New Zoom program for February 8, 2021
We are meeting this month on the second Monday, rather than the first. During this Covid time, we will try our best to make offerings the first monday as much as possible, but availability of speakers can be a factor.
The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the MCG meeting
The Zoom classroom will be open at 6:00 pm for those who want to make certain their connection works and to socialize.
I am excited to introduce our presenter, Lindsey Hook to you. I sincerely hope you will be able to join us. - Dixie
Lindsey Hook is an independent calligrapher, artist, and penmaker; born and raised in Seattle, currently living in Chicago. She studied fine arts at Cornish College of the Arts, received her undergraduate degree in art from Western Washington University, and earned a master’s degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Calligraphy is a family tradition that began four generations earlier with her great grandfather, J.F. (Frank) Hook, who studied under H.P. Behrensmeyer, and taught Business and Ornamental Penmanship at Temple University in the early 1900’s.
Lindsey was introduced to the basics of Italic and Uncial as a child, and expanded to pointed pen in her late teens. Calligraphy and text have frequently woven their way in and out of her work over the years since, adding texture, structure and content to many of her paintings, drawings and handmade books.
Professionally, Lindsey specializes in pointed pen scripts, offering a diverse range of historical scripts (as well as contemporary styles and font matching), for a wide variety of client projects. In addition to calligraphic services, she makes hand carved, oblique nib holders. Each is one-of-a-kind, and most are custom fit for the calligraphers they're made for.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR PROGRAM
Pointed pen calligraphy has seen an explosion in popularity over the last 10-15 years. Despite this groundswell of interest, it’s often difficult to find compiled classifications of different scripts. Detailed historical information on pointed pen scripts, and how the evolution of writing tools and technologies is intertwined with their development is also often hard to come by. This presentation will provide an overview of the most commonly seen pointed pen scripts, starting in the mid 1500s, and running up through today. We’ll look at the key identifying characteristics, historical resources, and intended uses for scripts like Italian hand, English roundhand, copperplate, Spencerian, Engrosser’s, and modern style, as well as examine the tools used to write them. If you’ve ever wondered how to tell the difference between copperplate and Spencerian, what the benefits are of a straight-shaft nib holder vs. an oblique, or what people are talking about when they gush over heavy shades and fine hairlines, join us Monday evening and bring all your questions.
Lindsey Hook Calligraphy & Pen Arts
5453 W. Cullom Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60641
773-816-1609
lindsey-hook.com
