(online)
This is an online workshop. All links to join will be provided once you reserve your seat.
Please be sure you can attend BOTH days before reserving your spot: Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18 from 9:00am-4:00pm each day. There will also be an optional (but recommended) tech-check on Thursday, February 15.
More information will be sent to those who register for this workshop.
REGISTRATION is now OPEN
Head over to Our Store when you are ready to reserve your seat!
Blackletter & Modern Variations
We will begin by grounding ourselves in a strong, basic form of gothic: Textura. Then we will, variable by variable, morph it through a series of permutations; creating variations, modernizing it and doing projects that are anything but traditional.
Beginners through advanced welcome.
SPECIAL BONUS:
Reggie will be giving all participants of this workshop free access to his online, instructional video, ‘Basic Blackletter’. A link will be sent to participants upon securing a seat for the weekend.
Supplies
Links (in orange) to items below are to give you an idea of what Reggie recommends and also an aid to purchasing. You don’t have to get the exact brand, and of course you can buy them from anywhere.
This workshop is listed on John Neal Booksellers HERE. If you visit, you will see all the supplies that JNB carries that Reggie is requesting.
Speedball C-0, C-1, C-2 nibs
2H lead
White vinyl eraser
Ruler 18 to 24”
Moon Palace black sumi ink
Alizarin crimson gouache or watercolor
2 mixing pans, 2 mixing brushes
Dropper and water
Xacto with #11 blade
Paper towels
Masking tape
Scotch removable tape
White color pencil
Pencil sharpener
Special Note on PAPERS Needed
One document you will receive when you register contains 7 guideline sheets. Reggie highly recommends making at least 3 copies of each of the seven onto good paper.
All of the papers need to be 8 ½ x 11 to run through a copier (preferably an ink jet rather than a laser). Most of these papers come in large sheets and will need to be cut down.
Arches watercolor hot press 90# (already cut to 8.5x11)
Arches watercolor hot press 90# 22x30 (must be cut to 8.5x11)
Pacon 80 lb. Drawing Paper (9x12 pad of 100 sheets - will need to be trimmed)
From Reggie:
The Pacon paper is the most cost-effective. 100 sheets sounds like a lot but you will never regret having it for lettering at later dates.
Beige or light gray paper: Ingres, Burga, or your choice of a good paper - cut down to 8.5x11.
Reggie has taught MANY online workshops. He shares this video with us for his tips on setting up a productive, comfortable space for us while joining via Zoom from home.
A little about Reggie Ezell
Reggie is a teacher. Over the past four decades his year long course “26 Seeds: a Year to Grow” has been among the most highly regarded and sought after in the U.S. and Canada. For a decade before that he taught calligraphy at Loyola University and the Newberry Library of Chicago. The two other extended studies courses that he created and continues to carry into the future are “PRIMITIVE TO MODERN” and “Letterforms Inspired by the Saint John's Bible.” Examples of exciting works from these courses have been emailed out weekly since 2009 as “Pic of the Week.” All are archived on his website at www.reggieezell.com. His three dimensional works have been carved in stone, cast in bronze, and sandblasted into redwood and glass. His specialty is gilding on a variety of traditional and non-traditional mediums. His work has appeared in Letter Arts Review, Bound & Lettered, and numerous books and journals. His works have been exhibited around the United States and Canada including the Newberry Library in Chicago and the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Facebook: reggieezellcalligraphy Instagram: @reggieezellcalligraphy
Cost:
$95 - Members
$125 - Non-members
Class size limited to: 40