Connie Soderborg

Saturday, April 19th – Humanistic Bookhand by Judy Sommerfeldt

Saturday, April 19th at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You will find further information on the website. Be sure to print the 6 handouts and bring them with you.

JUDY SOMMERFELDT will be teaching us how to letter the Bookhand alphabet. Judy is a longtime member of Utah Calligraphic Artists. She is a consummate teacher who is a letterer as well as a bookbinder, and has taught each. A past-president of UCA, Judy is also a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend!

Bookhand is sometimes referred to as Fountdational Hand, Roman, and Humanist Bookhand. It was used by scribes in the late 14th century. Jackie Svaren tells us in her book Written Letters that “it served as a model for the Humanist scribes, but by the middle of the 15th century printing had begun to replace the scribes. Humanist Bookhand was used as a model for type, so it is very familiar to us today.”

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SUPPLIES TO BRING:

• Ink
  • Higgins Eternal
  • Pelikan 4001
  • Sumi
  • or your favorite ink
• C-2 Speedball nib or eqivalent
• Grid Paper
• Ruler & Sharp Pencil
• Red pencil or pen
• Handouts
  • Bookhand letters –
• Masking Tape
• Paper towels
• Watercolors or other water soluble media
• Water container
• Size 8 or 10 round watercolor brush (or Pentel waterbrush pen–optional)
• Spray misting bottle
• Water soluble graphite pencil (opt)
• 5×7 inch watercolor paper, Arches Textwove, or other paper that accepts wet media