Just back from Singapore - and have just begun posting the Singapore diary, so this one may fudge the chronology - anyhow...I have just had an enjoyable afternoon with Oxford Scribes and one of my favourite Maestros - Adolf Bernd.
Participants - please forgive me, but I should have put your names next to your beautiful little capital letters as I photographed them and I didn't have my act together. However, I think you'll agree that this is a lovely montage of your work. (I also hope you are all represented)
We began with analysing Adolf Bernd's work and colour mixing - and everyone produced the most exquisite colour combinations. Bernd uses a lot of degraded colours and often works with complementaries and sometimes it was a challenge to mix a specific colour. Of course, in a one day workshop it's not possible to attempt a complex capital letter, so we concentrated on small artworks. The first project was to do monoline letters using Art Deco lettering as inspiration.
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| Cynthia Harper's swatches and H design |
As you can see from the montage many people began using the brief as a springboard for their own original concepts - and that is exactly what this workshop is about - starting by looking at a master's work, extracting the essence, experimenting and then using the experiments as inspiration for their own ideas.
I was delighted with the outcome!
Oh, how I would love to have been at the workshop. Well done to all the participants, the work looks lovely. Sue in South Africa
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