CALLIGRAPHY -- ILLUMINATION -- HERALDIC DESIGN The First School of European Calligraphy in Japan since 1997

MURIEL GAGGINI- School President

	1988	Award of the Foreign Minister of Japan
	1991	International Book of Honor Award
	1992	20th Anniversary Award of the International Calligraphers Association
	1993	Dedication to the Teaching of Calligraphy Award
	1998	Commemoration Award of the International Calligraphers Association
	1999	The publication of "How to Master the Chancery Hand" was honored at apresentation party and exhibit sponsored by UNESCO, in Paris.
	2001	Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution by the Friends of Calligraphy　 San Francisco proclamation by the City and County of San Francisco: November 3, 2001 as Muriel Gaggini Day
	2002	Certificate of recognition from the International Calligraphers Association
	2004	Certificate of recognition from the International Calligraphers Association

 MURIEL GAGGINI（Swiss）graduated in 1983 from the professional course of Western Calligraphy at the New School for Social Research in New York. She taught traditional calligraphy in Japan for ten years at the YMCA College of English, and was a pioneer in introducing this art to the Japanese people. To complement the research she had done in the libraries of Europe and the USA, she became a reader at the Department of Manuscripts of the National Library in France and the Mazarine Library in Paris from 1995 to 1997. Various educational institutions in Japan, Europe , Pakistan and in the USA have invited her to conduct workshops on the art of calligraphy and lecture on the history of writing. Her work has been used in publications and exhibited in Japan, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the USA. She founded the MG School of Latin Calligraphy in Tokyo in 1997 and opened the Kyoto branch in 2002.

 

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"How to Master the Chancery Hand"  The publication of this manual and its exercise books was celebrated by UNESCO in Paris in December of 1999. Published in three languages. Sold with a set of 4 exercise books. An optional correspondence course is also available.

　

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Calligraphy and heraldry posters 1. Alphabet samples : the development of the Latin alphabet from Antiquity to Present 2. A heraldic map of Switzerland  3. The origin of tea bags

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	VIDEO A video for those who wis h to know more about European calligraphy Language: Japanese - Duration: 50 mn (VHS) - Price: \4,095(tax in)
CONTENTS: The history of calligraphy A trip spanning five thousand years of history. The development of the alphabet, the art of writing in Europe and calligraphy today.  Enjoy calligraphy Enter a world of endless beauty and bring additional pleasure and grace to your life events through the noble art of writing.  How to write Demonstration of all the tools needed to start calligraphy. Four styles of writing are introduced. Basics rules and pen movements are shown and a chart for each style is included with the video.

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