Flourishing – Graceful Curves

This workshop is for anyone from a novice or an experienced Calligrapher and to those with a creative flair wanting to have some fun with decorative marks and lettering.

In the workshop we will go through different flourished projects, ranging from simple flourishing to more complex, ornate flourishing with a step by step process.

This class is for anyone from a novice or an experienced Calligrapher.

Learn how working with your body and mind through movement, breathing deep and relaxation will allow you to create graceful curves.

The workshop will cover:

How to Form Better Flourishes

• Learn the rules to build on your skills.
• Learn how to create dynamic designs with balance and contrasts.
• Create highly decorative ornate design.

• Learn step by step how to create compositions with bold letters & fine flourishes.

See demos and get individual attention

This workshop is for both beginners and those with an established practice.

A One Day Workshop - Cost $180.00 with basic materials included

Sunday May 26 - 10.30am to 4.30pm

ABOUT LAUCHEAN - Your TEACHER

As a teacher Lauchean wants to excite and empower you to unleash your creative potential. She believes anyone can cultivate their creativity and achieve amazing results!

Nurturing students through the process of learning and skills development, bringing together logical and philosophical approaches to design, layout and drawing - all taught with a purpose to calligraphy.

Lauchean’s unique teaching approach encourages students to first gain an understanding of the parts, the basics. Blending the moving hand, a focused mind & the hearts desire for creativity, paving the way to artistic growth in a shared environment with likeminded others.

Looking into the history of writing, it’s place as a contemporary art and the development of modern calligraphy. Lauchean suggests her students collect a “future file”. That’s simply a gallery of calligraphic images that'll inspire, motivate and excite a budding calligrapher. That could be anything from historical decorative lettering to modern experimental expressive calligraphy, hand writing, signage and abstract designs.

LAUCHEAN’S CALLIGRAPHY JOURNEY

Her discovery of beautiful writing led her from a print room to study Ticket and Show Card writing, Screen printing, Bookbinding and into Classic Calligraphy. Then at 27, it was back to college where she studied Graphic Arts and hand lettering. Achieving top awards at graduation she went on to work as a Graphic Artist specialising in calligraphy and lettering in a boutique Melbourne Publishing house.

In 1991 Lauchean established her studio, “The Graphic Quill”. As a pioneer in the industry she built her business based on calligraphy, lettering and print powered by a passionate love for letters. She has continued her own studies with Master Calligraphers both internationally and here in Australia throughout her decades as a working artist. Lauchean delights in “forever learning”.

Relishing every opportunity to share her knowledge, she’s been teaching Calligraphy and the book arts in Colleges, Universities and Arts Centres across Melbourne and Victoria for over 35 years. Prior to the pandemic she tutored the 2 Year Certificate of Calligraphy Course at RMIT in Melbourne. Since our “Covid” break she has returned to teaching her art and design classes in her new McKinnon studio workshop.

Calligraphy - It’s a journey of a thousand steps, taken one step at a time and tackled with patience, practice, purpose & focus.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Graphic Quill, 141 McKinnon Road, Melbourne, Australia