The Fairfield Art Association announces an “Introductory to Uppercase Copperplate Calligraphy” class with Cheryl Dyer, a professional calligrapher who hails from Fairfield and currently has a lettering studio in Omaha, NE.
The class will be held on Saturday, April 2 from 9 AM – 12:30 PM at the FAA Studio at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center.
No calligraphy experience (or good handwriting!) needed, advanced or intermediate students will also benefit from guidance by an experienced instructor.
Students will be given a brief history of Copperplate Script, an overview of tools and materials and instruction on how to use them. After learning some basic strokes using a traditional steel nib and oblique pen holder, students will delve into learning uppercase case Copperplate letters. The class will end with guidance on completing a single letter monogram to be used on a personalized return address stamp. Student’s completed letters will be sent home with the instructor to be scanned into Photoshop and sent to an Omaha-based rubber stamp maker. Students will receive a personalized return address stamp in the mail within 3 weeks of class completion!Dyer attended Iowa State University where she began her training in calligraphy in the College of Design. She started her business, Cheryl Dyer Calligraphy & Hand Lettering, in 2001 and works on many interesting projects, including commercial lettering, wedding and special event calligraphy and artistic commissions.
