Visual Calligraphy; Hold it, Feel it, Write it!

Learn the beautiful art of calligraphy with guest instructor Tina Rouhandeh! In this workshop, you will learn how to use a hand cut reed-pen and ink to create flowing, lyrical letterforms. You will practice traditional techniques that will improve your hand lettering and brushwork skills. For this class, the reed-pen and the paper surface will be prepared in advance for you, but you’ll also learn how to coat the paper and cut the reed-pen so that you can practice later at home (the material are included in the tickets you have purchased and can be taken home with you).

Also, no experience or knowledge of the Persian language or script is necessary either

See more works by Tina Rouhandeh HERE

Facilitator’s Biography

Tina Rouhendeh is one of the most well-renowned calligraphy artists from Iran. She is a graduate of the Iranian Calligraphers Association in Iran and is now teaching calligraphy at Ryerson University. Since arriving in Canada in 2007, she has been running workshops, exhibitions, and classes in teaching calligraphy as well as conducting exhibitions in Toronto and Chicago. Her migration to Canada inspired her to reflect more on modern-day manifestations. Her most recent series, “Scribe and Stitches”, is the outcome of her three years of experiment with fabric. As a calligrapher, it is very important to Tina to increase an objective engagement with her audience and invite her audience to get connected with her personal world and observations through her recent artworks. The art of calligraphy and hand stitches provide a common ground for communication and carry common intense visual and haptic resonance. As a calligrapher with 15 years of experience, she is choosing hand stitches and fabric as a contemporary art medium and an international language to express her original ideas in a lively and personal way. Tina is currently residing in Windsor, Ontario, studying Visual Art and English Literature programs at the University of Windsor. She is an active volunteer and member of the Arts Council-Windsor and Region.