The season of gift giving is upon us! And a candle is a beautiful gift that symbolizes peace. With a candle and the inscriptions that can be written on it, we can create a wonderful personalized gift! Again, many new ideas that will take you into the new year!
LEVEL: All
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Writing on gold is a special challenge. First, we will create a base using gold leaf (loose leaf), and then we will test the techniques that will help you to write on the gold base. The effect is truly admirable.
LEVEL: All
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Have you ever thought that you can create your calligraphy artworks with numbers too? There are quite a few world-famous artists who use numbers for their works. Why not give it a try?
For work, we will use all the pens you already use (cola pen, brushes, regular tape pens...). But I will also show you my dry brush technique.
LEVEL: All
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How can we create a feather with a monoline? This will be our creative exploration in this workshop. By practicing increasingly free lines and expressive strokes, your feathers will become an object of admiration. A Christmas gift maybe?
LEVEL: All
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3 meetings: 18.1., 19.1., 26.1. 2025
The dancing script is my version of Italic script partially written with the corners of the brush which is a big challenge! Namely, we - calligraphers mostly use hard tools that help us to be stable when writing with the corners of the nibs. This script I developed when I was practicing the Roman Capitals and needed a break from a steady hand and the precise geometrical strokes. The movement with the brush in this script creates beautiful rhythm, which forces your brush to start dancing on its edges - and that is why I call it so! There is a lot of manipulation of the brush in this script, so I wouldn't really recommend it for beginners.
LEVEL: Intermediate - Advanced
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The shadows that gold creates are really special and fascinating... I love all kind of gold: from various colors in tubes and tablets to the special ones - gold leaves: the real ones, the "fake" ones and the varigated ones... This passion I would like to share with you! We will be creating with monolines – where you will be able to express your craziest ideas and then spice it with some hearts and love for the Valentine's day.
LEVEL: All
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I got the inspiration for this workshop when I was teaching in Mexico. When I was teaching there for the first time, I experienced a shock! Oh, what colors they combined together! Unbelievable. But still, they left an indelible experience in me. So I started immersing into the colors that I lost in my childhood. I would like to share the unusual combination of colors with you so that you will not be afraid to use them in your works!
LEVEL: Intermediate - Advance
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5 meetings: 9.2., 16.2., 23.2., 2.3., 9.3.
Roman Capitals, based on the magnificent inscription on Trajan’s column in Rome, are one of the most important letterforms for calligraphers and therefore are essential to understand the basic of all further letterforms. My own approach to these marvelous letters is a little different. As for all my brush script also for the Roman Capitals I use my dry brush technique, which make the letters lighter and transparent. We will go through all the letters (divided in different groups), step by step. At the end I will demonstrate how you can use them for your artworks, but for more ideas you can sign up for another 2 following workshops: Single Roman Capital design and composition & Layering with Roman Capitals.
LEVEL: Intermediate - Advance
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With one letter of Roman capital script, we can create a very beautiful and elegant design. I will show you how to redraw them easily with simple tricks and what the composition options are. Of course, we will also touch on color combinations. You can use it as a greeting card or as an independent work of art. No previous knowledge of the Roman capitals necessary.
LEVEL: Intermediate - Advance
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When starting with Roman capitals, the best way to create a beautiful work is layering letters. So you can hide mistakes, even cover them with new layers. I will show you how you can create beautiful textures with Roman capitals and color effects that will take us into three-dimensionality.
No previous knowledge of the Roman capitals necessary.
LEVEL: Intermediate - Advance
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3 meetings: 19.4.,20.4.,26.4.
Copperplate is a very unique and precise script, with a rich history and worldwide diffusion - known as old school script - especially in English speaking regions. In French, it is called Anglaise.
But even though it is so formal, it can be transformed into a lively script - by changing the rules of angles, the height of the letters and adding details that give so much energy to the words.
Firstly, Classical English will be introduced in this workshop but then we will move on to more dramatic forms to compose harmonious words. It is really an unpredictable script but pleasant to look at and very useful too...
