Sat & Sun, April 20-21, 2024; 1-4pm
$180 + $20 Materials fee (for 2 sessions)
Wabi-Sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of finding beauty in life’s imperfections. This is a great concept for letting go of the desire for perfectionism and freeing ourselves to explore the uncontrolled parts of life — even purposefully getting there with our art. A great example of this is experiencing the magic that happens when ink meets water, or gestural marks that are made without planning.
We will be working with Asian brushes and ink to make calligraphic lines that express both movement and stillness. Color will be added as accents. Beginning with getting centered and present in our bodies, we will be led step-by-step into this process of making several spontaneous-looking pages that will be cut and sewn into a 5" x 10" Japanese stab bound book. Final artistic touches will be added to make the book flow from page to page. No art or bookbinding experience is needed. Most of the materials will be supplied. View Additional Supplies List Here
About the Instructor: Sherrie Lovler has a BA in Studio Art and has been teaching calligraphy and related arts for several decades. She is well known in the western calligraphy world, having taught at several international calligraphy conferences, Ghost Ranch, Friends of Calligraphy in San Francisco, Society of Scribes in New York City, LaRomita School of Art in Italy, accredited classes at Northern Arizona University and has been a popular teacher at SebArts. She is the author, illustrator and designer of On Softer Ground: Paintings, Poems and Calligraphy, which won a gold medal for Most Outstanding Book Design from Independent Publishers Book Awards, 2016. Sherrie exhibits her work regularly, is an Art Trails artist and loves teaching both online and in person. www.artandpoetry.com