I am a teacher by trade and enjoy teaching in my hobbies as well. These are some of the classes that I have taught and I am willing to teach again. I love to travel, by the way. Invite me to teach at your event!
Rock Stars of Italian Renaissance Illumination: Into the Blue--Not all that glitters is gold. Nothing in Italian culture is accidental and even less so in Italian manuscript. Color choice evolved over the course of 1000 years based on the availability of the color blue. Learn about Italy's illumination rock stars with an overview of the Italian manuscript tradition with emphasis on color, form, style, and influential artists of the period.
Taught December 2012; November 2014.
Italian Made Hebrew Manuscripts of the Italian Renaissance--A rich tradition of decorating Hebrew manuscripts flourished in Italy during the Renaissance peaking during the 15th and 16th centuries. We will explore codices commissioned by Jews which were illuminated in Christian workshops.
Taught Trident Symposium, November 2014.
Palantino Calligraphy--This is an introduction to a specific hand names after 16th century Italian master of calligraphy, Giovanni Battista Palatino. Letters are formed by a broad nib pen with faces that tend to be small with long ascenders and descenders made of lighter strokes. Characteristics of the hand will be discussed with demonstration. Bring your calligraphy pen or marker to practice this graceful hand. Come try your hand (literally) at drawing calligraphy from the sample book of Giovanni Battista Palatino (1515-1575). Find the sample book at The Getty Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/librodimgiovamba00pala.
Taught November 2013; September 2014.
Heraldic Barding and Drapery for Scribes--Description Pending
Taught December 2012.
Portrait Miniatures--Lecture comparing the English and Italian portrait miniature and their creation. Class members are given the opportunity to create a portrait miniature in both styles.
Taught June 2012.
Gift of Flourish, Cadeau or Cadels--Cadel or Cadeau, a form of embellished letters were first created by Jean Flamel, secretary to Duc de Berry at the turn of the 15th century. Cadeau were applied most often to writs, patents, and other documents of legal and lasting value. When ornamented with cadeau, the document was then considered the original form. All copies would not have the celebrated ornamentation. In translation, the term “cadeau” means the gift. Subsequent scribes increased the complexity and variety of the cadeau form from Flamel’s original creation and this form, particularly in France, is now simply called the Gift.
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Taught October 2011; November 2011; March 2012; November 2013.
Italian Whitevine
Part 1 : Overview For an excellent background on Italian Whitevine work, please see Creador Twyne Dragon's article, "A Look at Italian White Vine" published in the newsletter of the Shire of Kings Crossing in July 2010. kingscrossing.aethelmearc.org/newsletter/JULYcompassrose.doc
Part 1 : Overview For an excellent background on Italian Whitevine work, please see Creador Twyne Dragon's article, "A Look at Italian White Vine" published in the newsletter of the Shire of Kings Crossing in July 2010. kingscrossing.aethelmearc.org/newsletter/JULYcompassrose.doc
Taught June 2009; October 2011; November 2013; June 2014; September 2014.