South London Letter Association regularly hosts events for its members. From social events, exhibitions, and other outings, to workshops and courses our events are a great opportunity to get together and share creative ideas about lettering. Most events are free for members, so join SLLA today.
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AGM followed by a social evening
AGM followed by a social evening Tuesday, February 26th Members free Non-members £3.
Find out more »Abstract Brush with Rachel Yallop
Workshop Fee £25: SLLA/NLLA members £30: non-members How to Enrol Please email Nicola Dunn, our events coordinator, who will let you know if spaces are available. If so, Nicola will provide you with online banking or cheque details, and, once your payment is received, she will book your place on the workshop.
Find out more »Keiko Shimoda, “Japanese written language and calligraphy”
Keiko introducing Japanese written language - how it works visually, and also the brief history of its calligraphy, starting with Chinese historical manuscripts and how it becomes Japanese own. Members free Non-members £3
Find out more »Veiko Kespersaks: Contemporary calligraphy practice
* Please note that 30th is the last Tuesday in April* Veiko will be speaking about his teaching and also about modern trends in Calligraphy. Cost: Free – members £3 – non-members
Find out more »Monochrome Magic & Tantalising Tones with Jan Pickett
An exciting journey, exploring monochromatic colour schemes, starting with a singlecolour, extending it to produce a tantalizing range of tints, shades & tones using penmade and drawn letterforms. Armed with a wealth of ideas, there will be choices of smallprojects, using written or decorated drawn words for the final sparkle. A fun filled tonal treat to keep spice in our calligraphic lives! Workshop Fee £25: SLLA/NLLA members £30: non-members How to Enrol Please email Nicola Dunn, our events coordinator,…
Find out more »Blackletter with Marion McKenzie
Instantly recognisable, but little practised - we will give life to this important hand. Workshop Fee £25: SLLA/NLLA members £30: non-members How to Enrol Please email Nicola Dunn, our events coordinator, who will let you know if spaces are available. If so, Nicola will provide you with online banking or cheque details, and, once your payment is received, she will book your place on the workshop.
Find out more »Interactive Evening
Members free Non-members £3
Find out more »Mount Cutting with Joy Daniels
In this workshop, Joy discusses the processes of choosing the right colour mount card for a piece of work, how to gauge the right amount of space to leave around the artwork and then cut the aperture out. You will learn the basics and then move onto cutting double mounts and multi aperture mounts - great for grouping a collection of small images together. Even the small pieces of 'waste' card are put to good use, making tiny frames to…
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