Workshop: Copperplate Variations with Rachel Yallop

Workshop: Copperplate Variations with Rachel Yallop

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This class is about looking at the essential components of the copperplate style and exploring a new way of looking at it. Many of the ‘rules’ are the same, but stroke terminals, joins, spacing, and letter shapes can all be altered to make a style which can be fine and elegant, or fun and quirky.

• Pen handling. The correct angle to the page and the correct position in the hand to achieve the perfect elegant line. Particularly for those who wish to use, as I do, the straight pen holder,
• Looking at three different variations in style and analyzing the characteristics and key elements of each one.
• Concentrating on the basic rules of thick and thin and where to put the weight
• Practicing the subtle variations in letter height and depth and experimenting with varying x-height
• Looking at letter spacing and how it can vary yet still achieve a balanced piece
• Experimenting with placing words together and how to make a successful design
• Students may concentrate on one style, or experiment with all of them