Inkspots Guild Meeting

Library Exhibit 2026: America 250

Introduction to Neuland

Thursday, January 15, 2025

6:30pm - 8:30pm

CWI:  Boise Campus  

1360 S. Eagle Flight Way, Boise, ID 83709

Room:  APIN 1302

*LIVE on ZOOM : Zoom link is located in Members Only Area, under "Virtual Meetings". Handouts will be uploaded in that section right before the class starts*

TOPIC:

Tonight is the night! It is our first meeting of 2026 and we will start by collecting any library exhibit pieces that members are able to bring. If you are still working on them, there is a little time left and we can arrange to pick them up from the artist outside the regular meeting time, but we hope to be able to display them for our own members at the meeting and have the artist give the piece an introduction.

After the presentations, we'll jump into an exploration of Neuland script. Mollie has done the research and will walk us through the 26 bold letters that Rudolf Koch created in 1923 by cutting them out of paper before turning them into type. Unlike many of the styles we use, Neuland was created with differences baked into the style and many great calligraphers have in turn made it their own as well.

We're going to focus on the basic forms, learn a little bit about letter proportions, and jump right into composition by employing it on our birthday cards for the year.

It should be a packed meeting, all levels welcome. Please join us next week for a jump into the new year!

*This class will be available via Zoom, starting at 7pm. Please register if you plan on attending remotely, and we will provide instructions for the zoom link*

SUPPLY LIST:

Broad Edge pen holder with nibs like the Speedball C2 that measure between 3-6 mm

Parallel pilot pens (Pink to Dark Blue) etc...

Ink of your choice (walnut, sumi, gouache, etc.)

Practice paper (Check that you can make hairline strokes on your paper without a lot of bleeding. ) Mollie will supply the birthday card paper which will be cardstock.

ADDITIONAL HELPFUL ITEMS:
Pencil
Water container
Cloth or paper towels
Ruler (if drawing your own guidelines)

Mollie will provide a set of guidelines for the cards, but bring whatever you need for your own practice.