Leesette Turner
Author works
Biography
I have been passionate about calligraphy since a young child. I started actively doing calligraphy in 1997. I teach both privately and for the Cape Friends of Calligraphy and have been doing so since 2010.
Certificate courses
- Heleen de Haas onwards, certificate course : Contemporary and Traditional calligraphy, 1997
Calligraphy Courses with Overseas Teachers
- Brody Neuenschwander, Belgium, 1997
- Ewan Clayton, UK Calligraphy of the heart, Batrade, 1998
- Maud Bekhaert, Belgium: Stone Carving, 2007
- Lin Kerr, UK/SA, 2009
- Carl Rohrs, USA Uncials; Brush Lettering, 2010
- Lin Kerr, UK/SA (several), 2011
- Yves Letterme, Belgium Built up capitals; Watchful experimenting; gestural writing, 2011
- Aboubaker Foufana, France: Humanist, expressive personal hand, 2012
- Massimo Pollelo, Italy: Beautiful Alphabets; Capitalis Romana Monumentalis, Order and chaos, 2012
Recent Exhibitions (group)
- Kalligraphos, Cape Friends of Calligraphy 20th Anniversary, Sanlam gallery, Cape Town, 2004
- Worlds Exhibition, Brugge, 2008
- B.lettered Exhibition, Cape Town, 2010
- Makers and Thinkers. World Design Capital, Cape Town Stadium 15th-19th October, 2014
Membership
Member of the Cape Friends of Calligraphy
