2025 – Schedule

Peannairí, the Association of Irish Calligraphers, has been offering classes in calligraphy and associated skills for over 30 years.
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Classes —– Workshops

Calligraphy Classes

Uncial Hand (class is now full)

A series of 8 classes will be held on Tuesday evenings.
(NOTE: There will be no classes on February 11th or March 11th).

Tutor: Noeleen Frain
Start: January 21st, 2025
Finish: March 25th, 2025
Time: From 7pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Holy Cross Church Parish Centre, Main Street, Dundrum, D14 K820, close to Dundrum Shopping Centre.

There is parking beside the Church Parish Centre and also in the nearby Shopping Centre. There are good transport links, as Dundrum is on the Green Luas line and is served by several bus routes.

Brief outline and materials

This Spring we are going to focus on the Uncial Hand. These classes are suitable for both beginners, improvers and more advanced students.
We will begin with a detailed study of each group of letters in the Uncial alphabet using two pencils, before moving to pen and ink.

Tools and materials:

3.8mm Pilot Parallel Pen, straight pen holder and nibs, inks.
Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache Primary Colour set.
A3 Marker Pad.
A metal ruler and 2 HB Pencils.
Other watercolour paints, brushes and Fintec gold etc will be demonstrated over the term.

If you have already attended classes, you may already have most of the above.

If you are a beginner, straight pen holders as well as Brause nibs will be available for sale at the classes. Other tools and materials can be obtained from various sources including Evans Art Supplies (Dublin), Cork Art Supplies and Amazon.

Calligraphy Workshops

Experimental Capitals (class is now full)

Format: Two-day workshop, 10am to 4pm
Tutor: Kevin Honan
Dates: Saturday, 25th January and Saturday, 8th February
Venue: Holy Cross Church Parish Centre, Main Street, Dundrum, D14 K820, close to Dundrum Shopping Centre.
There is parking beside the Church Parish Centre and also in the nearby Shopping Centre. There are good transport links, as Dundrum is on the Green Luas line and is served by several bus routes.

In this workshop we will explore capital variations with a variety of tools, looking mainly at two styles, one loosely based on Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s script and the other based on Hermann Kilian capitals.
Participants will gather their work together in a folder for future reference, or, if time permits, in a Japanese stab bound booklet.

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Tools and materials

A good quality A4 pad, ruler and eraser
Pointed nibs and monoline nibs (I have a large supply of different pointed nibs and monoline nibs if you haven’t got any)
Glass pens and ruling pens can also be used if you want to try them
Black ink, some tubes of gouache colours
Small brushes, water container, palette or plate for mixing colours