The Wonderful Lettering of David Jones (Joke Boudens & Lieve Cornil: 5 day)
Level: intermediate/advanced
David Jones (UK, 1895-1974) devoted his life to early roman letterforms and has inspired many lettering artist since, seeing en exploring the beauty and authenticity of these free and sometimes clumsy looking shapes. Students will study his work and will discover the complexities of these shapes through analysis and own interpretation. These letterforms can be approached in a more calligraphic or typographic way, depending on the individual interest ofeach student. We will focus on how he designed his pieces of work and which techniques he used.
Supply List: Your usual calligraphy tools (pens & inks) – you’ll be drawing letterforms most of the time, but it’s always useful to have some basic calligraphy tools at hand. Pointed brushes (fine ones for painting details and retouching); broader brushes (pointed/flat) if you want to make bigger letterforms; layout pad or sketch pad 11×17; tracing paper 11×17; pencils (3B and 4H); colored pencils (optional); black markers: really fine & middle size; ruler; eraser; scissors; X-acto knife; glue stick; masking & drafting tape; cutting mat or cardboard; gouache (colors + black and white); watercolors; cups for paint and water; rag; oil pastels (bring your 2-3 favorite colors); several toothpicks; some good watercolor paper and any colored paper you enjoy working on.
About your instructors: Joke Boudens is a Flemish lettering artist, living and working in Bruges, Belgium. She grew up with an art-teacher mother and her father who was a calligrapher. She studied art in Brussels and is a part-time tutor for 30 years. Boudens is well known for her small manuscript concertina books; in her work she is constantly looking for poetry and beauty by arranging and combining text-elements and small drawings. Her fine lettering – drawn, painted or written – is executed in a variety of media, including gilding. Her work has been exhibited in Europe and overseas for over twenty-two years. In the US, her work has been featured in the Calligraphers Engagement Calendar and in Letter Arts Review.
Lieve Cornil discovered calligraphy in 1988 and has been in love with writing ever since. After finishing her MA in business management, she decided to leave Belgium and become a professional lettering designer at the Scriptorium de Toulouse. Studying with Thomas Ingmire and Arne Wolf in San Francisco gave her a more artistic insight. In 1995, she moved to London and worked as a freelance lettering artist for design consultancies and advertising agencies and taught at the Surrey Institute for Art and Design. In 2002, she moved to France to become first a lecturer and later the director of the “Ecole de Communication Visuelle” in Nantes. In 2009 she set up her dream project in Bruges: STUDIO XII – International School for the Lettering Arts. The school is part of her design studio where she continues the freelance work. Her personal work has been exhibited in Europe and overseas.