LEVEL: All
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When I teach around the world, people always ask me about this workshop. That's why I decided to organize it once. Your signature is an element that you can incorporate into your artwork, so it is one of the important elements of your creativity. Your signature speaks about you and your personality. Where do you place it, how big is your signature, are your lines confident, hesitant? So, let's embark on a journey of research and creation of a new signature that will proudly adorn your works.
LEVEL: All
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This beautiful script comes from ancient Roman times. After the 5th century, Rustic Capitals began to fall out of use, but they continued to be used a script in titles. As it was also carved into stone it was written with a brush, too!
So, I took the script and the brush, added some modern details, colors, and shades that gave timeless beauty to its unique strokes. Although the script is 2000 years old, we can still make it lively and attractive. We can use it for the backgrounds, as an artwork with hidden messages or to cover a big empty space! The script is written with a lot of angle changing (manipulation), so it is suitable for more advanced level. However, beginners can work with only some letters, too.
LEVEL: All
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Summer is just around the corner, and many pastry shops put a sign in front of the door. Maybe they are looking for you to write it for them. We will deal with design, composition, readability, font selection and, last but not least, color combinations.
LEVEL: All
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My students call me the master of error correction. That's why I decided to share my long life experience with you. So, how to get rid of fear of empty or white paper. What are the options for correcting errors with different fonts. What do we do in case of bigger mistakes... A happy trip, indeed.
LEVEL: All
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3 meetings: 14.6., 15.6., 21.6.
In this calligraphy workshop, you will be introduced to an advanced version of the beautiful Foundational hand. It is the most essential script to start with, learn the basics of spacing and the proportion. Like in all Latin scripts you will soon recognize the harmony of the elements that calligraphy world consists of. The workshop is primarily about learning the manipulation of the brush - changing the angles. This is a technique that makes a script really look beautiful. I use it quite everywhere that clients wants to have legible inscription: boards, walls, diplomas, cards...
LEVEL: All
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Every now and then, big celebrations come along, don't they? Anniversaries, birthdays, weddings... And with your calligraphy, they will be even more beautiful. Decoration with calligraphy will be a feast for the eyes!
LEVEL: All
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I created the flame script, my own invention, when I was practicing Roman capitals... This script will help you achieve lightness of strokes and pick up the right amount of color, so it is also suitable for beginners. The "flame" or "road" strokes that can be found in each letter will guide us through the entire lowercase alphabet and in the end we will use them to create a simple layered design. It is always a real pleasure to see the work of the students in this workshop.
LEVEL: All
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Eco printing is my new passion that I would like to share with you. How to incorporate calligraphy into it is our question... First, we will collect leaves and flowers, learn about one of the simpler eco-printing techniques, and then explore the possibilities of design that include calligraphy and natural materials. Finally we will create a beautiful product that will decorate your home or even your clothes.
LEVEL: All
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AVAILABLE ONLY till 31st DEC. 2024!!!
Join me for approx. 2 meetings per month for the next 10 months and enjoy all the calligraphic experience - from scripts to different techniques!
THE PRICE is 28 €/workshop
(20 workshops in 10 payments = 56 €/month)
After the payment (subscription in this case), you will get an email with a Google Form where you will indicate your chosen workshops.
PAYMENT: Workshops packages are billed monthly, regardless of when your chosen workshops are scheduled. The 10 months subscription payment starts from the day you subscribe.
56 €/month
AVAILABLE ONLY till 28. FEB. 2025!!!
Join me for approx. 1 meetings per month for the next 10 months and enjoy all the calligraphic experience - from scripts to different techniques!
THE PRICE is 34 €/workshop
(10 workshops in 10 payments = 34 €/month)
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PAYMENT: Workshops packages are billed monthly, regardless of when your chosen workshops are scheduled. The 10 months subscription payment starts from the day you subscribe.
34 €/month
AVAILABLE ONLY till 30. MAY 2025!!!
