The Creative Campus is honoured to be offering this 4-week calligraphy course with this master of many arts and crafts - Ray Crafts.
In this course you'll learn three types of script: Roundhand, Italics and Gothic. You'll also learn the use of nib pens with ink and watercolour.
Participants will complete the course with both a black ink name or quotation of their choice, as well as, a colour name or quotation of their choice.
Ray will provide the card and suitable scripts and quotations for these final pieces. Participants can bring along their own to use, if they wish.
For this course you will need:
- A calligraphy pen set -
- Ray recommends 'Jasart' 7-piece set, $25.99
- Manuscript cartridges - 12 Pack, black, $9.99
- 1B8 exercise book, $3.29
- Ruler
- Pencil
- A cloth or tissues to clean your pen
Visit Paper Plus Bethlehem for your purchases and get a 10% discount. Get in as soon as you can, in case they need ordering!
Ray Crafts is a silver and goldsmith, a carpenter, a veteran soldier, a bagpiper, a luthier, a potter and an exhibiting artist. He is inspired greatly by celtic art and design which he incorporates into his woodwork and pottery. He also smiths silver Scottish Dirks and Sgian Dhus and other Scottish jewellery. And, of course, he is a calligrapher and calligraphy teacher!
'At the age of 9, I was taught copperplate writing by my grandfather, and from this bases come my interest in illuminated manuscripts, and the study of the book of Kells and early pictish art. Pens and nibs were handed down to me from my grandfather and with these I did calligraphy works for friends. I gained placing in a Calligraphic Creative Writing Competition and my work was sent over to Philadelphia U.S.A to go on permanent exhibition'.
You can catch Ray crafting down at the Men's Shed, here at the Historic Village.