Ann Miller - Calligraphy Design and Norse Runes - Jan 29 - Mar 13, 2025

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This class is not hosted by John Neal Books. Please contact the instructor for more information.

January 29 - March 13, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:50 PM Pacific

Class Cost: $465

Questions? continuingstudies@stanford.edu

For more information or to register: https://bit.ly/3B2zFgv

Description

Description

This eight-week course introduces Norse runes as the focus for visual expression while also providing a taste of the history and culture of medieval Germanic Europe. The geometric forms and rich symbolism of the 2000-year-old Elder Futhark runes still influence our daily lives—from the Bluetooth logo to contemporary product design. It is important to use runes correctly. Elder and Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon runes, and the Ogham alphabet are phonetic, so can be written using any language. Their names, meanings, sounds, as well as straightforward construction are not only fascinating and useful, but they are easy to grasp technically due to their straight lines and simple angles! Course activities include constructing the 24 symbols of Elder Futhark; designing runes as word, monogram, or repeated pattern; and creating a series of simple to complex full-page layered work. Painterly design exercises with ink, resist, and watercolor techniques, along with daily spacing and layout guidance on Canvas interface, allow daily individual feedback during development phases. A model for hand-lettering using Roman alphabet capitals and minuscules will be demonstrated for use with contrasting bilingual texts and other hierarchies. This is a unique opportunity for lettering artists, book designers, illustrators and painters, product designers, and craftspeople or hobbyists to learn how to use runic alphabets confidently, while exploring positive and negative relationships, line quality, and color!

Calligraphy Design and Norse Runes (Art 53)
Ann Miller

January 29 - March 13, 2025

7:00 PM - 8:50 PM Pacific

Class Cost: $465

For more information or to register:
https://bit.ly/3B2zFgv
https://www.pennib.com/teaching

Questions? continuingstudies@stanford.edu

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REQUIRED SUPPLIES

• Drawing paper - 9 x 12” pad - Strathmore Drawing 400 Smooth (P100) or Canson Sketch (P108)

• Tracing paper - 9 x 12” pad; a small pad (P112)- Canson Pro Layout Marker (P32) is a bit less translucent, slightly heavier, doesn’t wrinkle, and has good reproduction quality for digital scans.

• Pencil – 2 pencils of your choice such as Faber Castell HB or 2H (PL38) (one pencil is included in the TombowLettering Set below)

• Charcoal – compressed stick charcoal by Cretacolor or General’s charcoal pencil (PL27, PL63) for tonal effects. (General’s offers white and black pencil, get one or both, or equivalent smudgeable media of your choice)

• Speedball monoline nibs – The full Speedball B series nib set (N16-S8) plus pen holders

• Pen holders - Speedball Plastic Pen Holders (H69) are the least expensive and are fine. Holders are also made in many styles and ergonomic forms for more comfort or ease of use.

• Markers - Tombow Lettering Set (M2035-BEG) is handy and contains the following items:

o 2 Tombow Dual Brush pens (1 Black and 1 Light Gray)

o 1 Fudenosuke calligraphy brush pen

o 1 MonoTwin permanent marker (has two points, medium and fine)

o 1 Mono drawing pencil

o 1 Mono eraser

o Instruction guide

• Non-waterproof black ink –Yasutomo Liquid Sumi Ink (I24-6) - 6 oz, water resistant (or similar)

• Specialty ruling pens or folded pens - Luthis folded pens (N155) or similar ruling pens such as Pratikpen (N215). Buy one or two. See the full page on all ruling pens here and we will discuss and demonstrate in first class. Several excellent ruling pens such as N22 or N211 are reasonably expensive but are well made, are amazing to use, and will last a lifetime.

• Color – Two or three favorite tubes of gouache for color work (tones of the primary colors red, yellow, and blue) such as Burnt Sienna or Carmine, Raw Sienna or Hansa Yellow and Ultramarine Blue or Indigo or similar warm/cool combination (Holbein or Winsor & Newton). Or choose either the Winsor & Newton primary color set (WNG-HC1) with 14ml tubes or the Holbein primary color set (5ml tubes) (HG800-5), both of which include white and black. You may also use any colored inks, watercolor pans or tubes you have on hand, or items such as Prismacolor (PL05) or Cretacolor or other colored pencils (PL28, PL32, PL33) or Pan Pastels, Conte Crayon (S953), and other drawing tools. Options and choices are extremely flexible and will be discussed during first zoom class demo.

