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WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Round & Robust: Exploring Uncial with Robbie Saslow
WHEN: March 19 - 20, 2022
WHERE: Newspring Art Studio, 8945 Long Point, Houston, Texas 77055
OPEN TO: Houston Calligraphy Guild and Southwest Calligraphy Conference Members
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: UNCIAL was the preeminent calligraphic style used in the first millennium for transcribing religious texts on parchment. Today this style endures with beautifully solid yet graceful letterforms, ideal for evoking not only antiquity and clarity, but also playfulness, fluidity and fun. Whether you are new to Uncial or a seasoned “uncialist” in need of a brush up, this course will be perfect for you. After a brief review of where Uncial fits into the history of letterforms, we will jump right in with the structure, spacing, variations and flourishing of the 26 letters. There will be lots of time for hands-on practice, and opportunities to sit back and observe demonstrations as well.
REGISTRATION and ONLINE PAYMENT:
Registration opens February 21, 2022 at 12:00pm CST and closes March 12, 2022. Register and Pay here. You are not registered until you have paid and received an email confirmation from the Guild.
INSTRUCTOR: Robbie Saslow is a Los Angeles-based calligrapher and designer who comes from a family of artists. He earned a degree in 2-dimensional art from California State University, Northridge (1986). Robbie has extensive experience teaching art, including over 20 years at Los Angeles schools, nine summers on the art staff at UAHC Camp Swig in Saratoga, California, and numerous workshops for the Society for Calligraphy. He has been on the faculties of several LETTERS CALIFORNIA STYLE calligraphy conferences. His work has been displayed in various group shows, and has been published in Letter Arts Review, the nation’s pre-eminent lettering arts journal. While the majority of his career was devoted to the creation of ketubot (Jewish wedding contracts), he is currently employed as a full-time calligrapher and scroll artist for the County of Los Angeles.
Questions: Contact Lynn Ayres at [email protected]
WHEN: March 19 - 20, 2022
WHERE: Newspring Art Studio, 8945 Long Point, Houston, Texas 77055
OPEN TO: Houston Calligraphy Guild and Southwest Calligraphy Conference Members
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: UNCIAL was the preeminent calligraphic style used in the first millennium for transcribing religious texts on parchment. Today this style endures with beautifully solid yet graceful letterforms, ideal for evoking not only antiquity and clarity, but also playfulness, fluidity and fun. Whether you are new to Uncial or a seasoned “uncialist” in need of a brush up, this course will be perfect for you. After a brief review of where Uncial fits into the history of letterforms, we will jump right in with the structure, spacing, variations and flourishing of the 26 letters. There will be lots of time for hands-on practice, and opportunities to sit back and observe demonstrations as well.
REGISTRATION and ONLINE PAYMENT:
Registration opens February 21, 2022 at 12:00pm CST and closes March 12, 2022. Register and Pay here. You are not registered until you have paid and received an email confirmation from the Guild.
INSTRUCTOR: Robbie Saslow is a Los Angeles-based calligrapher and designer who comes from a family of artists. He earned a degree in 2-dimensional art from California State University, Northridge (1986). Robbie has extensive experience teaching art, including over 20 years at Los Angeles schools, nine summers on the art staff at UAHC Camp Swig in Saratoga, California, and numerous workshops for the Society for Calligraphy. He has been on the faculties of several LETTERS CALIFORNIA STYLE calligraphy conferences. His work has been displayed in various group shows, and has been published in Letter Arts Review, the nation’s pre-eminent lettering arts journal. While the majority of his career was devoted to the creation of ketubot (Jewish wedding contracts), he is currently employed as a full-time calligrapher and scroll artist for the County of Los Angeles.
Questions: Contact Lynn Ayres at [email protected]