Choose a script with 5 meetings or 5 different shorter workshops and enjoy the price 38 €/workshop (the regular price is 55 €)
THE PRICE is 38 €/workshop
(5 workshops in 5 payments = 38 €/month)
After the payment (subscription in this case), you will get an email with a Google Form where you will indicate your chosen workshops.
PAYMENT: Workshops packages are billed monthly, regardless of when your chosen workshops are scheduled. The 10 months subscription payment starts from the day you subscribe.
38€/month
I strive for accuracy and up-to-date information on the website. I reserve the right to change the dates of the workshops due to force majeure with prior notification to the registrants.
In the event that I cannot be present at the Zoom meeting, I will record the workshop and send it to you.
It is possible to pay also by Bank Transfer: (LET ME KNOW WHICH WORKSHOP YOU CHOSE)
by email on preprosto.jaz@gmail.com
Loredana Zega - oblikovalka (Designer)
Lokavec 132
SI - 5270 Ajdovscina, Slovenia
IBAN: SI56 0444 1024 4367 989
(BIC) SWIFT: KBMASI2X
Bank address: NKBM Ajdovscina, Goriska 25, 5270 Ajdovscina Slovenia
Loredana is a professional artist with a rich creative energy and a strong passion for her work. After many years of practical experience she expanded her education, graduating in calligraphy in 2013 advanced level with distinction - from the English institute – CLAS - The Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society. https://www.clas.co.uk/
Loredana has held calligraphy classes throughout Europe, United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia. She has received numerous international awards: first prize at the prestigious calligraphy exhibition in Westerloo, Belgium, and her works have been widely exhibited, notably at the National Gallery and Archives of Slovenia, at the Bartlhaus Museum of Script in Austria and many other galleries. She has her works in many collections around the world, the most precious one is: The San Francisco Library collection of Calligraphy.
Loredana often works on a grandiose and theatrical scale. She has created many calligraphic wall art performances, large wooden calligraphic sculptures and given theatrical performances - the musical “A Day of a Calligrapher” played at San Francisco's international conference of calligraphy.
PORTFOLIO
2014 October – Regensburg, Germany – Dry Brush and sgrafitto
2014 October – Magdeburg, Germany – Dry Brush and sgrafitto
2015 March – Venice, Italy – Big Brushes
2015 July – The Passionate Pen Conference, San Francisco, USA - Writing on Walls
2015 August – Co-workshop with Richard Lempereur and Rainer Wiebe, Kope, Slovenia - Italics
2015 October – Stockholm, Sweeden – Batarde Dry brush
2016 February – Neidereichbach, Bavaria, Germany – Dry brush, Textile
2016 August – CLAS Festival, Leeds, England – Dry Brush Textures
2016 October – Mexico City – Dry brush Textures
2017 February – USA tour – Portland, Eugene, LA – Conf. Letters California Style, S.Ana, NY) – Dry Brush and exp. Embossing
2017 March – Venice, Italy – Different scripts
2017 July – Neidereichbach, Germany – Brush, Watercolor
2017 August – Finland - Dry Brush Textures
2017 October – Mexico City, Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa – designing the final art work, textures…
2018 April – Venice, Italy – Modern illumination
2018 April – 7 Churches Abbey, Bruges, Belgium - Dry Brush Textures
2018 May - Klingspor Museum, Germany - Dry Brush Textures
2018 June – Rome – Dry Brush Roman Capitals
2018 September - Melbourne and Perth, Australia - Dry brush Textures
2018 November - Torino, Italy - Flame script
2019 February - Engelberg, Switzerland - birthday cards
2019 March - Zagreb, Croatia - Basic scripts
2019 June/July - International Calligraphy Conference - Montreal, Sherbrook University, Canada - Roman Capitals dry brush
