Courses and workshops
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Unless another venue is mentioned the workshops take place at Die Letterhuis’ Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
To book for any of the courses below, kindly e-mail heleen@letterhuis.co.za or sms 0833255757
I will then forward you the banking details A 50% deposit serves as registration
Pointed Brush Lettering
DV 18 & 19 October
The dancing brush-including writing on glass
Suitable for all people wishing to explore the creative process
'When you write, you must gather the free flowing of your heart'
-The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
This is not a workshop on learning a specific alphabet or style, but learning how to dance with a pointed brush to the
song of what or Whom your heart delights in and in the process design your own alphabet.
Course fee: R 1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
Accommodation & meals:
R1680 (student rate accommodation for three night stay on Saturday, Sunday and Monday & meals)
R1 900 for single accommodation( if available)
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times: Students are welcome to browse around the beautiful town of Prince Albert and arrive on the farm
anytime after 14:00 on Saturday and departing Tuesday am
Botanical workshop
DV 25 & 26 October 2020
Presenter: Willie Schlechter
Enjoy the peace and tranquility of the Karoo while exploring its unique landscape and flora through the art
of botanical drawing and painting. This 2 day workshop offers the participant the opportunity for plain air sketching,
where upon they are guided through various stages of drawing and watercolour painting in order to achieve a fairly
accurate depiction of a plant/fruit
Course fee
R1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
Accommodation & meals:
R1680 (student rate accommodation for three night stay on Saturday, Sunday and Monday & meals)
R1 900 for single accommodation( if available)
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times: Students are welcome to browse around the beautiful town of Prince Albert and arrive on the farm
anytime after 14:00 when you can settle in and enjoy the art routes on the farm
Student tariff per person sharing. Arriving Saturday and departing Tuesday am
R1 900 for single accommodation( if available)
Asemic semantics
'Tis what we feel but cannot express in words'
Making emotive marks and drawings and then re-interpreting them into letters. Writing patterns that carry meaning,
but are not necessarily legible. A workshop that will be enjoyed by creatives at all levels. Participants will have time to
explore the various art installations on the farm during the course.
R1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
R2500 (Course fee, student rate accommodation for two night stay on Friday and Saturday & meals)
Minimum amount of students 10
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times:
Arrive Friday in time for 14:00 class Depart anytime Sunday after class which ends at 12:00
(You are most welcome to arrive Thursday and self cater at student rates of R300 pppns. The same applies
should you wish to stay Sunday )
A New Song: 'Writing' music
A fun, non-threatening workshop in which the right brain will be allowed to play while we write' music letters'
from the heart
Cost R700
A journal of meaningful visual recordings
Creating visual recordings of experiences in an innovatively bound book. The focus will also be on design
and composition. Students will make an asemic visual journal with meaning: using writing-like elements that are
not necessarily legible but carry meaning. This will be a journey of experiences recorded visually
Leesette Turner & Heleen
R1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
R2500 (Course fee, student rate accommodation for two night stay on Friday and Saturday & meals)
Minimum amount of students 10
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times:
09:00-16:00
(You are most welcome to arrive Thursday and self cater at student rates of R300 pppns. The same applies
should you wish to stay Sunday )
Creative retreat
Focus: 'Listen to the Wind Words'
Sometimes life happens so fast that we struggle hearing God...
In this 2 day creative retreat we will become still, take photos of the beauty God has blessed us with,
translate them into graphic images, introduce colour, learn to translate the invisible into visible images,
‘listen’ with our eyes, and record our responses to Holy Spirit's revelations This workshop is not only for artists-it is
for anyone who would love to draw nearer to God. It will be a time of enjoying God’s rest in a non-threatening,
creative way- to visually respond to His character as reflected in the various art installations
R1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
R2500 (Course fee, student rate accommodation for two night stay on Friday and Saturday & meals)
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times:
Arrive Friday in time for 14:00 class Depart anytime Sunday after class which ends at 12:00
(You are most welcome to arrive Thursday and self cater at student rates of R300 pppns. The same applies
should you wish to stay Sunday )
Italic calligraphy
Italic is an elegant script: a beautiful and expressive script-capable of conveying vulnerable romanticism, intense
controlled emotion and everything in between! In this three day course participants will be introduced to the script
and its variations
Times: Saturday 14:00-17:00
Sunday & Monday 09:30-16:30
Tuesday 09:00-12:00
R1950 (Course, teas and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
R3100 (Course fee, student rate accommodation for three night stay Saturday, Sunday, Monday & meals)
(You are most welcome to arrive Friday and self cater at student rates of R300 pppns. The same applies
should you wish to stay Tuesday )
Visitors are invited to please come at either 10:00 or 14:00 in order to have time for all we have to offer on the farm
Should you however have to leave earlier, you will be most welcome. Our pop up coffee shop with treats and soup
with home made bread will once again be open
Calligraphy workshop in Cape Town
Asemic workshop
Leesette Turner & Heleen
R1400 (Course and lunch fee for students not staying on the farm)
R2500 (Course fee, student rate accommodation for two night stay on Friday and Saturday & meals)
Min students 10
Venue: Letterhuis Studio, Aswater farm, Prince Albert
Times:
Arrive Friday in time for 14:00 class Depart anytime Sunday after class which ends at 12:00
(You are most welcome to arrive Thursday and self cater at student rates of R300 pppns. The same applies
should you wish to stay Sunday )
Resident Calligrapher and Letter Artist
Heleen de Haas
Heleen is a South African calligrapher , letter- and conceptual artist and teacher
Her work has been published internationally and has been exhibited both internationally and nationally.
Apart from being passionate about teaching (traditional, contemporary and experimental styles of calligraphy), lettering design and collaborating with other artists, she loves taking calligraphy off book pages and out of frames into everyday life
Her special field of interest is making the invisible visible: using lines to convey meaning, creating work with soul and presenting retreat-like workshops to awaken creativity
Visitors to the area are most welcome to come and stay in the various self catering or camping accommodation options or visit the studio, view the original calligraphic art by international calligraphers, have a look at Die Letterhuis (which is an installation in its own right), do the prayer walk and the Word labyrinth, walk the hand carved stone route or view the land art installations along the river in the Poplar wood. On the farm is also the tiniest of tiny galleries with ceramic and calligraphic work on display as well as a uniquely designed Word Labyrinth
Follow Heleen on instagram : heleen_de_haas
Below: Freestyle embroidery by Elske Maxwell
