Italic Capitals: Bold, Funky And Full of Flair with Leesette Turner(18 October ’25)
Ready to learn Italic capitals and take your Italic to the next level? Join Leesette for a 3-hour playful workshop where we explore the beauty and energy of Italic capitals. Learn how to combine with lowercase, shape, stretch, and style your caps and then turn them into unique card designs you’ll take home.
Come for the capitals, leave with creations that are bold, funky, and uniquely yours.
Get inky! It’s inkTober …
No need for perfection, just ink, imagination, and a love for letters. No previous calligraphy necessary but a good follow on if you attended my beginner calligraphy workshops!
Date: Saturday, October 18th 2025
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 (3 hours)
Place: The Deckle Edge @ 13 Brickfield Road, Salt River
Workshop space is limited so booking is essential
Materials Supplied by Leesette:
● Notes
● Gouache
● Small loading brushes
● Fun stuff to try in the workshop!
Materials Supplied by The Deckle Edge:
- Speedball Dip pens to try
- Daniel Smith Black Walnut Ink
- 3 card off cuts suitable for calligraphy to make a few cards at the end of the class
- All attendees will get 10% shopping coupon to shop in store on the day, tea or coffee and a biscuit
- 12 x 12ml sample pots of black Speedball calligraphy ink for each attendee as a special gift.
- Get a FREE Speedball Calligraphy Textbook worth R500 when you spend R500 or more on any Speedball or Prime Art products as an attendee, you’ll walk away with this essential guide to calligraphy absolutely free.
Materials attendees need to bring or purchase on the day:
● Pencil
● Ruler
● A3 layout pad
● Calligraphy koki 2 mm
● Your calligraphy equipment (bring everything if you have, including fountain pens)
● Black fineliner
● Watercolours (if you have)
● Black ink
Recommended age: All welcome from 12 years and up.
What you will learn:
● Structure of the italic capitals and creative variations
● Combining italic lower case with capitals
● Ideas and designs for some fun cards using your capitals
About the facilitatior:
Leesette is a calligraphy coach who lives in Cape Town, has exhibited locally and internationally, and her work appears in several international collections. She is endlessly fascinated by all things script — Asian, Arabic, African, Asemic, Roman —how letters become visual images and our relationship with text. Leesette’s philosophy is to have fun using letters as a form of abstract self-expression where we pursue expression and not necessarily the perfection. Neugebauer’s statement embodies her sentiments: “The scribe is subject to a rhythm that comes from his pulse, from the movement of his blood. A special kind of cardiogram, flowing and ebbing, a translation of invisible mental states into the visible.” She feels we should all be benefiting from the advantages of daily calligraphic creations.
The Speedball Calligraphy Textbook – 24th Edition
A must-have for anyone who loves lettering. Packed with step-by-step guides, expert tips, and inspiring illustrations, this edition makes it easy to master both classic scripts and modern styles.
✔ Clear instructions to grow your skills
✔ Professional advice to perfect your strokes
✔ Inspiring styles to spark creativity
Whether you’re a beginner or refining your craft, this book turns writing into art.
*If you need to cancel your workshop booking, please let us know by 11 a.m the weekday before the workshop. To help us support the facilitator, late cancellations will not be refunded. A credit for future events could be granted at our discretion.
R550.00
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Product Description
Ready to learn Italic capitals and take your Italic to the next level? Join Leesette for a 3-hour playful workshop where we explore the beauty and energy of Italic capitals. Learn how to combine with lowercase, shape, stretch, and style your caps and then turn them into unique card designs you’ll take home.
Come for the capitals, leave with creations that are bold, funky, and uniquely yours.
Get inky! It’s inkTober …
No need for perfection, just ink, imagination, and a love for letters. No previous calligraphy necessary but a good follow on if you attended my beginner calligraphy workshops!
Date: Saturday, October 18th 2025
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 (3 hours)
Place: The Deckle Edge @ 13 Brickfield Road, Salt River
Workshop space is limited so booking is essential
Materials Supplied by Leesette:
● Notes
● Gouache
● Small loading brushes
● Fun stuff to try in the workshop!
Materials Supplied by The Deckle Edge:
- Speedball Dip pens to try
- Daniel Smith Black Walnut Ink
- 3 card off cuts suitable for calligraphy to make a few cards at the end of the class
- All attendees will get 10% shopping coupon to shop in store on the day, tea or coffee and a biscuit
- 12 x 12ml sample pots of black Speedball calligraphy ink for each attendee as a special gift.
- Get a FREE Speedball Calligraphy Textbook worth R500 when you spend R500 or more on any Speedball or Prime Art products as an attendee, you’ll walk away with this essential guide to calligraphy absolutely free.
Materials attendees need to bring or purchase on the day:
● Pencil
● Ruler
● A3 layout pad
● Calligraphy koki 2 mm
● Your calligraphy equipment (bring everything if you have, including fountain pens)
● Black fineliner
● Watercolours (if you have)
● Black ink
Recommended age: All welcome from 12 years and up.
What you will learn:
● Structure of the italic capitals and creative variations
● Combining italic lower case with capitals
● Ideas and designs for some fun cards using your capitals
About the facilitatior:
Leesette is a calligraphy coach who lives in Cape Town, has exhibited locally and internationally, and her work appears in several international collections. She is endlessly fascinated by all things script — Asian, Arabic, African, Asemic, Roman —how letters become visual images and our relationship with text. Leesette’s philosophy is to have fun using letters as a form of abstract self-expression where we pursue expression and not necessarily the perfection. Neugebauer’s statement embodies her sentiments: “The scribe is subject to a rhythm that comes from his pulse, from the movement of his blood. A special kind of cardiogram, flowing and ebbing, a translation of invisible mental states into the visible.” She feels we should all be benefiting from the advantages of daily calligraphic creations.
The Speedball Calligraphy Textbook – 24th Edition
A must-have for anyone who loves lettering. Packed with step-by-step guides, expert tips, and inspiring illustrations, this edition makes it easy to master both classic scripts and modern styles.
✔ Clear instructions to grow your skills
✔ Professional advice to perfect your strokes
✔ Inspiring styles to spark creativity
Whether you’re a beginner or refining your craft, this book turns writing into art.
*If you need to cancel your workshop booking, please let us know by 11 a.m the weekday before the workshop. To help us support the facilitator, late cancellations will not be refunded. A credit for future events could be granted at our discretion.
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