2019 August - Scuola Grafica Venice, Italy - Stickers
2019 September - American Tour: San Francisco, USA (Rustic dry brush), Edmonton, Canada (exp. embossing), Boston, USA (brush Texturing)
2019 September - Bavarian monastery, Germany
2019 September - American Tour: Atlanta, USA, Vancouver Island (Textures), Kelowna (Textures), Calgary (Roman Capitals, Flames) - Canada
2019 November - Zagreb, Croatia - Basic pen scripts
2020 March - Zagreb, Croatia - Basic pen scripts
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID: 2020 April: American Tour: Indiana, Vancouver, San Antonio, Dallas, Forth Worth, Houston, Indianapolis
2020 All year: teaching online
2021 May - Online: Chicago Guild - Flame script
2021 June - Online: Portland - Flame script
2021 August - Namur, Belgium - Flame script, Carolingian script
2021 August - Zug, Switzerland - Birthday Cards)
2021 November - Zagreb, Croatia - Basic pen scripts
2021 November - Kriz - Croce, Italy - Chris. Cards, Experimental Illumination
2022 January - Online: England - Flame Script
2022 May - Staranzano, Italy - Embossing
2022 July - Pettenbach, Austria - Black on Black and crazy Illumination
2022 August - European Tour:
Scriptores Turnhout, Belgium (Textures & Flames), Namur, Belgium (Textura script), Saint Amand, France (Exp. illumination & Monoline scripts)
Namur, Belgium (Magic Circles, Black on Black, Crazy Illumination)
2022 October - Seengen, Switzerland (Flame Script)
2022 November - Online: IAMPETH conference, USA society - Dancing script
2023 March - Zagreb, Croatia - Basic pen scripts
2023 August - European Tour:
Turnhout, Belgium (Textures & Flames), Namur, Belgium (Neuland script), Lamorteau, Belgium (Flame script)
2023 October - Online: Texas Lettering for Holiday, USA
2023 November - Online: IAMPETH conference, USA society - Hand made lamps
2023 November - Online: Johannesburg, South Africa (Flame script)
2024 May - European Tour:
Mulheim, Nemčija (Flame), Namur, Belgium (Copperplate), Lamorteau, Belgium (Black on Black), Rouen, France (Flame Script)
2024 July - Hebdow, Poland (Fraktur dry brush)
2024 October - Apex Nancy, France (Flame script)
1. 2006 June – Mašun:
Various calligraphic techniques, from watercolour to illumination
2. 2006 July – National Gallery - A copy of initial letter “B” from Ms. 777
3. 2006 September – Gallery Riemer – Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia:
Various calligraphic techniques: from embosing to innovative family trees
4. 2008 December – Library of France Bevk – Nova Gorica, Slovenia:
Acrilic sgrafitto technique on big plexi glasses in various transparent colours, written in freestyle calligraphy…
5. 2009 November – Gallery Na Vogalu - Postojna - Acrilic sgrafitto technique on glass lamps
6. 2009 December - Library of France Bevk – Nova Gorica, Slovenia: - Acrilic sgrafitto technique on glass lamps
7. 2010 September – National Gallery of Slovenia
A copy of one folio from exhibited manuscript from Manuscripta exhibition and four inscriptions plus enlarge initials on walls
8. 2010 October – Library of France Bevk – Nova Gorica, Slovenia: Small innovative books in various materials and special calligraphy.
9. 2014 March - Stanislav Kregar Gallery - Big scale calligraphy on wood
10. 2014 April - Pettenbach - Schriftmuseum - Austria - Dry brush, wood, engraving
11. 2017 April - Westerloo - Belgium - Dry brush
1. 2008 July – Exhibition of Slovene Home and Artificial craft – Slovenj Gradec
Some examples of priceless commission for ordinary people and protocol gifts
2. 2010 March – CLAS Art and the Letter Exhibition – British Library, London, England
A unique lamp in sgrafitto technique, freestyle calligraphy - Awarded as most innovative calligraphy piece in exhibition
3. 2010 September – National Gallery of Slovenia - a copy of one of those manuscripts for people to touch and look closely to it.
