Uncial Calligraphy

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March 16th, 2016 6:30 PM

  • Instructor: Grendl Löfkvist
  • Workshop Type: Arts
  • Workshop Status: Closed
  • Workshop Start: March 16th, 2016 6:30 PM
  • Workshop End: March 16th, 2016 9:30 PM
  • Sessions: 1

In this short seminar, students will learn the basics of the Uncial script, which originated around the third century CE and continues to be used today by contemporary calligraphers worldwide. It can function either as a majuscule for a variety of other scripts, or as a stand-alone hand. A great script to add to your medieval repertoire! Fun and easy to learn.


Materials to Bring: None needed, although if students have calligraphy supplies by all means bring them

Workshop Fee: $70

Date & Time: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 | 6:30pm-9:30pm

Location: This workshop will take place at 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Note: Please read the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. If you are registering within 3 days of the start date for this class, please call 415-565-0545 ex.105 to complete your registration 


About the Instructor | Grendl Lofkvist

Grendl Löfkvist is an instructor in the Visual Media Design Department at City College of San Francisco, where she teaches the history of graphic design, book arts, calligraphy, and letterpress printing. She also offers a variety of courses here at the San Francisco Center for the Book, including Blackletter calligraphy, letterpress printing, and linoleum block printmaking. She is also a core instructor at Type@CooperWest, the West Coast iteration of New York's Cooper Union whose focus is on lettering and type design.
 
Grendl was a press operator for 13 years at Inkworks Press in Berkeley, a collectively owned, politically progressive offset printing company that just recently closed its doors. She does letterpress and printmaking work under the imprints of Red Star Media/Design and Cloven Hoof Press, and she is currently the President of the American Printing History Association's Northern California Chapter.

Her interests include the study of printing as a subversive “Black Art,” and she is always on the lookout for bizarre, unusual, or macabre print and type lore.

Past Student Reviews

"She was very smart, thorough, and easy to learn from. I would take 1,000 more classes with her!"

“Grendl is very experienced and knows how to answer all our questions. The class was fun and very informative”

“Grendl was so great! Best teacher I’ve had here. She was really helpful, relaxed, and experienced” 

“Grendl’s enthusiasm is infectious”

375 Rhode Island St
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States