{"id":3032,"date":"2017-09-21T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T06:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2021-07-26T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:13:26","slug":"ift-displays-old-english-style-calligraphy-works-by-henry-kwok-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/ift-displays-old-english-style-calligraphy-works-by-henry-kwok-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"IFT displays \u2018old English\u2019-style calligraphy works by Henry Kwok and students"},"content":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n

Several \u201cold English\u201d-style calligraphy works by local hand lettering artist Mr. Henry Kwok are now on display at the IFT Team Building. The exhibition \u2013 entitled \u201cThe Recultivation of Culture: An Exhibition of Creative Script Hand Lettering\u201d \u2013 also features works by a few of Mr. Kwok\u2019s students at IFT. It runs until 31 October.<\/p>\n

The IFT Tourism and Hotel School launched in 2016 an old English calligraphy course led by Mr. Kwok. It is part of the Institute\u2019s efforts to promote the development of Macao\u2019s cultural and creative industries.<\/p>\n

The Tourism and Hotel School runs study programmes of varying duration and level of specialisation for creative disciplines. The fields covered range from fine art painting to computer animation and the production of leather accessories. Some courses lead to certificates or diplomas.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kwok mainly teaches students at IFT 17th<\/sup>-century script lettering and 19th<\/sup>-century Spencerian script. In his classes, students are not allowed to use copybooks; instead, they are asked to use blank paper and to develop their own unique styles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith copybooks, everybody\u2019s hand lettering becomes beautiful but identical. I would rather allow students to develop their own artistic style,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kwok praises the quality of works produced by his students at IFT. \u201cSome students were very passionate about this art form. They would go to Hong Kong, Chinese Taiwan and even Europe to look for special types of ink,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Hand lettering has been a part of Mr. Kwok\u2019s life since his teenage years. He has been an enthusiast of old English calligraphy for decades. The art form has seen a resurgence over the past few years, with more people interested in learning it, he says.<\/p>\n

Ms. Elaine Lam is one of Mr. Kwok\u2019s students with works featured at the IFT exhibition. She says it was the beauty of hand lettering that attracted her to the IFT course on old English calligraphy.<\/p>\n

The initial stages of learning old English calligraphy were challenging, especially without any help from copybooks, Ms. Lam says.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Kwok would ask us to use blank pieces of paper because he didn\u2019t want us to be limited by examples from copybooks,\u201d she recalls. \u201cIt was difficult at first because we were given too much freedom. But with his encouragement, we were eventually able to come up with some outstanding works.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Lam says the IFT course on old English calligraphy is important to promote knowledge about this art form in Macao. \u201cBefore this course… people had no place where to learn it. Now, they have the chance to understand more about it,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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