4. 2011 October - Exhibition "Text in image", JSKD, Vipavski Križ, Slovenia
5. 2012 March – CLAS Art and the Letter Exhibition – British Library, London, England
an art work: »7 deadly sins« in 3D technique, embossed and illuminated
6. 2012 May – The Mobile Global Exhibition »Show your hope«, Foundation 80 Questions, Netherlands
7. 2012 October – In collaboration with a sculptor Andrej Kos: Exhibition: Unrevealed Stories
8. 2012 November – Group exhibition on a conference Focus Europa – »Europa Scriptorium« with 7 great European calligraphers: Jean Larcher, Katharina Pipper, professor Ewan Clayton, Margaret Morgan, Andrea Wunderlich, Helene C. Jenssen and Lieve Cornil
THIS EXHIBITION TRAVELLED ACCROSS GERMANY AND AUSTRIA IN 2013:
February 2013 - Film Fest kontrast, Bayreuth, Germany
March 2013 - Kunststraße Bad Berneck, Germany
April 2013 - Library Bayreuthu, Germany
June 2013, Schriftmuseum Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Avstrija,
Sept. 2013 - Library Bayreuth, Germany, Presentation of works and project Europa Scriptorium by organiser Andrea Wundelich
Sept. 2013, History Museum, Bayreuth
October 2013, Art Academy Berlin, Germany
December 2013 - January 2014, Castle Plassenburg in Kulmbachu, Germany
9. 2013 March – CLAS Art and the Letter Exhibition – British Library, London, England
my innovative "underwater" oil sgrafitto technique in an art piece "She knows"
10. 2014 March – CLAS Art and the Letter Exhibition – British Library, London, England
11. 2015 July - The Passionate pen Conference, San Francisco, USA - faculty exhibition
12. 2016 March - Westerloo, Belgium - winning the 1st Prize
13. 2017 May - Painted words, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, San Francisco
From 2004 – some of my original copies of the founding document of the city of Bled from 1004 were exhibited at Bled Castle. My originals were used by the designers for the graphic image of the museum at Bled Castle. Client: National Museum of Slovenia
November 16, 2006-21. January 2007 at the exhibition ddr. Nataše Golob, Medieval Manuscripts from the Žička Carthusian Church (1160–1560) in the National Gallery, made a redrawing and enlargement of one of the initials from the exhibited manuscripts.
From 2008 – in the Museum of Christianity in Slovene, one original copy of one folio from the Stiš manuscripts is exhibited, in front of a scribe's doll, who bends over the manuscript. Client: Museum of Christianity in Slovenian
7. September – 7. November 2010
at the Manuscripta exhibition Book Painting in Medieval Manuscripts, I made an enlargement of four enlarged initials and calligraphic inscriptions on the wall and a transcription of one folio for educational purposes, so that visitors could have a close look at that time. Client: National Gallery of Slovenia
2018 - I made a copy of the document with the mention of Veronika Deseniška for the Provincial Museum of Celje in cooperation with the Archives of Slovenia.
1. September 2011 – Multimedia project "Dancefloor of Letters"
The 1st prize by Art University Nova Gorica - Slovenia. (in collaboration with Ales Bajec)
2. September 2011 – "Dance the Letters!" – Calligraphy dance performance, Slovenia (many repetitions)
3. December 2011 – Intervention in Space: "Birth of a Letter", Venice, Italy
4. May 2012 – »Tell me with Letters!", Slovenia
5. September 2013 – »Strings and Letters« - Acoustic guitar (italian guitarist Nazzareno Zacconi) with live calligraphy performance,
Slovenia (4 all unique repetitions) and Italy (Il Teatro Apollo)
6. July 2015 - "A day of a calligrapher" - Calligraphy conference "The Passionate pen" at Person Theatre, Sonoma, San Francisco USA
7. April 2016 - Performance at Scuola Grafica, Venice
8. August 2016 - "A day of a calligrapher" - Leeds, CLAS Calligraphy conference
9. September 2016 - Performance in Rennes, France - for a printing company Hauts de Villaine
10. October 2016 - "A day of a calligrapher" - Mexico City, at a giant Paperstore Lumen
11. November 2016 - "Moj službeni dan" (My day at work) - Kulturni dom Ajdovščina
12. February 2017 - Performance - Calligraphy conference Letters California Style, Los Angeles
27 - 30. June 2017 - Shooting for a for GUINNESS beer advertisement
14. October 2017 - Performance - Calligraphy workshops in Calgary and Ottawa and Mexico City
24. June 2019 - Vilnius, Lithuania - "A day of a calligrapher" performance
Loredana is a devoted freelance calligrapher and an artist from Slovenia in Europe who is blessed with a lyrical first name from Italian heritage. I have been watching her journey since her days at CLAS, and delight in knowing that there are such talented young letter artists who are so enthusiastic about embracing their skills and stepping outside the box. Loredana has hit the floor running, or should I say, she is literally dancing... all around the world...with her fresh approaches and passion for letters...
