Workshops
The workshops take place during two 2 1/2 day sessions with a free afternoon, Monday, in between. Registration is on Friday afternoon with tuition starting early on Saturday morning, after a meet-the-tutor session on Friday evening. Evening lectures and sales opportunities are also planned.

Accommodation
Accommodation is in single student rooms with en-suite facilities. If you would like a ground floor room for medical reasons, please indicate this on the booking form. Tuition, all meals, tea and coffee are included in the residential price and tuition, lunch, tea and coffee, plus dinner on Friday 22nd August, in the non-residential price. Accommodation is also available for non-participating partners.

Booking
Early booking is recommended to secure the workshops of your choice and this enables the Society to place the necessary deposit to reserve the accommodation and classrooms. All bookings received on or before 1st September 2007, will be processed together (or two weeks after the mailing, which ever is later). Draws will take place for any workshops that are oversubscribed, but for any that are not, you are welcome to book later – check for availability.

You are asked to indicate your first, second and third choice of workshop from the list of five, for each session.

To book and reserve your workshop places, complete and return the booking form as soon as possible with your non-refundable deposit of £50 and a cheque dated 1st May 2008 for the balance (overseas cheques to be made in Sterling and drawn on a London bank). All cheques should be made payable to CLAS. Send the booking form and payment to:

The Festival Directors Marion McKenzie and Mary Noble
10, Atheling Road, Hythe, Southampton, Hants. SO45 6BR
(Marion's address)
Tel 02380 848020 (Marion), 02392 376072 (Mary)
Email

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

Fees
RESIDENTIAL Includes 6 nights accommodation from Friday 22nd August, tuition, all meals, teas and coffees.

CLAS members	£475
Non-CLAS members	£505
Non-participants (ie no tuition)	£360

NON-RESIDENTIAL Includes tuition, lunches, teas and coffees, and dinner on Friday August 22nd.

CLAS members	£300
Non-CLAS members	£330

Cancellations: if notified to us before 1st May 2008 your post-dated cheque will be returned. Should you have to cancel, please notify us as soon as possible, in order that we may offer your place to another. We regret that cancellations after 1st May cannot be refunded, so you are advised to take out 'holiday' insurance to cover this possibility.

Printable booking forms

• UK residents
• Non-UK residents

Details of courses and tutors

JAN PICKETT

Session 1 Black and white, Formal and Informal
We are going to look at a style of lettering loosely based on the Legende typeface. This beautiful edged pen version is a flowing style combining the very low x-height of Legende, the springing arches and graceful letters of Italic, together with a little pen manipulation stirred in for extra good measure. It is exciting, lively and fun to do. Working large and small, from automatic pens to tiny sizes, we will explore these cursive forms plus variations… so be ready to free up and flow. There will be projects on hand and opportunities to work black on white, white on black and even black on black. For all levels, so come and join the fun! Suitable for all levels.

Session 2 Creative Colour for all occasions
During this workshop we'll be writing a variety of edged pen styles and also working with drawn letterforms, to which we add decoration using lots of different techniques. We will use watercolour to explore and produce 'lift out' and 'colour blend' effects, also pastels and coloured pencils to produce further delicate effects guaranteed to add sparkle to your pages. There will be time for individual projects, using a wealth of exciting ideas… For all levels, so just add fun and stir! Suitable for all levels.

YVES LETERME

Session 1 Gestural Writing
Gestural writing of good quality is, more than anything else, a matter of premeditation, a supple mind and wrist, and a keen eye for detail. In this lettering class the student will learn about the hidden rules of gestural writing, he/she will make purposeful exercises (with a pencil and a speedball pen as tools) to develop controlled swiftness, to stimulate inventiveness (regarding letterforms, joins, spacing and scripts) and to obtain consistency in form. Various aspects of spacing, pen angle, pressure, variation, retouching… will be discussed and demonstrated. In this workshop we will deal with the cursive lower case, but the approach can be transferred to capitals as well. Suitable for intermediate to advanced level.

