IAMPETH 2023 - Scranton, PA

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About The Weinberg Library at the University of Scranton Imagine having an entire day to spend exploring the treasures of the Horace Healey Collection, the Zaner-Bloser Collection, the P. W. Costello Collection, and the other collections housed in the...

Engrossing – All Skill Level Engrossing is the art of rendering a body of text in a decorative manner for the purpose of recognizing a noteworthy individual, significant event, or a statement of policy. The completed artwork is typically in the...

Foundational Hand: How to Write It, How to Use It – All Skill LevelsDisclaimer: This class is easier to understand if the student has had some exposure to the broad-edged nib andhow it generally operates. If you have not any experience, whatsoever,...

Layout and Design for the Lettering artist – ALL SKILL LEVELS The lettering artist is inescapably connected to the design world; it is incumbent upon us to place our beautifully-formed letters on a page in an appealing and effective manner. Where...

Lupfer’s Old English Variation – All Skill Levels Stephen Ziller spent 2 years at the Zanerian College learning from E. A. Lupfer all of the lettering skills necessary to get a job as an engrosser. He saved some of his practice and final...

Gilded Hummingbird - ALL SKILL LEVELS The purpose of this class is to help participants become familiar with gilding. Having the confidence and understanding the simplicity of gilding will make it easier to integrate gold into any piece you may want to...

ENGROSSER’S SCRIPT – ALL SKILL LEVELS This class is for both beginners and students who wish to refresh themselves with the basics. Known as both Roundhand and/or Engrossing Script, this will be a class to provide the basics and true...

Carolingian - All Skill Levels From a book commissioned by the King of the Franks and his wife in 781, written by a Frankish scribe, popularized by an English monk in a French monastery, Carolingian, the script of Charlemagne, is the foundation for all...

Cursive Handwriting – ALL LEVELS Marie will guide you through the alphabet of upper and lower-case letters helping you to learn a classic cursive handwriting style based on the handwriting systems of the late 1800’s. These systems have their...

Romanticaps - Intermediate to Advanced “Romans” are everywhere these days, from toddler’s first attempts on letters to highly skilled masters’ artwork. So why another class on these classics, why ROMANtiCAPS? All the many years I...

Luminous Letter - All Levels Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts are filled with vibrant and fanciful initials. Taking cues from these historic manuscripts as well as the opulence of the Victorian era we will create our own beautiful designs...

Line Dances: Flourished Borders – All Levels A lively dance with the pointed pen! Offhand flourishing is a peaceful and meditative skill that is done with ink directly on your art paper. The flourishes are spontaneous and organic, and the results...

Costello Style Lettering – All Levels In this class we will go through the steps of making a Costello style piece! Patrick W. Costello was easily one of thegreatest engrossers that has ever lived. His work was phenomenal and stood above the crowd...

Basic Copperplate - All Levels The goal of this class is to introduce basic forms of Copperplate lettering to new or beginning lettering students. Copperplate is written with a pointed pen nib and often an oblique pen holder. This class may also be of...

Advanced Spencerian - Intermediate The classic Spencerian form is quite beautiful, but by adding well-formed and executed flourished capitals, the possibilities are endless! In this workshop, we will study a variety of beautifully decorated capitals,...

Spencerian Script, or Ornamental Penmanship, is the beautiful, flourished style of writing that was developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Platt Rogers Spencer. Over a century later, it is still admired for its delicate and exquisitely...