Nina Tran - Copperplate Flourishing Unraveled - Mar 29 & 30, 2025

This is a HYBRID workshop sponsored by the Washington Calligraphers Guild. It is limited to 15 in-person students at the Vienna Arts Society in Vienna, VA, and 25 online via Zoom. Graceful and decorative flourishes are a sure way to add interest and energy to any letter, but their formation can be enigmatic, elusive, and even intimidating. Join LA-based Nina Tran for a 2-day unraveling and reassembling of Copperplate flourishes. We will deep-dive into the core of Copperplate flourishes and learn what they are, how they are made, how to practice them, what standard rules to follow and when to break them. We will learn tried-and-true flourishes as well as how to formulate our own, and how to study and analyze flourishes from George Bickham's The Universal Penman and other resources. As a hybrid workshop, students will be able to participate in person and online over Zoom. A cap on the number of registrants will ensure a more intimate classroom environment. Nina will circulate around the classroom to review the work of the in-person students, and via the Padlet platform Nina will review work posted by online students for a limited time. A Zoom link to the workshop's recording will be sent to all registrants a few days after the workshop and will expire on May 31. Both in-person and online students will have the opportunity to participate in an online Q & A review session with Nina scheduled for three weeks after the class. The Q & A Review Session is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 10-11AM (EDT). Nina will review common issues that she sees in the work students have submitted as well as answer questions. Students must register for the review session.

Copperplate Flourishing Unraveled
Nina Tran, Hosted By Washington Calligraphers Guild

3/29/25-3/30/25

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern

Registration Contact Email: caroline.knickerbocker@gmail.com