Session 2 Roman Rustics Revisited
Roman Rustics are not only appropriate when one wants to evoke the world of Ancient Rome (Latin quotes, the great Classics…), this script has also great calligraphic potential when used in a modern way. First we will analyse the letters while using a pen, then we'll switch to flat brush. This tool will enable us to put more refinement in the strokes by twisting and turning and using the pressure-release technique. Having gained more confidence with the brush, we will experiment with alternatives for some strokes or endings or joins. Finally, we'll return to our nibs in order to produce some gestural writing with Rustic influence. Suitable for intermediate to advanced level.

HAZEL DOLBY

Session 1 Drawn Letters
Drawing letters can be another tool in your calligraphic workbox. We will be transferring the knowledge, gained from the use of the edged pen, to a drawn letterform. These drawings can be used as a starting point for many disciplines e.g. letter carving, glass engraving, painted lettering or could be used as a method in its own right. We will focus on capital letters during this course. It is hoped that by the end of the course the student will have more understanding of how letters transfer from the pen to a drawn letterform and they will have early draught of a small inscription. Suitable for intermediate to advanced level.

Session 2 Painted Letterforms using a pointed brush
One of the joys of painted letterforms is that they can be applied to surfaces that would not be suitable for a pen. Students will need to have had some experience of drawing letters for this course or have done the drawn lettering course at this conference. We will be looking at letter design and the suitability of letterforms to a variety of primed and un-primed papers and cloth. It is hoped by the end of the course students will have refined their brush skills and have some examples of letterforms painted onto a variety of surfaces. Suitable for intermediate to advanced level

TIMOTHY NOAD

Session 1 Illuminated Beasts
Medieval Bestiaries were illuminated with boldly stylised and richly coloured images of animals and fantastic creatures. Taking these as a starting point, we will create a bestiary for today, using natural history as a basis for the designs. Advice will be given for drawing and stylising the animals from illustrations and photographs, leading to painting and gilding techniques for the creation of a miniature. Participants might like to start collecting images for real or mythological animals as reference for this workshop. Suitable for all levels.

Session 2 'Chrysography' –Writing in Gold
This workshop will explore a variety of gilding techniques through their use in calligraphy. Beginning with gold inks and gouaches we will progress to the more brilliant and subtle effects achievable with real gold; powdered (shell) gold and raised and flat gold leaf, through the pen and as a surface for writing upon with colour. With a combination of skill, experiment and luck the techniques thus mastered will be brought together in a small project, writing out a short quotation of your choice, about gold, in gold, on gold… Suitable for all levels.

PETER HALLIDAY

Session 1 New Roman – New Gold
Using gold as colour through the medium of Roman capital forms which have lain dormant for a long time, Peter will explore the Roman capital forms, which were used all over Europe after the Roman Empire had receded. There is a rich seam of innovative and unusual interpretations of Roman capitals from the pre-Carolingian period. These, often beautiful and sometimes curious, examples can be an enjoyable antidote to the purity and tyranny of the 'Trajan'. Peter will suggest ways of using gold as an interpretive medium to enhance the beauty of these almost spontaneous capitals including the use of decorative papers, and the use of gilding on glass. Suitable for all levels.

Session 2 Scripts that Light Up the Dark Ages
An in depth investigation into the scripts used in Britain in the 7th –9th Centuries. In this workshop Peter will look at calligraphic forms from the Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts (often called insular hands). He will investigate the many variations both formal (Lindisfarne/ St Chad/Kells) and less formal such as the Mercian scripts and the pre-cursors of the Anglo Saxon pointed minuscule. The purpose of the workshop is to find ways of using these beautiful hands, and creating versions, which could be used for contemporary work. The relationship of these hands to language will be explored. Participants might wish to explore texts in Welsh and Gaelic as well as Latin and English. Suitable for all levels.