This is a 12-session workshop in which participants will learn six different calligraphic hands in chronological order as they were used historically. Using traditional tools and historic examples, participants will be guided through the five main broad-edged lettering styles, and one script style (pointed-pen). If you have wanted to expand your calligraphic experience into multiple hands, this is the course for you! We’ll start with Uncial lettering – closely associated with the Celtic culture – then we’ll move on to Carolingian, then next to Gothic (also known as Black Letter), Italic, Copperplate Script, and finally the Foundational Hand. Working to improve technical aspects of the lettering, such as pen angle and letter scale, we will employ the use of beautiful historic manuscripts to study these various lettering styles. $500 plus supplies if needed. Tuesdays and Thursdays, February 8 through March 17, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., US Eastern time (2/8, 2/10, 2/15, 2/17, 2/22, 2/24, 3/1, 3/3, 3/8, 3/10, 3/15, 3/17). After you register, you will receive a separate email with log-in information for the sessions.

SUPPLIES: Following is a list of supplies for The Abbey Studio’s “Calligraphy Intensive – Section One.”

A set of broad-edged calligraphy pen nibs
Higgins Eternal ink
Book: Calligraphy: A Course in Hand Lettering by Maryanne Grebenstein
2 pointed pen nibs
Copperplate alphabet sampler
Copperplate laminated guide sheets
Oblique pen holder (please specify if you are a left-handed writer)
Tracing Vellum or Drafting Vellum
Clairefontaine pad of calligraphy paper
12” T-square
Drafting tape
.5 mm mechanical pencil
Ordinary yellow pencil
White plastic eraser 

Additional supplies recommended but not required:
Drafting board and light box
Assorted art paper suitable for calligraphy

If you would like to order any supplies, contact us at: info@theabbeystudio.com, or 781-740-9000.