Intro to Brush Calligraphy: Gift Tags

Discover brush calligraphy basics & create hand-lettered holiday gift tags in the cozy Winterhaus tent on Fountain Square. Calligrapher Amy Owens will teach the basic strokes and lowercase letters of a beautiful modern script using calligraphy brush markers. Participants will finish the class by creating personalized gift tags for your holiday gifting. All handouts, pens, and tag supplies will be provided. This class is beginner friendly - there is no experience necessary to participate! Each participant will take home: • teaching handouts • brush marker • white gel pen • gift tags and colored twine Winterhaus is a cozy, glass-enclosed tented retreat on Fountain Square in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati. Complete with daily programming, a full bar, shopping, and space for everything from co-working to private events, Winterhaus will be a hub for festive fun from October 31, 2026 through February, 2027. IMPORTANT NOTE: Winterhaus is 21+, minors are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Please be prepared to show your ID at the door. Meet your instructor, Amy Owens: Amy has enjoyed beautiful letters since she was very young. In grade school she learned cursive and even took an enrichment class where she learned italic and gothic scripts. Completing an architecture degree at Ball State University, she practiced in that field for several years before she opened her own design studio creating wedding and event stationery. After she and her husband Paul started their family, she rekindled her desire to practice the lettering arts. She joined the International Association for Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting (IAMPETH) in 2017, later becoming a board member, and is now vice president. She became a certified instructor of the American Cursive Handwriting System created by Master Penman Michael Sull. She currently teaches lettering, calligraphy, architecture, and interior design to students at Leaves of Learning in Cincinnati, in addition to teaching adults at locations around town and online. You can find her at local meetings of the Greater Cincinnati Calligrapher’s Guild, and at her home studio creating beautiful works of lettering art.