technique. She employs her skills and interests in her educational and artistic engagements, and has participated in various individual and group music projects. She conducts regular and occasional vocal workshops, traditional singing ensembles, as well as beautiful-handwriting workshops in Poland and abroad alike. In Poznan, she implements her original own teaching-writing program as part of cyclical workshop “Calligraphy Gardens”.