Weaving Words with Marina Soria

Start
26 Apr 2022
7:00 PM (UTC-05:00)
End
27 Apr 2022
9:30 PM (UTC-05:00)
Location
Zoom

Marina Soria sa

“Weaving words”

Blending calligraphy with the textile arts

Two ONLINE evening sessions

26 • 27 April | 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

$35

For more information: Katy Burge katy.burge@comcast.net

Inspired in the words of the famous Argentine historian, Ruth Corcuera, I created this course. “Thousands of years ago, when only the voice recorded small and big events of every day life, women would cover their newborn child in a wrap. In this we see a space created between the mother´s womb and the world outside. We believe textiles were born from such gestures, within the realm of feelings and from a women´s view: to protect, to give warmth and to sustain life. In time, textile art will be the means to tell us through colors and designs that the world can be read through symbols, as in a written text. In the great American cultures these symbols were a kind of lingua franca and textiles a major art with many roles, among them to express that where words did not suffice.“

This didn’t happen only in great American cultures but all around the world in all civilizations

Inspired in traditional textiles we will try to rescue their weaving technique, designs, graphics, motifs and color palettes. We will search for the color scheme, predominant & complimentary colors and accents. Study their designs, the character of line and drawings, the texture and pattern in order to mingle and blend calligraphy with the textile arts. With this knowledge we will design alphabets that will resemble our textiles. It’s my intention to share with you my own experimentations and findings and hope you will find new solutions to your calligraphic compositions from this new perspective. We will add stitches and even make books with the use of the sewing machine.

So let´s start weaving!

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Marina's Bio

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961.
Degrees in Fine Arts (5 years studies) and Graphic Design (3 years studies). She began lecturing on Graphic Design and Editorial Design in the University of Buenos Aires, and latter on as an Associate Professor in Typography, 1998.

Marina attended International Calligraphy Conferences in USA & Europe, taking courses with well known calligraphers. In 2003 she was awarded with the ACA‘s scholarship. She has received national & international awards and exhibited her pictorial and calligraphic works in Argentina, Uruguay, USA, Spain, Japan, Germany, Russia and Norway.

Her works are part of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow, the Hans Joachim Burgert´s Collection in Berlin, the Klingspor Museum & the Hoefer Archive in Offenbach, the Arezzo Public Library, the Latin American Collection for the Yale University, the Savannah College of Arts, the Baylor University and the Otis Colleges of Arts, as well as the Harrison Collection at the San Francisco Public Library in amongst other private collections.

Marina has published articles in specialized magazines and her art works may be seen in: The Edge 26:1 Feb 2021 from UK & Letter Arts Review´s Annuals. In 2012, her work was extensively featured in LAR: 26:3 as well as Bound & Lettered 7:2, Novum 09:11 (Germany) & Letter Palet, Dec 2016:120 (Holland) Typo (Mexico) & several Argentine magazines and guild magazines around the world.

She works as an experimental calligrapher, book artist and continues to teach online courses since 2020. She travels the world sharing her ideas as a result of blending the calligraphic arts with other influences. This trips have taken her to Italy, Germany, USA, Australia, México, Puerto Rico, Canada, Norway, Finland and Belgium.

Since April 2021 she is part of the mentoring/mentee project of The Art of Letters, Singapore.

Her main interest is the experimental aspect of calligraphy. Her goal is to mingle and blend diverse disciplines: art, textile art, graphic design, sumi-e and calligraphy to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. Her strength lies on her creativity.