This is a FREE, Hybrid Event
What does that mean - “Hybrid Event” ? This means you can attend this mini-workshop in one of two ways - ONLINE or IN PERSON.
If you wish to attend ONLINE - we need you to register so we can share the Zoom link with you. REGISTER HERE if you wish to participate ONLINE
If you wish to attend IN PERSON - please let us know via email so we can have an idea of how many to expect. RSVP (email) HERE if you wish to participate IN PERSON (Plymouth Congregational Church; 1900 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403)
Note the change of venue for those attending in person: We will be meeting at Plymouth Congregational Church (This is where Colleagues used to meet regularly pre-2020. Free, onsite parking).
Back to Basics - Uncial
Hands-on Program presented by Anne Kaese
Let's learn Uncial using the Gospel of Cuthbert - a look at the world’s oldest complete manuscript and the hand of a devoted monk.
St Cuthbert is arguably England's most important saint before Thomas Becket and is closely connected with the Lindisfarne Gospel and the monasteries of that area. His Gospel book has a checkered history - very strange history - discovered in 1104, when the coffin of St Cuthbert (d. 687), then bishop of Lindisfarne, was opened at Durham Cathedral. It is now safely stored at the British Library.
In this mini-workshop, we will look at the history of this unique manuscript - Europe's oldest book in its original binding - and then get our pens moving as we learn this hand.
Supplies:
Handouts which will be supplied when you register or rsvp
Tracing paper
Your favorite calligraphy pens - sizes approximately 1.5mm or 1.8mm and a 2.4mm pen
pens can be dip pens (Mitchell, Speedball, Brause - whatever you like to use)
pens can be Parallel Pens - green and orange sizes recommended
pens can be markers - as long as they are “calligraphy markers” and have a broad (flat) edge (not “chisel” shaped, bullet-point, or brush marker)
Practice paper
Ink of choice
Note-taking supplies
Our teacher, Anne Kaese, has been a fan of this little book and claims to own a piece of it as she sent a very small donation when funds were being raised to buy this. She has been on 3 research trips to the British Library to study this script and book. She has taught this class on 3 continents. She often combines knotwork and Celtic decorations with this style of calligraphy in her personal work. The Uncial hand is her "go to" hand and she enjoys its elegant simplicity and the ability to jazz it up with new tools, techniques and decorative elements.