calligraphy#2 / gothic, by enchantée
44€ / 2h / no age / fr + en (+nl)
Calligraphy is a continuous search for harmony and perfection. During the workshop Caroline will teach you the basics of our Calligraphic letters, and she will highlight one style of calligraphy each time and work with you to learn the basics. (ideally you already followed workshop #1 before)
let's take a leap back in time to rediscover the art of beautiful writing. kalligraphia, kállos (beauty) graphía (writing)
*** a brief history … texts and books were written by hand by monks. the writing of those texts was very time-consuming, and the paper was very expensive.
this ensured that only the rich could buy and read texts/books. the typeface was systematically modified in order to use the paper faster and/or more efficiently.
