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Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

  • Farnham Mmaltings Bridge Square, Farnham GU9 7QR Surrey (map)

Brief description of Workshop

This workshop will cover techniques on how to use the 'Fude' (brush) with 'Sumi' (ink) on 'Washi' (paper) to make the strokes and marks that are used to write 'Kana and Kanji' (Japanese characters).

You will learn how to build up these marks to create a finished piece of work.  

In Japan 'Shodo' is regarded as one the core traditional  Japanese crafts, developed over the last 16 centuries, it is used as a meditative tool to achieve a calm mind.

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