• Watercolor Brush – basic student set such as W&N Sceptre Gold (BR26), or Princeton Neptune, or Princeton Heritage pointed round, or choose your own small and medium sizes. Different brands are sized differently, so look at the item closely. Or use what you have.

• Pebeo Drawing Gum – Pebeo Drawing Gum (S198) (or Pebeo MasquePen - High Precision Masking Fluid Marker) for resist techniques and layering under wash.

• Rubber Cement Pickup - Rubber Cement Pickup (S199) for removing drawing gum after it dries.

• Basic studio tools: water bowl (S1695), small ink containers (S856), palette for watercolors (S747, S1094), Q-tips, lint-free wipes (S1132), Xacto blade (S417), scissors (S1665), ruler (cork-backed is good) (S270), T-square (S753), old toothbrush for cleaning nibs.

RECOMMENDED/OPTIONAL now and for the future, to expand your media work.

• A better paper - Arches Watercolor 140# Hot Press (PS47) (harder surface, smooth) or Cold Press (PS48) (softer surface, textured) or other fine papers such as Rives BFK (PS107, PS91), Fabriano 5 and Saunders Waterford. Watercolor blocks are an alternative to buying loose sheets. (P67)

• White Ink - Higgins Super White Ink (I215)- 1 oz, waterproof, for writing on dark paper or over areas of color.

• Walnut Ink - Walnut ink (S449)- if you like to work with earth tones; lightfast, semi-permanent ink from crystals. Just mix with water, not expensive, and wonderful in color; useful for letters, washes, stains, tints.

• Waterproof Ink – Ziller acrylic based inks (I28), Soot Black (or North Wind White, plus other color choices) for broad or pointed dip pen and brush.

• Markers – Assorted water-based markers and permanent markers that you have on hand such as Tombow (M120), Zig (M06), Pigma Micron (M17), Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens (M43), Pentel Brush Pens (M147), Aquash or Pentel Waterbrush pens (FP93), and others. Avoid alcohol-based markers.

• Wash Brush – Student grade large “hake” or wash brush (BR64) for overlaying color in large areas, or an inexpensive 3-brush set. A synthetic large brush, 1” or 2” wide (or even a clean sea sponge) that you have on hand should work.

• Helix Drawing Board 20 x 26” or reasonable substitute (you may also work flat, but it can put a strain on the neck) Search: calligraphy boards

• Journal book for ongoing lettering entries and ideas.

• Lightbox - useful but not required for our course work. We will discuss scope of projects in class. (S939)

• PVA – Jade 403 (S340) will adhere paper to paper when you use collage techniques. Elmer’s will work.

• Tissue Paper – thin paper, wrapping tissue, or Japanese paper (washi) for collage techniques. (P2015)

NOTE: Broad edged pens are not necessary for writing runes nor for any assignment in this class, but if you like to work with them to add text in a contrasting language or style, Parallel Pens will do well, along with other nibs you may have such as Speedball C series and all sizes of Brause nibs. Broad edged pen techniques and pointed pen usage will be demonstrated. Automatic brand pens and Luthis Flat Pens offer a wide size range in broad or flat nibs.

• Pilot Parallel Pen (FP67) - 3.8mm. Portable screw top fountain pen style (also, the 6mm nib size is useful for designing in general. These well-made pens come in 6 sizes: 1.5, 2.4, 3.0, 3.8, 4.5, and 6mm. Note: you may want to buy a converter* if you want to use your own ink (such as Noodler’s, Pelikan Fount, or diluted sumi) in this pen. Pens can be bought as a set also.

• Pilot Parallel Pen Converter* (FP124): Pilot Con-40 to load your own ink into the pen, and you’ll need one for each pen. There are videos for loading ink directly into the barrel. We will discuss in class.

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