Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
Round the world: the line
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
Joined June 2017
About the video: Round the world: the line
Overview
“In this lesson we will talk about the history and genealogy of the tyrant. ”
In this video lesson Silvia Cordero Vega addresses the topic: Round the world: the line, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen. Learn to master the calligraphy technique and to bring expression to your letters.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous lesson. I told them a bit. How it is introduced. The lineman in my life as a calligrapher. Now what I'm going to tell you. It's a little history. And the genealogy of the tiralíneas. As you enter the world Of the calligraphy specifically. The tiralíneas are or were rather. Tools for technical drawing. Contemporary calligraphers resignified them. In a tool suitable for gestural calligraphy. That's why she's so valued. And consider almost, as a cult tool. I tell you a little about how this was. There are two anecdotes. That I could rescue them a little. Of this magazine, (inau...”
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Course summary for: Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
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Calligraphy, Fine Arts

Silvia Cordero Vega
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega
Silvia Cordero Vega trained as a graphic designer and calligrapher in her hometown, Buenos Aires, and in Europe and the United States, learning from prominent international calligraphers.
For almost three decades she has been promoting the craft and is heavily involved in projects for the development of calligraphy in Argentina and Latin America, taking workshops and conferences at universities, foundations, and associations around the world. Her clients include Casa Foa–the largest interior design fair in Argentina–, Papelera Palermo, and various foreign agencies, although a good part of her work is focused on personal projects with a social or artistic aspect. She is the author of Alfabetos, flora y fauna and Viaje en tiralíneas, and for more than 20 years she has shared her calligraphy knowledge through teaching.
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