Interview with Julie Williams - for Australian Colophon magazine
JW: Loredana, tell us a little about yourself...
Calligraphy is my passion for almost 26 years now! My aunt studied design and my family received lots of greeting cards written calligraphically... I was really dying to see those magical letters! (as I still do) So I started to learn calligraphy very early. But in those times it was really hard to buy something as special as a calligraphy pen. So when I was on a dance competition in Denmark I bought my first one and at this point my painful (!) way of self learning really started. I was quite a strict teacher to myself and I had a passion to achieve perfection. My first alphabets as templates came from my aunt, but soon they were not precise enough for me. So, the next step were fonts! I printed out a letter at a time and started to practice. I discovered lots of things by myself and this knowledge is priceless and firm.
After finishing high school in Slovenia, I figured out that I could turn my hobby into business and
so I started to write exercise books for teaching calligraphy and became a freelancer at the age of 21. Through teaching I gained a lot of practical knowledge, but that wasn’t enough for me. I found
an organisation which holds an English National diploma in Calligraphy and organises calligraphy
master classes (The Calligraphy Lettering Art Society - CLAS - London). My first was with Denis
Brown in 2007. I finally gained the National Diploma in Calligraphy in 2007 intermediate level and in 2013 – advanced level, passed with distinction. For the last 16 years I’ve been working for many
private clients and institutions besides teaching and exhibiting worldwide.
JW: What type of calligraphic work do you most enjoy doing?
Hmm... there are lots types of calligraphic work that I enjoy... but most of all I enjoy doing live performances. In those I can include my other passions like theatre, dance and singing, which is really fulfilling. That is why I wrote my Musical “A day of a calligrapher”. I also really enjoyed shooting a commercial for Guinness beer in London (2017)...
Commercial for the GUINNESS beer
JW: We would love to hear about any interesting calligraphic projects you have worked on recently. Tell us about them...
Onee of my favourites is a big performance in Rennes (France), where I wrote large inscriptions on the floor and created a giant calligraphic piece on stage. An unforgettable experience...
Click here... Performance in Rennes, France
JW: Can you describe the time when you first realised that creating calligraphy/ lettering was
something you absolutely had to do?
When I saw calligraphy written diplomas or hand written posters in the library or like I mentioned - my aunt’s cards, I was just blown away and I just kept staring at them. But as I had also many different hobbies in adolescence the choice of being professional calligrapher was really a decision at the age of 18, I guess. I could be a professional dancer, too!
JW: Describe a real-life situation that inspired you...
Oh, there was a workshop in Haus Werdenfels, Germany. My first international... And the last evening they prepared me a big wall covered with paper and said: “So, Loredana, please let us see how you dance with your biggest brushes!” And they made a terrible mistake... they gave me a glass of wine - a mistake!! And I started to enjoy myself writing backwards – like Leonardo daVinci, imitating the voice of Jean Larcher how the copperplate should be written, explaining why the Rustica script is impossible to learn... and so on and on...
It was really great show, with a great supportive audience and in one moment I knew this would become my Musical for the 34th international calligraphy conference in San Francisco! The next day I started to write the concept and in the next months I changed the text of 6 well known rock songs into calligraphy themes, went into a music studio and recorded them. I wrote all the text that I am speaking on the stage, made choreography for dancing, recorded 2 new videos and finally prepared all the calligraphy inserts that I create on the stage live. Quite a huge work, but really enjoyable, especially because it was premierely played in Person Theatre (San Francisco) in front of 400 calligraphers - during the The passionate pen conference in 2015. This musical I dedicated to a great Calligrapher, and a friend - Jean Larcher...
