Whether you're a beginner in calligraphy or a seasoned pro, these beautiful supplies have everything you need for your new or most loved hobby, all presented in a special keepsake gift box.
This gift box is the perfect gift for yourself or for someone who would like to take up calligraphy, and has all the necessities to get you started!
The Kit includes:
A L'aise - Oblique Nib Holder
This oblique nib holder is an essential for any form of pointed calligraphy and this version takes almost all modern nibs.
A L'aise - Modern Calligraphy Trio of Mixed Nibs
These Modern Calligraphy Trio of Mixed Nibs are perfect for Beginners, Experienced and modern Calligraphers alike
- Zebra G nib; perfect for beginners as well as experienced calligraphers. This Japanese nib is great for copperplate style calligraphy. It's our personal favourite. It's super smooth to use and creates very fine hair lines and is nice and flexible to create the perfect thick stroke too.
- Blue Pumpkin; perfect for beginners as well as experienced calligraphers. This nib is a calligrapher's favourite and it's great for copperplate style calligraphy. It's super flexible and creates nice hair lines as well as bold thick strokes.
- The L'écolière nib is my new favourite nib for modern calligraphy. It is the perfect nib to use with any of our shimmery or coloured inks as it always gives you an ascending stroke with thicker inks which you can sometimes loose with thicker inks. Super flexible and gives you great thin and thick strokes.
A L'aise - Beginners Modern Calligraphy Practice Sheets
These practice sheets are essential guides for any budding calligrapher with beginners exercises, lowercase, uppercase and ampersand. These guide sheets help you build up your muscle memory, which is an essential way to learning and building up your calligraphy skills."
These sheets cover beginners exercise, lowercase alphabet, uppercase alphabet and an ampersand.
There are 3 sets of the sheets which is a total of 33 sheets of practice paper.
210mm x 297mm (A4)
A L'aise - Calligraphy Ink
Copper
This Copper Shimmer Calligraphy Ink is handmade in A L'aise's London studio using natural mica powder and natural binders to create a super opaque shimmery ink.
Iron Gal
This Iron Gall Calligraphy Ink is handmade in A L'aise's Dorset studio using natural ingredients to a medieval recipe with a modern twist. Iron Gall ink is the perfect black ink for modern calligraphy.
Optional Extras include:
Designed for complete beginners, Modern Calligraphy offers advice on the materials required and how to use them properly, how to approach the modern calligraphy letterforms, and explores ways to develop your own style.
You'll learn about inks and how to make your own, how to use a brush to create calligraphy, and what you can do with your skill - from envelope addressing and event stationery to beautiful dinner party menus and gift tags.