The Handwritten Word
July 14 & 15
Tutor: Kathryn John
At Dove Studios, Butleigh
Course times: 10am – 4pm
When was the last time you sat down and wrote with ink and paper? Scribbled out a misspelled word or found spots of leaked ink upon your fingers from a malfunctioning pen?
Markmaking
At a time when our lives and lists, stories and notes have become part of a digital world we will spend a weekend together getting back in touch with the flow of the handwritten word. We will explore using experimental processes to get us moving and making marks.
Sgraffito with charcoal rubbed in
With full permission to get it wrong, to make a mess, we will return to the joy of what it is to write with our whole bodies and not just the tips of our fingers. Using handmade vegetable, oak gall and berry inks and a variety…
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Concertina Book ‘Lauzerte’ with a series of etchings printed as a strip 
Bronwen Bradshaw 