JW: Where do you find inspiration for your work?
My inspiration is absolutely nature... being there – in the woods, drinking water from the creeks, breathing the fragrance of the rain and dancing among the snowflakes – artworks by themselves. The inspiration is a freedom of a running Samoyed, his smile and joy...then my heart is full of inspiration, happiness and gratitude.
JW: Do you have a dream project?
I would love to create my musical in collaboration with dancers, singers and other artists – to make it really special and then play it in some biggest theatres. And the other one: I would like to create a giant calligraphy art piece on a façade of one high building- maybe in Dubai... :) I guess Dubai would be my dream place for a special performance or an exhibition!
JW: What are the 3 most indispensable items in your studio?
A high quality brush, a gouache and a really good paper. That’s all I need to be happy!
JW: What is the best advice you’ve been given regarding calligraphy or arts practice in general?
It was about blank spaces from Denis Brown. It is about the harmony of the spaces between letters and words... Artur Schnabel once said: “The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.” It is the same in calligraphy or in dance.
JW: How do you feel about the role you consider a calligrapher has these days in society?
Do we still have a reserved place in heaven? ;) Well, one big impact as a calligrapher made Herman Zapf, who created gorgeous fonts that I meet on every step around the world. I feel that calligraphers should have a bigger role especially nowadays. Bringing back a handwriting culture, a visual consciousness, a sense of beauty, proportions and finally, through practising the letters, a contact with
ourselves.
JW: What do you like most about your involvement with calligraphy?
Most of all the freedom that I have in my life. That I can do whatever I want to do. Sometimes it can be hard to be your own boss, of course. Calligraphy offers me a stage where I can express all of my passions.
JW: Is there a calligrapher whose work has inspired you...what is it about their work or approach that you admire?
Hmm, only one? Laurent Pflughaupt is in the first place for sure. I admire his way of design, changing the scripts from traditional to top modern and still maintaining the perfect stroke, using the materials and techniques on a very high level. He is my true inspiration.
JW: How has your calligraphy practice changed over time?
In the first 7 years of freelancing my progress was so evident, that I couldn’t see my calligraphy from a month ago! Then it slowly got better, and this was Denis Brown’s fault! Then the development rapidly increased... there were some crucial moments that changed my calligraphy practice. One was Europa Scriptorium conference in 2012, creating beside the great Jean Larcher and to whom I dedicated my Musical. Some moments from the conference Europa Scriptorium. There I started to use a brush technique. Then I think it was a gorgeous Carl Rohr’s workshop
where I met W&N 995 brush and got inspired of so many different ways of writing he showed us. That was in Regensburg, Germany and the organizer invited me to teach the next year’s workshop – my first international. After that I really mastered the brush and it became my top tool. I dedicated a song to it. Rolling on the river (Tina Turner) became Rolling with a brush, yeah... :)
JW: Do you have any words of wisdom for those starting out on their own calligraphic journey?
Nobody is born as an artist (or calligrapher) but with a passion for it. And this love gives us energy to exercise and to dedicate our time to do what we love. This is a recipe: hard work, self discipline and lots of self criticism...
Author of the interview: Australian calligrapher - Julie Williams
This is one of my first commission
for Museum of Christianity in Sticna, Slovenia
In 2010 I gained the intermediate Level Diploma in Calligraphy
held by CLAS - Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society, London
For National Gallery of Slovenia I have made 4 initials
on the walls for the Exhibition Manuscripta
When the famous writer visited Slovenia I was invited to our gorgeous castle Prejama
to accept him in the castle in a medieval dress and gave him 2 parchment to sign.
One for him and one for the Castle Predjama.
The parchments are made by Marjan Petac, Medvode, Slovenia
Back in 2011 me and my friend - a cameraman Ales Bajec
- won the competition of University Nova Gorica for a short video.
