Carolingian Minuscule: A Little History
In 800 Charlemagne became Emperor of the West. One of his concerns was the educational and religious advancement of his subjects. With the help of one of his teachers, an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk named Alcuin, they went about developing and establishing a script that would be simple to write and read. Now to be clear [...]
Next Class
After watching my students on the second class day one thing I had forgotten about with calligraphy was the learning curve. On the first day, we just figured out the pen angle and ink flow. Next we practiced some lines and circles then we started our first script which was Carolingian Minuscule. This script was [...]
New Job
I have started a new part time job at the local arts center teaching calligraphy. So far I have only had one class and it seems to be going well. I must admit I thought it would be a little more difficult to teach the class. Taking into consideration it has been close to two [...]
Winter is Done
It was a long winter. Ann was absorbed in home renovations — something I’ll let her share with you — and I was lazy.
Now that we’re older, wiser, and waking up from a rough winter it’s time to get some things done. There’s a lot of exciting things in the future, but [...]
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