Time: 7:30 to 9:00 pm
Location: Peace Church Peace Church, 659 52 AVE E, Vancouver, BC V5X 1G8.

It was this collage of images for the class “Calligraphy Design and Norse Runes” which caught my eye. The design, textures and interesting symbols fascinated me. After inquiring more about this course, I realized it was beyond my budget for my own ‘Calligraphy enrichment’. But through the generous scholarship provided by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society, I was able to enroll.

A very huge “Thank You” for this! I am delighted to share with you some of my learnings at our October meeting, calling it “A Night in the Runes” We will study the 24 characters of Elder Futhark, their names and how they sound. Norse Runes are simple and geometric, so our class will be a combination of art, phonics and geometric designs. We will construct the 24 symbols of Elder Futhark.

We will write runes as word and pattern. I will demonstrate the stages of writing runes with a resist medium and washing over it with water colours. I will show some examples of monograms using runes symbols.

Mostly, we will stretch our brains and our calligraphic language, reach back hundreds of years, yet using contemporary tools.

Calligraphy… the art of beautiful letters…. even in an ancient language.