The award included 14 days of filming in Venice.
In that time we also made a calligraphy performance - Birth of the letters,
live in the one of the squares in Venice.
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At the time I was studying for the advanced level I had been reading Paulo Coelho's book
The Witch of Portobello -in which I have found myself as an artist, dancer ...
So some works I have made with the text from the book.
I sent it to the famous writer and he responded,
gave me his skype and we talked about the book and new ideas...
There is a charming house in Pettenbach, small austrian Village,
where you can find a gold mine for the calligraphers!
A museum of script!
I had an honour to have s solo exhibition there!!
from Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
This is the piece that I have sent to the exhibition Art & the Letter
by CLAS - Calligraphy and Lettering Arts society.
It was organised in the British Library in London - a great venue!
I got a "Most innovative" award.
I was asked to make a logo for them.
I felt so powerless - as there inside were the works
created by the best calligraphers from the past century! I needed months!
Schriftmuseum, Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria
Musical "A day of a calligrapher" was originally created
for the The Passionate Pen Calligraphy Conference.
It took place in a magnificent Pearson theatre at University's Campus.
About: Through music she tells the stories of her day, express calligraphy through dance and include the audience to her unique live stage calligraphy… With some comic elements and enormous passion for letters she is inspiring colleagues and student to dare more, to try more and to live for!
“A day of calligrapher performance was inspired by two dear friends Richard Lempereur and Rainer Wiebe whom I met last year in my Germany workshop. There was such an amazing atmosphere in this group and I was constantly receiving ideas from above. In one moment I knew: »This is my performance for San Francisco!« ”
I created the walls for the exhibition of the Industry in the region of Goriska,
Slovenia (close to my home) It was in a small castle, called Kromberk.
There are some more photos forward...
Here you can see the actual size of the letters which were written on the big walls
which were then full of the photos and information.
Here is the exhibition from another corner
Joke Van Den Brandt has been organising the International GRAND PRIX of Calligraphy for years,
supported by a town hall and many other sponsors.
I was so honored to receive the 1st prize and gained the opportunity
to make a solo exhibition the next year! THANK you!
The winning artwork at GRAND PRIX Calligraphy.
Text: "if you want peace in the world, go home and love your family!" - Mother Theresa
In 2016 I was invited to make a small performance during the openning
of a group exhibition by Joris Wouters - Walls - Muri.
The exhibition took place in a gorgeous villa in the center of cute medieval italian town, called Luca.
When teaching in Mexico city in a museum Museo de Arte de Carillo Gil,
I had an opportumity to make some beautiful walls.
Demonstration on the wall during the workshop in Museo de Arte de Carillo Gil
another wall in Mexico for a fast car VUHL
- co-founder and designer Iker Etxeberria
In June 2017 I went to London to shoot a commercial for the Guinness beer.
It was a great experience - happy to be again on the stage and filming in a big studio!
... the shooting.
A beautiful book that the society have to sign.
Aa you see here we created our sign, too!
A Jumbo poster (12 x 16 meters) for the anniversery of
the Schriftmuseum in Bartlhaus, Pettenbach, Austria!
The artwork made as a demo piece (I was teaching Brush textures)
in the workshop at the Calligraphy Conference -
Letter California Style in Los Angeles.
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium!
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
This artwork was made for the Solo exhibition in Westerlo, Belgium
They chose my logo for the Celebrating of CLAS - the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts society
This artwork I made for the group CLAS exhibition - 25th Anniversary
This 44 lines on parchment I made for the National Archive.
It was a hard job. A month of writing with a half of millimeter nib!
This workshop took place in Venice!
A great experience as it started with a visit of a Giotto house
where they still make a gold leaf by hand.
another demo artwork - experimental illumination workshop...
At Giotto 's house in the notheren part of Venice.
It is nice to start a workshop like that!
Marjan Petač (na sliki) je izdelal pergament, sama pa sem naredila kopijo listine,
ki govori o Veroniki Deseniški. Na sliki spodaj: levo - original, desno - najina kopija!
Group Exhibition in Dubai.
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