15th July 2017 Great workshop with Jan Pickett on 15th July learning flat pen italic. A hand based on Legende with Italic added – Jan’s regular students have called it Legalic! There was much laughter and some frustration as we learned or
Pointed Brush Lettering workshop with Rosella Garavaglia
27th May, 2017 It was a joy to watch Rosella demonstrate the basic movements and letter shapes, in fact it was quite hypnotic and we thought a good relaxation therapy. However, this was tempered by the frustration of not having
Jan Pickett: ‘It started with a few letters’
24th May, 2017 Many of us have been fortunate to attend workshops given by Jan and her book Decorated Lettering has introduced her to a lot more people. So it wasn’t too surprising that we had a full house when
Visit to College of Arms
25th April 2017 Last year’s visit to the College of Arms booked up very quickly and was so popular that Ann Caro had to organise a second trip. There was another full house for the visit on 25th April, when we
The Graceful Curve workshop with Harvest Crittenden
8 – 9 April 2017 On a beautiful sunny weekend, surrounded by the delightful gardens of Fulham Palace, SLLA members gathered for a workshop with Harvest Crittenden from Michigan USA. Harvest, an internationally renowned Master Penman, is feted for her
Colour Mixing Workshop with Rosella Garavaglia
By Gail Mitchell A dozen of us gathered at the Aspire Centre on a beautifully sunny day for Rosella’s workshop, which proved to be inspirational and totally absorbing. We began by filling in a colour wheel using one primary colour,
The Sacred Lettering of Tibet with Lama Rigzin
By Catherine Bootland Lama Rigzin came all the way from his monastery in Tibet to say “Tashi Deleg” — a special Tibetan greeting — to the SLLA group when he came to give a lecture on Traditional Tibetan Art and
Heraldry for Calligraphers – Session 1, 2017
By Gail Mitchell February 25th 2017 saw a group of intrepid calligraphers gathered at the Aspire Centre for the first of 4 workshops in the CLAS Heraldry for Calligraphers Course. The course is being run by Tim Noad, whose work
Social evening report: Into the box – Wood engraving today
By Jean Thomas The South London Lettering Association’s first social evening talk for 2017 was from Peter S. Wood. He originally trained as a painter and printer, taught in secondary schools for 40 years including teaching lino cutting, and for the last
Spencerian Flourishes workshop with James Farrell
At our first workshop for 2017, we hosted the talented James Farrell to teach lettering enthusiasts the art of Spencerian flourishing. Flourishing with Farrell by Margaret Stanley It was a full class for our workshop on Saturday 14th January 2017